I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to for his growing family.
On our occasional trips to town，I out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in of little.
When I wasn’t daydreaming，my was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were more than lies，but the stories I told improved every book I read.
Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses.
Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans. my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world our simple existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad when he told us we would never amount to anything.
Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much than our parents expected us.We devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.
Now I’m of the acplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a wellknown doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing.
【小题1】A．draftedB．dismissedC．invitedD．involved【小题2】A．wellB．plentyC．enoughD．heavily【小题3】A．searchB．provideC．hopeD．leave【小题4】A．broughtB．checkedC．gaveD．carried【小题5】A．remindB．helpC．devoteD．find【小题6】A．memoryB．favorC．possessionD．need【小题7】A．realityB．fantasyC．satisfactionD．affection【小题8】A．refusingB．pretendingC．attemptingD．preparing【小题9】A．whetherB．howC．whenD．why【小题10】A．somethingB．anythingC．nothingD．everything【小题11】A．asB．withC．forD．at【小题12】A．sentB．deliveredC．publishedD．released【小题13】A．ButB．AndC．ThenD．Otherwise【小题14】A．aboveB．aroundC．withinD．beyond【小题15】A．rightB．meanC．wrongD．nice【小题16】A．moreB．furtherC．greaterD．better【小题17】A．inB．forC．ofD．on【小题18】A．ambitionB．dreamC．enthusiasmD．education【小题19】A．hungerB．sufferingC．desperationD．poverty【小题20】A．fondB．proudC．awareD．confidentA
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【小题1】答案 A
解析 考查动词辨析。根据下文“again to fight during the Korean War”可知，他是被征召入伍。故选A项。
【小题2】答案 C
解析 考查副词辨析。他不能喝到足以麻痹他可怕的记忆。enough足够的，符合题意。
【小题3】答案 B
解析 考查动词辨析。他努力供养日益增多的家人。provide提供，抚养，符合题意。
【小题4】答案 B
解析 考查动词辨析。我从图书馆登记并借了一箱子书。check out登记借出，符合语境。
【小题5】答案 D
解析 考查动词辨析。我发现自己置身于一些不知名的地方。只有动词find可跟复合结构。故选D项。
【小题6】答案 D
解析 考查名词辨析。那里的孩子不饥饿，不缺少东西。固定短语in need of“需要”。
【小题7】答案 A
解析 考查名词辨析。当我不做白日梦时，现实是我跟我的兄弟姐妹们在一起生活。reality现实，符合题意。
【小题8】答案 C
解析 考查动词辨析。晚上我躲在被窝里试图在一个酒鬼的家里安静地生活。attempt试图，符合语境。refuse拒绝；pretend假装；prepare准备。
【小题9】答案 D
解析 考查名词性从句连接词辨析。同学们问为什么我们既没有电也没有电话。根据后面一句中的“explanations”可知，此处是问为什么。故选D项。
【小题10】答案 C
解析 考查不定代词辨析。我认为我的解释只有撒谎。nothing more than仅仅，只有。故选C项。
【小题11】答案 B
解析 考查介词辨析。但是我讲的故事是用我读的每本书改进的。with表示“用”。
【小题12】答案 B
解析 考查动词辨析。根据上句中“sometimes got jobs to earn money”可知，我们所干的工作是递送报纸、做保姆、给别人打扫房子。deliver递送，符合语境。
【小题13】答案 A
解析 考查连词辨析。根据前面一句话，我们很少感到饥饿。我真正的饥饿不是对食物的渴求，而是对更好生活的渴望。前后句表示转折，所以用but。故选A项。
【小题14】答案 D
解析 考查介词辨析。这是我们简单的生存之外渴求对世界的了解。beyond超过，符合语境。
【小题15】答案 C
解析 考查形容词辨析。根据后半句“父亲说我们将一事无成”，可知我们想证明他是错误的。故选C项。
【小题16】答案 A
解析 考查副词辨析。渴望激发我的兄弟姐妹们实现了远远超出父母对我们期望的那样。more than超过，符合语境。
【小题17】答案 C
解析 考查介词辨析。固定搭配expect of“对……的期望”。故选C项。
【小题18】答案 D
解析 考查名词辨析。根据前半句中“we devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools”可知，我们认为教育是通向光明未来的踏脚石。故选D项。
【小题19】答案 B
解析 考查形容词辨析。根据下文兄弟姐妹的成就可知，我是引以为豪的。故选B项。
【小题20】答案 A
解析 考查名词辨析。根据第六段第一句话“Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much more than our parents expected of us.”以及我们现在获得的成就可知，渴望的力量之大。故选A项。