题目内容
She observed an old lady ________ some flowers in the street.
A. carried B. to carry C. carrying D. to be carrying
C
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.
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| 【小题15】A knock into | B.gave an impression on | C. keep a roof over | D. have eyes in the back of | |||
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完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上涂黑。
A daughter thought life was unpromising to her and complained to her father about it.She did not know how she was going to__36_and wanted to give up.She was__37_of fighting and struggling.It seemed as if one problem was just solved before a new one__38__.
Her father, a cook, took her to the__39 _.He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high 40 Soon the pots came to a 41 __.In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and the last he placed ground coffee beans.He let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
The daughter sucked her teeth and_42_waited, asking repeatedly what he was doing.In about twenty minutes he turned offthe__43_ He fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl.He pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl.Then he spooned the coffee out and placed it in another.Turning to her he asked, "Darling, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied.
He brought her closer and asked her to 44 the carrots.She did and noted that they were soft.He then asked her to take an egg and break it.After pulling off the 45 , she observed the hard-boiled egg! Finally, he asked her to taste the coffee.She smiled_46_she tasted its rich flavor.She humbly asked, "What does it mean, Father?"
He explained that each of them had faced the same 47 , boiling water, but each_ 48 differently.The carrot went in 49 and hard.But after being subjected to the boiling water, it _50_and became weak. The egg had been 51 .Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior.But after sitting__52_the boiling water, its inside became hardened.The ground coffee beans were unique, 53 .After they were in the boiling water, they had__54_the water.
"Which are you?" he asked his daughter."When adversity knocks on your door, __55 _do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"
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