阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Nowadays lots of students ask their parents for money to buy things they like. For me, to ask for money is like entering a(n) _
36__. I learned this from
37 .
Last year my mother told me that the _
38 way I would get a driver’s license before I turned eighteen depended on _
39 I paid for the classes myself. “What?” I asked in _
40 . But I knew _
41 that my reasoning would have no_
42 on the situation,
43__ by the look on my mother’s face.
Three weeks later, I started working _
44 a hostess at a factory, twice a week. A month later I paid $ 270 for driving lessons, and then over $ 20 to _ 45 my permit test. My pockets were empty _
46 as soon as they were filled.
My mother thought that I’d be _
47 to do things without her help. The funny thing was that even though I was totally _
48 in the beginning, I truly appreciated it, _ 49 if I had just been handed bills from her.
When I realized that my mother wasn’t going to _
50 something like a driver’s license, at first, it seemed as if she had __
51__ an immovable block before me and I would never _
52 it. But my mother was __
53 _. She knew that I wanted a luxury（奢侈品）but _
54 me to get it. That is as _
55 as this ---- if I really want it, I’ll find a way to get it myself.
| 小题1: | | A．office | B．prison | C．battlefield | D．bank |
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| 小题2: | | A．facts | B．experience | C．lessons | D．quarrels |
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| 小题3: | | A．best | B．proper | C．same | D．only |
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| 小题4: | | A．whether | B．that | C．how | D．when |
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| 小题5: | | A．trouble | B．disbelief | C．comfort | D．horror |
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| 小题6: | | A．hurriedly | B．jokingly | C．instantly | D．surprisingly |
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| 小题7: | | A．effect | B．sense | C．effort | D．result |
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| 小题8: | | A．judged | B．judging | C．to judge | D．being judged |
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| 小题10: | | A．pass | B．take | C．hold | D．gain |
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| 小题11: | | A．almost | B．even | C．still | D．yet |
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| 小题12: | | A．ready | B．likely | C．unhappy | D．unable |
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| 小题13: | | A．terrified | B．annoyed | C．tired | D．disturbed |
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| 小题14: | | A．more than | B．rather than | C．no more | D．no longer |
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| 小题15: | | A．pay | B．raise | C．buy | D．support |
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| 小题17: | | A．get about | B．get by | C．get through | D．get over |
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| 小题18: | | A．wise | B．mistaken | C．strict | D．kind |
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| 小题19: | | A．dared | B．hoped | C．encouraged | D．expected |
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| 小题20: | | A．well | B．far | C．soon | D．simple |
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