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__ to 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__ with 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 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 money, there was __14__ left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to __15__ a roof over 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.
| 小题1: | | A．belief | B．work | C．education | D．promise |
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| 小题2: | | A．majored in | B．got used to | C．dreamed of | D．got tired of |
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| 小题3: | | A．lazy | B．easy-going | C．successful | D．reliable |
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| 小题5: | | A．could only | B．could not | C．must not | D．should often |
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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．A-student | B．B-student | C．C-student | D．D-student |
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| 小题9: | | A．get along | B．hang out | C．break away | D．keep in touch |
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| 小题10: | | A．making | B．stopping | C．working | D．getting |
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| 小题11: | | A．your brother | B．yourself | C．your sister | D．the family |
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| 小题12: | | A．left over | B．paid off | C．used up | D．carried out |
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| 小题13: | | A．angry | 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16: | | A．let alone | B．let out | C．let in | D．leave alone |
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| 小题17: | | A．guys | B．mother | C．studies | D．play |
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| 小题18: | | A．made | B．fulfilled | C．changed | D．tried |
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| 小题19: | | A．little | B．much | C．few | D．high |
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| 小题20: | | A．more interesting | B．less important | C．more important | D．less interesting |
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