完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分,满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—20题各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My 1_ began when I was just a kid．I 2 being 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 plained 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__ 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 08__ 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．spent 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．gave 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 interesting1. A
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(答案→)1. A
解析：这是一篇记叙文。作者出生于一个贫穷的单亲家庭，然而在母亲的帮助与教导下，他
克服了重重困难，从后进生一跃名列前茅，成为优秀生，并实现了自己的梦想，成为了一名医生。这一成功的事例说明：在教育子女上，父母才是最好的老师。
1．A 从下文可知，我小时候就开始有了信念。
2．C 接着指出是什么信念，梦想成为一名医生。
3．C 据母亲观察，成功人士花在阅读上的时间要比在看电视上多得多。
4．D 此处使用did 代替前文的spent, 避免重复。
5．A 由announced 得知，我和弟弟每周只能看三到四个预先挑选好的电视节目。
6．B 由上下文可知，母亲非常严厉。我们每人必须阅读从底特律公共图书馆借来的两本书，还要上交读书心得。present sth. to sb.把某物呈交给某人。
7．D 由My mother was illiterate.得知，此处是一个计谋。
8．A 由but 推测出：读中学时，我曾是个优等生，但好景不长。
9．B 原因是：图漂亮衣服，想和别人出去闲荡。hang out 闲荡。
10．C 由下文scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms可知，此处意为：母亲干完各种活儿回到家。working 在此用作及物动词，意为：完成，干完。
11．D 此处是buy sb．sth.的结构。意为：由你来替这个家买伙食、付账单。
12．A 此处是“with + 宾语+ 宾补”结构。money 与leave 之间是被动关系。剩下的钱你都拿去买意大利针织衫吧。
13．B 因为由自己理财并从中想赚一点钱，很显然，这样的决定让我开心不已。。
14．D 由but 可知并非如我所愿。但当我把该花的钱都分配完毕，手里已分文不剩。
15．C 我的母亲不愧是个理财能手，她能让我们有地方住、有各样的食物吃，更不用说买衣服了。keep a roof over one’s head有地方住；put an idea into one’s head使想起；gave an impression on留下印象；have eyes in the back of one’s head多留心不露声色。
16．A let alone更不用说；let out 使放出；let in 使进入；leave alone 不理会，不理睬。
17．C 通过这件事，我还意识到，一时的满足并不会给我带来什么成就，而成功需要智力上的准备。于是我又发奋努力学习。
18．B 最终我实现了自己当医生的梦想。fulfill 履行工作，完成任务，达到愿望。
19．A 由上文可知，我母亲，她是这样一个女人，粗通文墨、家境贫寒，却利用家长的身份改变了世上很多人的生活。
20．C 由上文得知：没有那件事比对子女的养育更重要了。