It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into an argument. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly, my mother will push the conversation into World War III. She’ll talk about my lack of a bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her disappointment, I don’t want to do any job related to science, either. In fact, when I was pushed to say that I planned to major(主修) in English and communications, she nearly had a heart attack.

“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she bemoans all the time. Her co-worker’s son received a four-year scholarship and is now earning 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to answer except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him. I’m the type of person who loves to help out in the community, write until the sun goes down, and most of all, wants to achieve a career because I love it, not because of fame (名声) or salary.

I understand why my mother is worried about my future major. I’ve seen my mother struggle to raise me on her small salary and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 am and usually comes home around 5 pm or even 6 pm. However, I want her to know that by becoming a doctor, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather follow my dreams and create my own future.

 1. Which of the following topics do the writer and his mother often talk about?

A. The writer’s studies.                               B. The writer’s future job

C. Dinner plans                                           D. Wars around the world

2. We can infer from Paragraph 1 that the writer’s mother ____________.

A. doesn’t want the writer to major in English

B. doesn’t think the writer should be a doctor

C. gets along very well with the writer

D. doesn’t think working in the science field is a good idea

3. The underlined word “bemoans” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _____________.

A. agrees             B. shouts           C. complains                 D. smiles

4. Which of following statements is probable TRUE ab; out the writer?

A. He wants to be like his mother’s co-worker’s son.

B. He wants to find a job in his community in the future.

C. He doesn’t think his mother’s co-worker’s son is perfect.

D. He wants to do so something he really likes in the future.

5 We can know from the last paragraph that_________

A the writer’s mother works very hard for the family

B the writer doesn’t know what his future will be like

C the writer doesn’t think being a doctor is good

D the writer sometimes thinks his mother’s advice is very good


完形填空,阅读下面短文,理解大意,然后从各小题的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案,使短文连贯完整。

People succeed and people fail. Some say nothing is    1    while some say they can’t. I believe where there is a will, there is a(n)    2   . If we work hard, we will succeed one day. I am    3    because Mr “I can’t” has been forgotten by me.

I will never    4    the day when I, a primary school student of Grade 3, together with my classmates buried (埋葬) Mr “I can’t”.    5    that day, our teacher asked us to write down all the things that we couldn’t
   6   . We all did as she told us to. In a moment, our papers were    7    with a lot of “I can’ts”. Then we were told to fold the papers and hand them in. She put    8    in a box and led us to the farthest corner of the playground. She then asked us to dig a hole (挖洞)
and bury the box. We couldn’t    9    her until she said “Goodbye, Mr ‘I can’t’”. Then she asked us to remember the day, to be confident and to decide our own future.

The lesson has left a(n)    10    impression (印象)
on me. It makes me understand that one should have the courage to say goodbye to Mr “I can’t” and be self-confident if he wishes to achieve his dreams.

(   ) 1. A. successful   B. impossible           C. necessary     D. important

(   ) 2. A. way              B. idea                       C. dream               D. circle

(   ) 3.A. tired          B. poor                      C. relaxed              D. confident  

(   ) 4. A. miss              B. change              C. forget               D. remember

(   ) 5. A. On                B. With                  C. In                     D. At

(   ) 6. A. make             B. read                   C. do                    D. reply

(   ) 7. A. agreed           B. cut                         C. discovered         D. covered

(   ) 8. A. it                   B. that                 C. them                 D. theirs

(   ) 9. A. meet              B. understand             C. see                   D. refuse

(   )10. A. deep        B. different                 C. wrong          D. opposite

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