I believe in my mother．My belief began when I was just a kid, when I 36 becoming a doctor.

My mother was a 37 ．Through her work, she observed that 38 people spent a lot more time 39 than they did watching television．She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 40 TV programs during the week．With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and 41 written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check markers and underline the 42 parts．Years later we realized her marks were a 43 ．Although we had no money, 44 the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.

When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 45 ．I wanted the fancy clothes．I wanted to hang about with the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t 46 ．I was cool.

One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I 47 about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I 48 this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With 49 left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very 50 with that arrangement．But once I got through 51 money, there was nothing left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a（n） 52 over our heads and any kind of food on the table．I was also 53 that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere．Success 54 intellectual（知识上的） preparation．I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and 55 I realized my dream and I became a doctor.

A．got away with B．was confident of C．dreamed of D．thought of

A．maidservant B．teacher          C．worker         D．nurse

A．honest         B．successful        C．kind            D．careful

A．writing        B．reading          C．working        D．training

A．familiar        B．limit            C．designed        D．selected

A．turn in         B．take in          C．bring in        D．check in

A．difficult       B．easy            C．opposite        D．important

A．wealth         B．quiz            C．pleasure        D．competition

A．between       B．under           C．within          D．below

A．the last        B．a minute         C．long            D．anything

A．know          B．care            C．admit           D．realize

A．announced    B．claimed         C．complained     D．blamed

A．borrow        B．make           C．control         D．collect

A．something     B．anything         C．everything       D．nothing

A．encouraged   B．puzzled         C．moved          D．pleased

A．adding         B．applying        C．dividing        D．exchanging

A．balance        B．arrangement    C．hat             D．roof

A．aware        B．worried         C．confused        D．delighted

A．included       B．required        C．combined        D．matched

A．actually        B．shortly         C．fortunately      D．finally

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入

空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, when I 41 becoming a doctor.

My mother was a 42 . Through her work, she observed that 43 people spent a lot more time 44 than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 45 TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and 46 written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check markers and underline the 47 parts. Years later we realized her marks were a 48 . My mother was illiterate(文盲). Although we had no money, 49 the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.

When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 50 . I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t 51 . I was cool.

One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I 52 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I 53 this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With 54 left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very 55 with that arrangement. But once I got through 56 money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a(n) 57 over our heads and any kind of food on the table. I was also 58 that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success 59 intellectual(知识上的) preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and 60 I realized my dream and I became a doctor.

The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My  36 began when I was just a kid. I   37  becoming a doctor.
My mother was a domestic. Through her work, she observed that  38 people spent a lot more time reading than they  39   watching television. She announced that my brother and I  40 watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 41 her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later, we realized her marks were a  42 . My mother was Illiterate(不识字的，文盲的)。
When I entered high school I was a(n) 43  , but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes.  I wanted to  44 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from  45  her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy  46 food and pay the bills. With everything  47 , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very  48  with that arrangement but once I got through distributing money, there was  49 left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to  50 our heads and any kind of food on the table, 51  buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my  52 and became an A-student again, and eventually I  53 my dream and I became a doctor.
My story is really my mother’s story—a woman with  54  formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job  55 than parenting.（养育） This I believe.

The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, who    36   becoming a doctor.

My mother was a domestic（佣人）. Through her work, she observed that   37   people spent a lot more time reading than they    38   watching television. She announces that my brother and I    39  watch two to three pre-selected programs during the week. With our   40  time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and   41   written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a    42  . My mother was illiterate（文盲）.

When I entered high school, I was a    43   student, but not for long. I began to like fancy clothes. I wanted to    44   other guys. I went from an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I    45   about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I    46   this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With the money    47  , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very    48   with that arrangement but once I got through allocating（分配）money, there was   49   left. I realized my mother was a financial genius（金融天才）to be able to keep the roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy    50  . I really realized my desire wasn’t going to get me    51  . Success requires intellectual preparation. I went back to my    52   and became an A-student again and eventually I    53   my dream and I became a doctor.

My story is really my mother’s story—a woman with    54   formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job    55   than parenting. This I believe.

1.                A．thought of      B．got used to      C．dreamed of    D．got tired of

2.                A．honest         B．hardworking     C．successful D．reliable

3.                A．spent          B．wasted         C．took D．did

4.                A．could only      B．couldn’t       C．must not  D．should often

5.                A．weekend       B．free           C．evening  D．play

6.                A．read           B．present         C．teach D．explain

7.                A．joke           B．means          C．tool  D．trick

8.                A．top            B．normal         C．poor D．slow

9.                                  A．get rid of   B．hang out with

C．break away from                   D．keep in touch with

10.               A．complained     B．forgot          C．worried   D．argued

11.               A．have           B．cost           C．need D．make

12.A. left over  B paid off  C. used up  D. put away

13.               A．tired           B．pleased        C．disappointed   D．bored

14.               A．anything        B．everything      C．something D．nothing

15.               A．clothes         B．shirts          C．shoes D．skirts

16.               A．anymore       B．somewhere     C．anywhere  D．everywhere

17.               A．guys           B．mother         C．studies    D．school

18.               A．made          B．realized        C．changed   D．remembered

19.               A．little           B．much          C．low   D．high

20.                                A．more interesting  B．less interesting

C．more important                    D．less portant

I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid,   1.  I dreamed of becoming a doctor.

My mother was a  2.. Through her work, she observed that  3.  people spent a lot more time  4. than they did watch television. She  5. that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and  6. written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important 7. . Years later we realized her marks were only a  8.  My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be  9..

When I entered high school I was an A-student,  10. not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't 11. . I was cool.One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I  12. about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and  13. bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very  14. with that arrangement but  15.  I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a  16. over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also  17. that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success  18. intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student

 19. , and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a  20. .

21.               A．that           B．which          C．when D．who

22.               A．woman servant   B．teacher        C．scientist   D．nurse

23.               A．healthy         B．successful       C．powerful  D．clever

24.               A．searching       B．reading         C．working   D．training

25.               A．ordered        B．insisted         C．suggested  D．announced

26.               A．hand in         B．turn over       C．pick up    D．cut down

27.               A．titles           B．magazines       C．books D．parts

28.               A．game          B．trick           C．pleasure   D．task

29.               A．anybody        B．nobody         C．somebody D．everybody

30.               A．and           B．so             C．but   D．or

31.               A．know          B．care           C．face  D．stop

32.               A．thought        B．chatted         C．complained D．worried

33.               A．repairing       B．cleaning        C．rubbing   D．watching

34.               A．encouraged     B．puzzled         C．moved    D．pleased

35.               A．now that        B．if             C．when D．since

36.               A．wall           B．house          C．window   D．roof

37.               A．realized        B．imagined       C．believed   D．noticed

38.               A．suited          B．required        C．made D．matched

39.               A．even          B．forever         C．before    D．again

40.               A．professor       B．expert         C．doctor    D．boss