The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, who
36 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a domestic（佣人）. Through her work, she observed that
37 people spent a lot more time reading than they
38 watching television. She announces that my brother and I
39 watch two to three pre-selected programs during the week. With our
40 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 highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a
42 . My mother was illiterate（文盲）.
When I entered high school, I was a
43 student, but not for long. I began to like fancy clothes. I wanted to
44 other guys. I went from an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I
45 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I
46 this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With the money
47 , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very
48 with that arrangement but once I got through allocating（分配）money, there was
49 left. I realized my mother was a financial genius（金融天才）to be able to keep the roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy
50 . I really realized my desire wasn’t going to get me
51 . Success requires 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 who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job
55 than parenting. This I believe.
| 小题1: | | A．thought of | B．got used to | C．dreamed of | D．got tired of |
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| 小题2: | | A．honest | B．hardworking | C．successful | D．reliable |
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| 小题3: | | A．spent | B．wasted | C．took | D．did |
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| 小题4: | | A．could only | B．couldn’t | C．must not | D．should often |
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| 小题5: | | A．weekend | B．free | C．evening | D．play |
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| 小题6: | | A．read | B．present | C．teach | D．explain |
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| 小题7: | | A．joke | B．means | C．tool | D．trick |
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| 小题8: | | A．top | B．normal | C．poor | D．slow |
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| 小题9: | | A．get rid of | B．hang out with | | C．break away from | D．keep in touch with |
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| 小题10: | | A．complained | B．forgot | C．worried | D．argued |
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小题12:A. left over B paid off C. used up D. put away
| 小题13: | | A．tired | 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15: | | A．clothes | B．shirts | C．shoes | D．skirts |
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| 小题16: | | A．anymore | B．somewhere | C．anywhere | D．everywhere |
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| 小题17: | | A．guys | B．mother | C．studies | D．school |
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| 小题18: | | A．made | B．realized | C．changed | D．remembered |
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| 小题19: | | A．little | B．much | C．low | D．high |
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| 小题20: | | A．more interesting | B．less interesting | | C．more important | D．less portant |
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