The turning point of my life was my decision to give up a promising business career and study music. My parents, although sharing my love of music, didn’t __36__ it as a profession. My grandfather, having taught music for years at college and, though much __37__, earned merely enough to support his family. As a result of this _38___in the family, I went to college -----quite __39__, for although I loved my violin and spent most of my spare time practicing, I had many other _40___. Before my graduation from Columbia, I felt _41___my duty to leave college and take a job. Aside from the satisfaction of being able to ___42__the family, money is all I got out of it. My only ambition was to save enough to _43___ the job and go to Europe to study __44___. I used to get up at dawn to practice_45__ I left for “downtown “to work. . I continued to make money, and _46__, bit by bit, accumulated enough to enable me to ___47_. The situation of my family improved, and my help was _48___necessary, so I resigned from my __49__and, feeling like a man released from jail, sailed for _50___. I stayed four years, worked harder than I had ever dreamed of working before and _51___every minute of it. I was a _52__man and I was doing what I__53__ to do and what I was meant to do. If I had stayed in business, I might be a quite wealthy man today, __54__ I wouldn’t have made a success of living . I would have _55__all those that money can never buy. Money is a wonderful thing, but it is possible to pay too high price on it.
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小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:A
小题6:C
小题7:B
小题8:A
小题9:D
小题10:C
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:A
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:D
小题17:B
小题18:C
小题19:C
小题20:A
题目分析：本文从自己的亲身经历告诉我们钱很重要，但是做自己喜欢的事情更重要，要在金钱和心中真正的追求之间取得平衡，要去做能自己喜欢做的事情。
小题1:B 动词辨析。A受到B接受C拒绝D保持；我的不能接受我把音乐当成事业。
小题2:A 动词辨析。A被尊重B被恨C被怀疑D被责备；尽管我爷爷受人尊重但挣的钱不够养家。
小题3:D 名词辨析。A借口B机会C诺言D例子；爷爷就是学习音乐的例子。
小题4:A 副词辨析。A开心地B悲哀地C绝望地D紧张地；我上大学时候很开心，我有别的兴趣。
小题5:A 名词辨析。A兴趣B遗憾C实验D问题；我上大学时候很开心，我有别的兴趣。
小题6:C 语法分析。It是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的不定式短语。
小题7:B 动词辨析。A询问B帮助C警告D参观；除了能够帮助家里以外，我还能挣到钱。
小题8:A 动词辨析。A放弃B屈服C继续D扔掉；我唯一的愿望就是放弃这份工作去欧洲学音乐。
小题9:D 上下文串联。根据句意：我唯一的愿望就是放弃这份工作去欧洲学音乐。
小题10:C 连词辨析。A在…后B以防C在…前D一…就；我在上班之前，练习音乐。
小题11:B 副词辨析。A首先B最后C逐渐D最近；最后我积累了足够地钱出国了。
小题12:C 短语辨析。A返回B回家C出国D下降；指积累了足够多的钱可以出国去欧洲学音乐。
小题13:A 副词辨析。A不再B当然C实际上D太…；指家庭情况好转，我的帮助也不再有必要。
小题14:A 名词辨析。A职位B大学C家庭D朋友；我辞职了，离开了那份工作。
小题15:B 上下文串联。根据上文提及要去欧洲学习音乐，说明要去欧洲。
小题16:D 动词辨析。A浪费B失去C忘记D享受；指我享受在欧洲的每一分钟。
小题17:C 形容词辨析。A本地的B自由的C聪明的D虚弱的；指我是一个自由的人了。
小题18:C 动词辨析。A重复B提供C爱D示意；指我在做我所喜欢的事情。
小题19:A 上下文串联。如果我不辞职，我会是一个很富有的人，但是我的生活就不会如此成功。
小题20:A 动词辨析。A错过B得到C实现D赢得；指错过这些钱难以买到的东西。
点评：本文通过自己的一个故事向我们阐述了一个哲理，钱和个人兴趣哪个更重要？钱很重要，但是我们不能为了钱而失去自己的追求和爱好。本文主要是测试学生综合运用语言的能力，即从语篇的角度综合测试阅读理解能力、词汇的掌握和对英语习惯用语的熟悉程度、以及语法规则的灵活运用。考生做题时必须时刻从上下文考虑，部应该只看到所添的词在短语或句子内是否可行。因此，在做题时最好将全文通读一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。
