Question

I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was a kid, when I   21   becoming a doctor.

   My mother was a   22   . Through her work, she observed that   23   people spent a lot more time   24   than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two or three   25   TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and   26   written book report to her. She would mark them up with check marks and   27   the important parts. Years later we realized it was a   28   to see her marks on our written book reports. Mother was actually illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money,   29   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   30  . I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t   31  . I was cool.

   One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I   32   about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I   33   this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With

  34   left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very   35   with that arrangement. But once I got through   36   money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a(n)   37   over our heads and any kind of food on the table. I was also   38   that immediate satisfaction didn’t get me anywhere. Success   39   intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became a A-student again, and   40   I realized my dream and I became a doctor.

21.   A. contributed to          B. apply to                    C. dreamed of               D. approved of

22.   A. maidservant              B. teacher                     C. doctor                      D. nurse

23.   A. honest                      B. successful                C. ambitious                 D. careful

24.   A. writing                     B. reading                     C. working                   D. teaching

25.   A. familiar                    B. creative                    C. designed                  D. selected

26.   A. hand in                     B. take in                      C. bring in                    D. check in

27.   A. point                        B. underline                  C. ignore                      D. drop

28.   A. wealth                      B. trick                      C. pleasure                   D. harvest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37.   A. windows                  B. wall                   C. house                    D. roof

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

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

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

 

Answer 1

21-25 CABBD  26-30 ABBAC  31-35 BCBBD   36-40 CDABD