题目内容：

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