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

这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章.作者出生于一个贫困的单亲家庭，然而在母亲的帮助和教导下，她克服了重重困难，努力学习，最终获得优秀的成绩，并实现了自己的梦想。这一成功事例说明：在教育子女方面，母亲永远是最好的老师.，

1. A从语境可知，此处表示"我从小就有这种信念"。

2. C句意：我梦想成为一名医生.，major in主修; get used to习惯于;dream of梦想;get tired of 对……厌烦。

3. C从下文母亲对子女的严格要求可以看出，母亲认为成功人士花在读书上的时间要多于他们看电视的时间。

4. D此处用did替代前面的spent,以避免重复。

5. A由"announced"可知，"我"和弟弟每周只能看两到三个预先挑选好的节目。

6. B母亲非常严厉，要求孩子读书后还要上交读书心得。present sth. to sb.意为"把某物呈交给某人"。

7. D从"My mother was illiterate"可推知，母亲用的"标记"是一个"计谋"。

8. A依据下文"from being an A-student to a B-stu-dent"以及"but"可知，作者刚上高中时是个优等生。

9. B从语境可知，此处指作者想和别人一起闲逛。 get rid of除去... ;hang out with与... 闲逛;break away from摆脱.... ;keep in touch with 与……保持联系。

10. C从下文"scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms" 可知，此处表示母亲干完各种活后回家。

11. D此处意为"由你来替这个家管伙食，付账单"。

12. A依据前句可知，此处表示用所有剩下的钱去买意大利针织衫。leave over剩下;pay off付清; use up用完;canyout实行，均不符合句意，

13. B以为由自己理财就有可能买自己想要的意大利针织衫，"我"对母亲的决定感到很高兴。

14. D由"but"可以看出，当"我"把该用的钱分配完毕时，手里已分文不剩。

15. C keep a roof over our heads意为"让我们有地方住”。

16. A此处意为"更不用说买衣服了 " 。let alone更不用说；let out放出;let in使进入;leave alone 避免扰乱.,

17. C依据上下文内容可知，此处表示"于是我又努力学习"。

18. B从下文"I became a doctor"可4*知，最终"我" 实现了自己的梦想。

19. A从第二段末"My mother was illiterate"可知，母亲几乎没有接受过正规教育。

20. C由上文得知：没有哪一种工作比教育子女更重要