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 grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area.My parents 1the necessities of life 2they couldn’t give much more.If I asked my father 3a pair of jeans,he would say,“If you want them,make the money and buy them 4.”He wasn’t being mean;he just couldn’t 5them.From age 12 on,I did part-time jobs after school.
When I 6from high school,I joined the navy.Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island,S.C.,where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily 7.These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles.Completing these tasks successfully 8discipline,team-work and responsibility.It didn’t 9whether you were black,white or Asian;everyone worked together for the 10of the company.
I went 11to graduate from the U.S.Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy.The part of my job I 12most was the consueling(咨询) meetings I 13with the family members of the men and women in my 14,trying to help them deal with the long periods of 15.These proved popular and word of them spread. 16I was being asked to give encouraging 17to business groups,educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real 18,and my life is still guided by the 19lessons I learned there.It taught me discipline,friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to 20it.
1.A.provided B.got C.made D.bought
2.A.while B.but C.so D.or
3.A.about B.with C.for D.of
4.A.themselves B.ourselves C.yourself D.myself
5.A.pay B.find C.produce D.afford
6.A.came B.returned C.escaped D.graduated
7.A.drills B.tasks C.exercises D.reports
8.A.included B.asked C.required D.met
9.A.matter B.mean C.exist D.work
10.A.good B.boss C.rest D.right
11.A.out B.on C.away D.off
12.A.took B.hated C.enjoyed D.did
13.A.ended B.began C.continued D.held
14.A.charge B.situation C.position D.choice
15.A.lessons B.meetings C.training D.separation
16.A.Long before B.Before long
C.As usual D.Once again
17.A.performances B.descriptions
C.speeches D.gifts
18.A.vacation B.place C.job D.travel
19.A.important B.bitter C.normal D.difficult
20.A.gain B.achieve C.show D.match
It is none of your business _______ other people think about you.Believe yourself.
A.how B.what C.which D.when
—Do you need any help,Lucy?
—Yes.The job is _______ I could do myself.
A.less than B.more than
C.no more than D.not more than
The news of the mayor’s coming to our school for a visit was _______ on the radio yesterday.
A.turned out B.found out
C.given out D.carried out
Although _______ my opinion,the old professor didn’t come up with his own.
A.against B.on C.for D.in
—You are always full of _______.Can you tell me the secret?
—Taking plenty of exercise every day.
A.power B.strength C.force D.energy