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和D)中，选出最佳选项。
In the seventh grade when my mother suggested that I should join the golf team, I thought she had lost her mind. But as 36 , my mother won in the end. I 37 on the junior school golf team in the seventh and eighth grade. The summer before 38 school came, I had a burning 39 to play on the high school team.
That summer I 40 almost every Sunday morning on the golf course (高尔夫球场) with my 41 , and too many afternoons counting on the course with my mother. This 42 relationship with my parents 43 during my high school years, and Mom and I 44 it to the hours spent together on the golf course. 45 you're walking down the freshly mowed fairway (高尔夫球场上的平坦大道), staring (凝视) out 46 miles of nothing but golf course, and looking up at the beautiful blue sky, you will realize 47 is important in life. My mom and I have solved most of the world's 48 there and plan to write a book together one day. We talk about such things in the middle of a round of (一轮比赛) golf as we would never do at 49 , where she is Mom and I am an annoying ( 惹人烦恼的 ) teenager. On the golf course, we're just two people who 50 golf.
51 has become part of my life during the past years. My friends know in the summer the place to find me is on the golf course. There is 52 I love more than a perfect autumn morning, riding around in a golf cart with my dad. Golf has 53 me and made me into the person I am today. And I have to 54 that all of it is thanks to my mom who 55 me join that middle school golf team. She was right -- as usual.
1.A. much B. well C. usual D. normal
2.A. played B. joined C. got D. went
3.A. junior B. high C. primary D. college
4.A. fire B. opinion C. hope D. desire
5.A. took B. spent C. cost D. bought
6. A. father B. mother C. sister D. teacher
7. A. funny B. unhappy C. close D. lasting
8.A. changed B. began C. broke D. continued
9. A. owe B. lead C. lend D. explain
10. A. Until B. When C. How D. Why
11.A. in B. through C. across D. into
12. A. that B. who C. which D. what
13.A. problems B. questions C. answers D. secrets
14. A. school B. home C. table D. course
15. A. discover B. hate C. love D. think
16. A. Walking B. Studying C. Talking D. Golfing
17.A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
18.A. shaped B. controlled C. helped D. given
19. A. regret B. accept C. consider D. support
20.A. appreciated B. brought C. made D. invited
— You haven’t been to Beijing， have you？
—______. And how I wish to go there again!
A. Yes， I have B. Yes， I haven’t
C. No， I have D. No， I haven’t
-- What bad luck that we______ the football match in the last 3 minutes.
--And we_______ hard in the last 3 years!
A. had lost; trained B. were losing; had trained
C. have lost; have trained D. lost; have been training
--Who's the man shaking hands with our headmaster?
--A scientist ____________ to give us a talk on the history of the Party.
A. is invited B. invited C. inviting D. which is invited
Occasions are quite rare ________I have the time to spend a day with my kids.
A. who B. which C. why D. when
Ford found a way to mass produce the motor car cheaply, ________ it possible for many more people to own one.
A. made B. to make C. making D. make
