完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, 36 I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My mother was a 37__. Through her work, she observed that 38 _ people spent a lot more time 39 __than they did watch television. She 40 ___ that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and41__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important 42 . Years later we realized her marks were only a 43 My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 44__.
When I entered high school I was an A-student, 45 not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't 46 . I was cool.
One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I 47 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and 48 _bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very 49 with that arrangement but 50 I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 51 _over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also52 ___ that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success 53 intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student 54__, and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a 55___
1. A. where B. which C. when D. who
2. A. woman servant B. teacher C. worker D. nurse
3. A. healthy B. successful C. powerful D. clever
4. A. searching B. reading C. working D. training
5.A. ordered B. insisted C. suggested D. announced41. A .hand in B. turn over C. pick up D. write down
6. A. titles B. ideas C. books D. parts
7. A. game B. trick C. pleasure D. task
8. A. anybody B. nobody C. somebody D. everybody
9. A. and B. so C. but D. or
10.A. know B. care C. face D. stop
11. A. thought B. chatted C. complained D. worried
12. A. repairing B. cleaning C. rubbing D. watching
13.A. encouraged B. puzzled C. moved D. pleased
14.A. as soon as B. if C. once D. since
15. A. wall B. house C. window D. roof
16. A. realized B. imagined C. believed D. noticed
17.A. suited B. required C. made D. matched
18. A. even B. forever C. before D. again
19.A. professor B. expert C. doctor D. boss
— Remember to pick up your little sister on your way home.
— _______. You can depend on me.
A. Don’t mention it. B. No way C. Got it D. My pleasure.
Only when I left my parents for Italy____ how much I loved them.
A. I realized B. I had realized C. had I realized D. did I realize
He asked me just to sit down and drink some water ____ I could say anything about my travel plan.
A. while B. when C. if D. before
Patience, without ____ you can’t do the work well，is a kind of quality.
A. that B .it C. which D. what
— Flight MU257 ______, I must be off now.
— Have a nice trip.
A. is being announced B. has announced
C. was announcing D. had been announced.
