完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid,
36 I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My m
other was a
37__. Through her work, she observed that
38 _ people spent a lot more time
39 __than they did watch television. She
40 ___ that my brother and I could only 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__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the
important
42 . Years later we realized her marks were only a
43 My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be
44__.When I entered high school I was an A-student,
45 not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang a
bout with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't
46 . I was cool.
One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I
47 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and
48 _bathrooms, and yo
u can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very
49 with that arrangement but
50 I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a
51 _over our heads and any kin
d of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also
52 ___ that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success
53 intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student
54__, and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a
55___| 小题1: | | A．where | B．which | C．when | D．who |
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| 小题2: | | A．woman servant | B．teacher | C．worker | D．nurse |
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| 小题3: | | A．healthy | B．successful | C．powerful | D．clever |
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| 小题4: | | A．searching | B．reading | C．working | D．training |
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小题5:A. ordered B. insisted C. suggested D. announced41. A .hand in B. turn over C. pick up D. write down
| 小题6: | | A．titles | B．ideas | C．books | D．parts |
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| 小题7: | | A．game | B．trick | C．pleasure | D．task |
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| 小题8: | | A．anybody | B．nobody | C．somebody | D．everybody |
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| 小题11: | | A．thought | B．chatted | C．complained | D．worried |
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| 小题12: | | A．repairing | B．cleaning | C．rubbing | D．watching |
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| 小题13: | | A．encouraged | B．puzzled | C．moved | D．pleased |
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| 小题14: | | A．as soon as | B．if | C．once | D．since |
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| 小题15: | | A．wall | B．house | C．window | D．roof |
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| 小题16: | | A．realized | B．imagined | C．believed | D．noticed |
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| 小题17: | | A．suited | B．required | C．made | D．matched |
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| 小题18: | | A．even | B．forever | C．before | D．again |
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| 小题19: | | A．professor | B．expert | C．doctor | D．boss |
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