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.
| 小题1: | | A．belief | | B．work | | C．education | | D．promise |
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| 小题2: | | A．majored in | | B．got used to | | C．dreamed of | | D．got tired of |
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| 小题3: | | A．lazy | | B．easy-going | | C．successful | | D．reliable |
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| 小题4: | | A．spent | | B．paid | | C．took | | D．did |
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| 小题5: | | A．could only | | B．might not | | C．must not | | D．should often |
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| 小题6: | | A．read to | | B．discuss | | C．teach | | D．explain to |
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| 小题7: | | A．joke | | B．means | | C．tool | | D．trick |
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| 小题8: | | A．A-student | | B．B-student | | C．C-student | | D．D-student |
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| 小题9: | | A．get rid of | | B．hang out with | | C．break away from | | D．keep up with |
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| 小题10: | | A．making | | B．stopping | | C．working | | D．getting |
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| 小题11: | | A．your brother | | B．yourself | | C．your sisiter | | D．the family |
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| 小题12: | | A．left over | | B．give off | | C．used up | | D．carried out |
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| 小题13: | | A．angry | | B．pleased | | C．disappointed | | D．bored |
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| 小题14: | | A．anything | | B．everything | | C．something | | D．nothing |
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| 小题16: | | A．let alone | | B．let out | | C．let in | | D．leave alone |
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| 小题17: | | A．guys | | B．mother | | C．studies | | D．play |
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| 小题18: | | A．made | | B．realized | | C．changed | | D．tried |
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| 小题19: | | A．little | | B．much | | C．few | | D．high |
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| 小题20: | | A．more interesting | | B．less important | | C．more important | | D．less interesting |
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