完型填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Good Work Ethics （规范）
When I was younger, about 14, I was already ready to work．My father was a dairy man and he had been working his entire life．For him, getting up at 5 a．m．and working a couple of hours before I went to school, and then
36 more after school until there was not enough37 to see, were normal．
My father considered putting good work ethics in me to be very
38 ．He began to show me these, not through 39 , but through his actions．He would not
40 a job until it was done．He
41 put his all into everything he did．
42 , he showed me this not just in working, but in everything．Like when I was in soccer, I wanted to 43 a game once．and he explained to me-that I had made a
44 and that even if I just skipped one game, then I did not
45 to play the rest of the games．
So the day I started my first job at the age of 14, I was
46 to show my father that I could do it well, and that I was not going to
47 . My entire
48 was to make my father proud of me. I knew that
___49 I did, he would not say it in words, but he would show it．My first job was doing
50 for a company．As most of you know, construction is not an easy job, especially being so
51 _. When someone as young as I was started working, they would either __
52 or get stronger．I got stronger．I worked the
53 I had been taught and I gave that day everything I had．In the end, my boss was impressed．He even called to tell my parents what a good worker I was, and my parents' eyes
__54 ．From that day on I have worked every job to my full
55 , because that day defined （explain the truth of）my life．It defined how I was going to work, and I will always stick to it．
| 小题1: | | A．going | B．learning | C．working | D．playing |
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| 小题2: | | A．light | B．time | C．chance | D．strength |
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| 小题3: | | A．ridiculous | B．easy | C．hopeless | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．words | B．truth | C．facts | D．practice |
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| 小题6: | | A．might | B．could | C．would | D．should |
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| 小题7: | | A．Finally | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Thus |
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| 小题8: | | A．enjoy | B．skip | C．defeat | D．dip |
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| 小题9: | | A．commitment | B．improvement | C．devotion | D．conclusion |
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| 小题10: | | A．decide | B．stop | C．resist | D．deserve |
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| 小题11: | | A．interested | B．shocked | C．surprised | D．prepared |
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| 小题12: | | A．stick | B．fail | C．leave | D．play |
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| 小题13: | | A．problem | B．world | C．trick | D．goal |
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| 小题14: | | A．in case | B．now that | C．even if | D．as though |
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| 小题15: | | A．construction | B．negotiation | C．communication | D．reception |
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| 小题17: | | A．break | B．struggle | C．pause | D．work |
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| 小题18: | | A．manner | B．moment | C．method | D．way |
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| 小题19: | | A．stared | B．lifted | C．shone | D．closed |
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| 小题20: | | A．ambition | B．skill | C．spirit | D．potential |
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