完型填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分,滿分30分)
請閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從36—55各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該選項的標號涂黑。
I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid,
36 I dreamed of becoming a doctor.
My m
other 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 and
41__ 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 a
bout 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 yo
u 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 kin
d of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also
52 ___ 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___小題1: | A.where | B.which | C.when | D.who |
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小題2: | A.woman servant | B.teacher | C.worker | D.nurse |
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小題3: | A.healthy | B.successful | C.powerful | D.clever |
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小題4: | A.searching | B.reading | C.working | D.training |
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小題5:A. ordered B. insisted C. suggested D. announced41. A .hand in B. turn over C. pick up D. write down
小題6: | A.titles | B.ideas | C.books | D.parts |
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小題7: | A.game | B.trick | C.pleasure | D.task |
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小題8: | A.anybody | B.nobody | C.somebody | D.everybody |
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小題11: | A.thought | B.chatted | C.complained | D.worried |
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小題12: | A.repairing | B.cleaning | C.rubbing | D.watching |
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小題13: | A.encouraged | B.puzzled | C.moved | D.pleased |
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小題14: | A.as soon as | B.if | C.once | D.since |
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小題15: | A.wall | B.house | C.window | D.roof |
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小題16: | A.realized | B.imagined | C.believed | D.noticed |
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小題17: | A.suited | B.required | C.made | D.matched |
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小題18: | A.even | B.forever | C.before | D.again |
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小題19: | A.professor | B.expert | C.doctor | D.boss |
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