题目内容：

    Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand （农场工人）. At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he________to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social________ with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was ________ because many farmhands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied with his________. In his words, he________ thought of changing his job.

At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a schoolteacher. In the following spring I came________ into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt________. She told Dad that they must make a ________.

My mother had ________of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and ________. And she ________ that I would some day become a great leader ________ men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she ________Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and ________a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for ________ education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother's hope, Dad and I________what we have today. Dad runs a big international ________and I am a successful lawyer ________great fame in my country, ________not a leader as my mother expected.

Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn't be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand. ________ he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.

1.A.rode B.walked C.ran D.drove

2.A.conversations B.games C.relationships D.activities

3.A.cold B.crowded C.quiet D.dirty

4.A.horse B.entertainment C.life D.beer

5.A.often B.ever C.never D.sometimes

6.A.laughing B.singing C.sleeping D.crying

7.A.unimportant B.busy C.unsatisfied D.tired

8.A.living B.change C.decision D.house

9.A.dreamed B.heard C.thought D.spoken

10.A.honesty B.money C.fame D.energy

11.A.cared B.knew C.forgot D.hoped

12.A.training B.ruling C.helping D.protecting

13.A.warned B.wanted C.allowed D.persuaded

14.A.start B.find C.design D.sell

15.A.farther B.higher C.easier D.closer

16.A.showed B.kept C.lost D.achieved

17.A.company B.school C.farm D.café

18.A.suffering B.sharing C.enjoying D.following

19.A.though B.if C.and D.since

20.A.So B.However C.Or D.Because