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.
小题21:
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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