20.My senior year of high school,I was looking ahead to my future and I really wanted to be a social worker.But I had work to do (36)CI hadn't applied myself in high school.
I made an appointment to see a guidance counselor,Mr.Shaw.He listened to my (37)Band looked at me in (38)D.‘‘You're not college material,"he said clearly.It felt like my heart (39)Cin the moment of those icy words.
That evening I broke the news to my parents.Seeing how (40)AI was and how sincere I was in wanting to go to college,they offered to help.Later,they found a small college whose financial status would permit anyone to (41)BIn other words,they would take anyone with a pulse.I felt like such a (42)A.nd I was beginning to believe what Mr.Shaw had said.So much so that I (43)B even at this college.
I gave up.I (44)CMr.Shaw was right.After I left college,I moved home and started working part-time jobs.Maybe (45)Dweren't for me.In fact,deep down in my heart I knew that I truly wanted to be a social worker,but that (46)Arequire a college degree.
What should I do?I simply had to (47)Bagain.With all the (48)AI could gather,I enrolled in a community college and took one course in their night school.I was (49)Cwhen I received my grade.I got an A!I couldn't believe it.
Things were (50)Daround,and I needed guidance.Dr.Cohen,my professor in child psychology,told me to relax and enjoy my experience.She also said that I was fun,bright and could do anything I put my mind to.Here was an educational expert with (a) different (51)C.felt empowered.
Two years later I graduated from that community college with honors and went on to earn my B.A.and M.A.in psychology from New York University.I realized that (52)Cwho you believe in can change your life.When I believed Mr.Shaw,my life (53)Aapart and there was no way I would ever realize my dream.But when I believed in myself,I encountered more people who inspired and supported me the (54)DDr.Cohen had.As Henry Ford once said,"If you think you can,or if you think you can't …you're (55)A"
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I made an appointment to see a guidance counselor,Mr.Shaw.He listened to my (37)Band looked at me in (38)D.‘‘You're not college material,"he said clearly.It felt like my heart (39)Cin the moment of those icy words.
That evening I broke the news to my parents.Seeing how (40)AI was and how sincere I was in wanting to go to college,they offered to help.Later,they found a small college whose financial status would permit anyone to (41)BIn other words,they would take anyone with a pulse.I felt like such a (42)A.nd I was beginning to believe what Mr.Shaw had said.So much so that I (43)B even at this college.
I gave up.I (44)CMr.Shaw was right.After I left college,I moved home and started working part-time jobs.Maybe (45)Dweren't for me.In fact,deep down in my heart I knew that I truly wanted to be a social worker,but that (46)Arequire a college degree.
What should I do?I simply had to (47)Bagain.With all the (48)AI could gather,I enrolled in a community college and took one course in their night school.I was (49)Cwhen I received my grade.I got an A!I couldn't believe it.
Things were (50)Daround,and I needed guidance.Dr.Cohen,my professor in child psychology,told me to relax and enjoy my experience.She also said that I was fun,bright and could do anything I put my mind to.Here was an educational expert with (a) different (51)C.felt empowered.
Two years later I graduated from that community college with honors and went on to earn my B.A.and M.A.in psychology from New York University.I realized that (52)Cwho you believe in can change your life.When I believed Mr.Shaw,my life (53)Aapart and there was no way I would ever realize my dream.But when I believed in myself,I encountered more people who inspired and supported me the (54)DDr.Cohen had.As Henry Ford once said,"If you think you can,or if you think you can't …you're (55)A"
36.A.before | B.until | C.because | D.when |
37.A.news | B.dream | C.pain | D.view |
38.A.peace | B.advance | C.secret | D.disbelief |
39.A.beat | B.died | C.stopped | D.touched |
40.A.hurt | B.scared | C.interested | D.surprised |
41.A.leave | B.attend | C.teach | D.train |
42.A.loser | B.beginner | C.winner | D.learner |
43.A.suffered | B.failed | C.paid | D.finished |
44.A.questioned | B.noticed | C.accepted | D.hoped |
45.A.daydreams | B.courses | C.jobs | D.colleges |
46.A.would | B.could | C.should | D.might |
47.A.meet | B.try | C.plan | D.run |
48.A.courage | B.efforts | C.guidance | D.chances |
49.A.depressed | B.satisfied | C.shocked | D.delighted |
50.A.staying | B.getting | C.looking | D.turning |
51.A.story | B.thing | C.message | D.information |
52.A.thinking | B.finding | C.choosing | D.making |
53.A.fell | B.lived | C.told | D.stood |
54.A.concern | B.opinion | C.attitude | D.way |
55.A.right | B.considerate | C.unique | D.fortunate |