完型填空（共20小题，每题1分，满分20分）
Good Work Ethics （规范）
When I was younger, about 14, I was already ready to work．My father was a dairy man and he had been working his entire life．For him, getting up at 5 a．m．and working a couple of hours before I went to school, and then 36 more after school until there was not enough37 to see, were normal．
My father considered putting good work ethics in me to be very 38 ．He began to show me these, not through 39 , but through his actions．He would not 40 a job until it was done．He 41 put his all into everything he did． 42 , he showed me this not just in working, but in everything．Like when I was in soccer, I wanted to 43 a game once．and he explained to me-that I had made a 44 and that even if I just skipped one game, then I did not 45 to play the rest of the games．
So the day I started my first job at the age of 14, I was 46 to show my father that I could do it well, and that I was not going to 47 . My entire 48 was to make my father proud of me. I knew that ___49 I did, he would not say it in words, but he would show it．My first job was doing 50 for a company．As most of you know, construction is not an easy job, especially being so 51 _. When someone as young as I was started working, they would either __52 or get stronger．I got stronger．I worked the 53 I had been taught and I gave that day everything I had．In the end, my boss was impressed．He even called to tell my parents what a good worker I was, and my parents' eyes __54 ．From that day on I have worked every job to my full 55 , because that day defined （explain the truth of）my life．It defined how I was going to work, and I will always stick to it．
1.A．going B．learning C．working D．playing
2.A．light B．time C．chance D．strength
3.A．ridiculous B．easy C．hopeless D．important
4.A．words B．truth C．facts D．practice
5.A．finish B．find C．do D．quit
6.A．might B．could C．would D．should
7.A．Finally B．However C．Therefore D．Thus
8.A．enjoy B．skip C．defeat D．dip
9.A．commitment B．improvement C．devotion D．conclusion
10.A．decide B．stop C．resist D．deserve
11.A．interested B．shocked C．surprised D．prepared
12.A．stick B．fail C．leave D．play
13.A．problem B．world C．trick D．goal
14.A．in case B．now that C．even if D．as though
15.A．construction B．negotiation C．communication D．reception
16.A．weak B．young C．old D．poor
17.A．break B．struggle C．pause D．work
18.A．manner B．moment C．method D．way
19.A．stared B．lifted C．shone D．closed
20.A．ambition B．skill C．spirit D．potential
Canada is a large country _____ many people from all over the world live.
A．which B. in which C. that D. in that
I called the airline to ______ my flight reservation a week before I left for Canada.
A. expand B. book C. confirm D. strengthen
It was for the first time that the two countries ______ an agreement.
A.reached B. have reached C. had reached D. will reach
I have been convinced that the print media are usually more __________ and more reliable than television.
A. actual B. adequate C. accurate D. autonomous
The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what was actually said. There are a lot of mistakes．
A．correspond with B．relate to
C. compare with D．communicate with
