Question

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 domestic. 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 pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time,we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 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.

When I entered high school I was a( n) 8   ，but not for long. I wanted the fancy 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 from 10    her various 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 from scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms,and you can buy 11   food and pay the bills. With everything

12    ，you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want." I was very 13    with that arrangement but once I got through allocating the money，there was 14    left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to 15    our heads and any kind of food on the table, 16    buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my 17    and became an A-student again,and eventually I 18     my dream and I became a doctor.

My story is really my mother' s story―a woman with 19    formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe. There is no job

20    than parenting. This I believe.

(   ) 1. A. belief    B. work    C. education    D. promise

(   ) 2. A. majored in    B. got used to    C. dreamed of    D. got tired of

(   ) 3. A. lazy    B. easy-going    C. successful    D. reliable

(   ) 4. A. made    B. paid    C. took    D. did

(   ) 5. A. could only    B. could not    C. must not    D. should often

(   ) 6. A. read to    B. present to    C. teach    D. explain to

(   ) 7. A. joke    B. means    C. tool    D. trick

(   ) 8. A. A-student    B. B-student    C. C-student    D. D-student

(   ) 9. A. get rid of    B. hang out with    C. break away from    D. keep in touch with

(   ) 10. A. making    B. stopping    C. working    D. getting

(   ) 11. A. your brother    B. yourself    C. your sister    D. the family

(   ) 12. A. left over    B. paid off    C. used up    D. carried out

(   ) 13. A. angry    B. pleased    C. disappointed    D. bored

(   ) 14. A. anything    B. everything    C. something    D.nothing

(   ) 15. A. put an idea into    B. give an impression on

    C. keep a roof over    D. have eyes in the back of

(   ) 16. A. let alone    B. let out    C. let in    D. leave alone

(   ) 17. A. guys    B. mother    C. studies    D. play

(   ) 18. A. made    B. fulfilled    C. changed    D. tried

(   ) 19. A. little    B. much    C. few    D. high

(   ) 20. A. more interesting    B. less important

    C. more important    D. less interesting

Answer 1

這是一篇夾敘夾議的文章.作者出生于一個(gè)貧困的單親家庭，然而在母親的幫助和教導(dǎo)下，她克服了重重困難，努力學(xué)習(xí)，最終獲得優(yōu)秀的成績(jī)，并實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢(mèng)想。這一成功事例說(shuō)明：在教育子女方面，母親永遠(yuǎn)是最好的老師.，

1. A從語(yǔ)境可知，此處表示"我從小就有這種信念"。

2. C句意：我夢(mèng)想成為一名醫(yī)生.，major in主修; get used to習(xí)慣于;dream of夢(mèng)想;get tired of 對(duì)……厭煩。

3. C從下文母親對(duì)子女的嚴(yán)格要求可以看出，母親認(rèn)為成功人士花在讀書(shū)上的時(shí)間要多于他們看電視的時(shí)間。

4. D此處用did替代前面的spent,以避免重復(fù)。

5. A由"announced"可知，"我"和弟弟每周只能看兩到三個(gè)預(yù)先挑選好的節(jié)目。

6. B母親非常嚴(yán)厲，要求孩子讀書(shū)后還要上交讀書(shū)心得。present sth. to sb.意為"把某物呈交給某人"。

7. D從"My mother was illiterate"可推知，母親用的"標(biāo)記"是一個(gè)"計(jì)謀"。

8. A依據(jù)下文"from being an A-student to a B-stu-dent"以及"but"可知，作者剛上高中時(shí)是個(gè)優(yōu)等生。

9. B從語(yǔ)境可知，此處指作者想和別人一起閑逛。 get rid of除去... ;hang out with與... 閑逛;break away from擺脫.... ;keep in touch with 與……保持聯(lián)系。

10. C從下文"scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms" 可知，此處表示母親干完各種活后回家。

11. D此處意為"由你來(lái)替這個(gè)家管伙食，付賬單"。

12. A依據(jù)前句可知，此處表示用所有剩下的錢(qián)去買(mǎi)意大利針織衫。leave over剩下;pay off付清; use up用完;canyout實(shí)行，均不符合句意，

13. B以為由自己理財(cái)就有可能買(mǎi)自己想要的意大利針織衫，"我"對(duì)母親的決定感到很高興。

14. D由"but"可以看出，當(dāng)"我"把該用的錢(qián)分配完畢時(shí)，手里已分文不剩。

15. C keep a roof over our heads意為"讓我們有地方住”。

16. A此處意為"更不用說(shuō)買(mǎi)衣服了 " 。let alone更不用說(shuō)；let out放出;let in使進(jìn)入;leave alone 避免擾亂.,

17. C依據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知，此處表示"于是我又努力學(xué)習(xí)"。

18. B從下文"I became a doctor"可4*知，最終"我" 實(shí)現(xiàn)了自己的夢(mèng)想。

19. A從第二段末"My mother was illiterate"可知，母親幾乎沒(méi)有接受過(guò)正規(guī)教育。

20. C由上文得知：沒(méi)有哪一種工作比教育子女更重要