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
