阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I believe in my mother．My belief began when I was just a kid, when I 1becoming a doctor.

My mother was a 2．Through her work, she observed that 3people spent a lot more time 4than they did watching television．She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 5TV programs during the week．With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and 6written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check markers and underline the 7parts．Years later we realized her marks were a 8．My mother was illiterate（文盲）．Although we had no money, 9the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.

When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 10．I wanted the fancy clothes．I wanted to hang about with the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t 11．I was cool.

One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I 12about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I 13this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With 14left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very 15with that arrangement．But once I got through 16money, there was nothing left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a（n） 17over our heads and any kind of food on the table．I was also 18that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere．Success 19intellectual（知识上的） preparation．I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and 20I realized my dream and I became a doctor.

1.A．contributed to          B．was sure of         C．dreamed of         D．thought of

2.A．maidservant            B．teacher               C．worker               D．nurse

3.A．honest                    B．successful          C．kind                   D．careful

4.A．writing                   B．reading               C．working             D．training

5.A．familiar                   B．dull                    C．designed             D．selected

6.A．turn in                    B．take in                C．bring in              D．check in

7.A．difficult                  B．easy                   C．opposite              D．important

8.A．wealth                    B．quiz                    C．pleasure              D．competition

9.A．between                  B．under                 C．within                D．below

10.A．the last                  B．a minute             C．long                   D．anything

11.A．know                    B．care                   C．admit                 D．realize

12.A．announced            B．claimed               C．complained         D．blamed

13.A．borrow                 B．make                  C．control               D．collect

14.A．something             B．everything           C．anything             D．nothing

15.A．encouraged           B．puzzled               C．moved                D．pleased

16.A．adding                  B．applying              C．dividing              D．exchanging

17.A．balance                 B．arrangement        C．hat                     D．roof

18.A．aware                   B．worried              C．confused            D．delighted

19.A．included                B．required              C．combined           D．matched

20.A．actually                 B．shortly                C．fortunately          D．finally

 Do not start a book unless you can see from the first few pages that it is ________ you can easily read and understand.

       A．that                 B．one                 C．the one             D．that one  

 ______ is often the case, many Chinese parents save enough money for their children’s further education.

     A．Which               B．That                  C． As                    D．Where

 Little Bob is often educated by his parents to be good and friendly to anybody even if ________.

     A．attacking       B．is attacked        C．to be attacked   D．attacked  

 --- Mike, it’s a pity you didn’t come to last night’s concert．It was really great!

    --- Really? If I ________ so busy, I would have gone with you.

     A．hadn’t been       B．weren’t           C．shouldn’t be       D．wouldn’t be  

 Some children want to challenge themselves by learning a language different from ________ their parents speak at home.

     A．不填          B．which          C．one                 D．what      

 Mathilde and her husband turned the whole room upside down ________ the lost necklace.

     A．in favor of        B．in want of        C．in charge of       D．in search of  

 ________ the help of her teacher, Mary ________ in the past few months.

     A．With; has made progress            B．Under; has made a progress

     C．With; had made progress            D．Under; had made a progress   

 —Tom has passed the final exam.

—______! He never really worked hard before.

      A．Congratulations                                 B．What a good news

      C．What a good surprise                          D．How exciting the exam

 In China, shaking hands with each other is a common________ when people meet for the first time.

     A．sense          B．practice          C．scene             D．rule