Question

I should say I owe (归功于) my success to my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid. I        becoming a doctor.

My mother was a servant. Through her work, she found that           people spent a lot more time reading than they            watching television. She told my brother and me to watch only two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. In our free time, we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and               written book reports to her.  She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a trick because my mother was uneducated.

        When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for         . I wanted the brightly colored clothes and I wanted to hang out 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             her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I            this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything paid off, you can have all the Italian shirts you want.” I was very            with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money, there was            left.

   I realized my mother was a great woman to be able to keep a roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my            and became an A-student again, and at last I            my dream and I became a doctor.

My mother is a woman with            formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job more important than parenting.

1.A. dreamed of  B. depended on  C. gave up   D. thought of

2.A. strict       B. easy-going   C. successful   D. careful

3.A. cost       B. paid    C. took     D. did

4.A. read       B. present   C. teach    D. explain

5.A. soon    B. far    C. long    D. often

6.A. working      B. shopping   C. making   D. getting

7.A. accept   B. win    C. spend    D. make

8.A. excited   B. pleased   C. disappointed  D. bored

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

10.A. guys   B. mother    C. studies    D. play

11.A. expected   B. realized   C. changed   D. tried

12.A. little       B. much          C. few        D. High

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了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.动词短语及语境的理解。dreamed of：梦想到， depended on：依靠， gave up：放弃，thought of：想到。根据语境可知，这里指的是作者的信念是梦想成为一名医生。故选A。

2.形容词及语境的理解。Strict：严格的， easy-going：随便的， successful：成功的， careful：仔细的。根据语境可知，这里指的是成功人士花在阅读上的时间要比在看电视上多得多。故选C。

3.动词及语境的理解。cost、 paid、took 、spent都有“花费”的意思，cost 主语是物，paid主语是人， took 主语常用it代替，spent主语是人。根据语境可知，这里使用代动词did 代替前文的spent, 避免重复。故选D。

4.动词及语境的理解。read：阅读，present：提交， teach：教， explain：解释。根据上下文的描述可知，作者的母亲非常严厉。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.是固定搭配，表示“把某物呈交给某人”。故选B。

5.副词及语境的理解。soon ：不久，far ：遥远，long：长，often：经常。根据语境可知，这里指的是作者上高中的时候是一个A等生，但是时间不长。故选C。

6.动词及语境的理解。working：工作， shopping：购物， making：制作， getting：得到。根据语境可知，这里指的是作者的母亲从从事各种不同的工作下班回来，故应选A。

7.动词及语境的理解。accept：接受， win：赢得， spend：花费， make：挣（钱）。根据语境可知，这里指的是作者的母亲要把她本周所挣的钱给与作者。故应选D。

8.形容词及语境的理解。excited：兴奋的， pleased：高兴的， disappointed：失望的， bored：乏味的。联系上下文的描述可知，这里指的是作者对这样的安排表示高兴。故应选B。

9.不定代词及语境的理解。根据前文“but”的转折可知，并非如作者所愿。但当作者把该花的钱都分配完毕后，手里已分文不剩。故应选D。

10.guys：孩子们， mother：母亲， studies ：学习， play：玩。根据语境可知，这里指的是成功需要智力上的准备。于是作者又发奋努力学习。故应选C。

11.expected ：经历， realized ：意识到、实现， changed：改变， tried：尝试。 根据语境，realize one’s dream表示“实现某人的梦想”。故应选B。

12.根据上文的描述可知，作者的母亲是这样一个女人，她几乎没有接受过什么教育，家境贫寒，却利用家长的身份改变了世上很多人的生活。故应选A。

考点：人生百味类短文。