第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My 小题1: began when I was just a kid. I 小题2: becoming a doctor. My mother was a worker. Through her work, she observed that 小题3: people spent a lot more time reading than they 小题4: watching television. She announced that my brother and I
小题5:watch two to three TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and then 小题6: her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 小题7: . My mother was illiterate (文盲的).
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I 小题8: the fashionable clothes. I wanted to 小题9: the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home after 小题10: at one of her several 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 (擦洗) floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy 小题11: food and pay the bills. With the money that is 小题12: , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very 小题13: with that plan, but once I had finished paying for all of the important things, there was 小题14: left. I realized that my mother was always dealing with money well to be able to 小题15: a roof over our heads and to put food on the table. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. _小题16:__ required intellectual (智力的) preparation. I went back to my 小题17: and became an A-student again. Finally, I 小题18: my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with 小题19: formal education who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. Now I believe that there is no job more 小题20: than parenting.
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| A．belief | B．work | C．education | D．promise |
小题22:
| A．kept up with | B．got used to | C．dreamed of | D．got tired of |
小题23:
| A．lazy | B．easy-going | C．successful | D．reliable |
小题24:
| A．cost | B．paid | C．took | D．did |
小题25:
| A．could only | B．could not | C．must not | D．should often |
小题26:
| A．read | B．give | C．hold | D．explain |
小题27:
| A．mystery | B．risk | C．fool | D．trick |
小题28:
| A．wanted | B．attracted | C．recognised | D．accepted |
小题29:
| A．get rid of | B．hang out with | C．test on | D．keep in touch with |
小题30:
| A．serving | B．looking | C．working | D．getting |
小题31:
| A．your brother | B．yourself | C．me | D．the family |
小题32:
| A．left over | B．paid off | C．used up | D．carried out |
小题33:
| A．angry | B．pleased | C．disappointed | D．bored |
小题34:
| A．anything | B．everything | C．something | D．nothing |
小题35:
| A．buy | B．operate | C．keep | D．send |
小题36:
| A．Success | B．Failure | C．Faith | D．Comfort |
小题37:
| A．guys | B．mother | C．studies | D．clothes |
小题38:
| A．made | B．realised | C．changed | D．tried |
小题39:
| A．little | B．much | C．some | D．high |
小题40:
| A．interesting | B．gentle | C．important | D．bitter |
