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 1. began when I was just a kid. I 2. becoming a doctor. My mother was a worker. Through her work, she observed that 3. people spent a lot more time reading than they 4. watching television. She announced that my brother and I
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 6. her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a 7. . My mother was illiterate (文盲的).
When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I 8. the fashionable clothes. I wanted to 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 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 11. food and pay the bills. With the money that is 12. , you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very 13. with that plan, but once I had finished paying for all of the important things, there was 14. left. I realized that my mother was always dealing with money well to be able to 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. _16.__ required intellectual (智力的) preparation. I went back to my 17. and became an A-student again. Finally, I 18. my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother’s story — a woman with 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 20. than parenting.
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. A. belief B. work C. education D. promise
22.
A. kept up with B. got used to C. dreamed of D. got tired of
23.
A. lazy B. easy-going C. successful D. reliable
24.
A. cost B. paid C. took D. did
25.
A. could only B. could not C. must not D. should often
26.
A. read B. give C. hold D. explain
27.
A.mystery B. risk C. fool D. trick
28.
A. wanted B. attracted C. recognised D. accepted
29.
A. get rid of B. hang out with C. test on D. keep in touch with
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A. serving B. looking C. working D. getting
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A. your brother B. yourself C. me D. the family
32.
A. left over B. paid off C. used up D. carried out
33.
A. angry B. pleased C. disappointed D. bored
34.
A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing
35.
A. buy B. operate C. keep D. send
36.
A. Success B.Failure C. Faith D. Comfort
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A. guys B. mother C. studies D. clothes
38.
A. made B. realised C. changed D. tried
39.
A. little B. much C. some D. high
40.
A. interesting B. gentle C. important D. bitter
This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can ____my father.
A. find out B. pick out C. look out D .speak out
_______ is no doubt that the meeting will be called off.
A. It B. There C.That D. As
I was ______ 5 yuan for parking my car for 2 hours.
A. asked B .charged C. offered D.paid
There is ________ information stored in the computer which is likely to break down at any moment.
A. a large number of B. a great deal of
C. a plenty of D. a great amounts of
.After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced _____ cars in 2002 as the year before.
A. as many twice B. as twice many C. twice many as D. twice as many
