Question

Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand. 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 life. In his words, he ___thought of changing his job.

At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a school teacher. In the following spring I came ___into the world. Life became ___, so my mother felt unsatisfied. 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 fame(名誉) and____. And she hoped that I would some day become a great leader ruling 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 company and I am a successful lawyer enjoying 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. So he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need ___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. often B. ever C. never D. sometimes

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

6.A. happy B. easy C. hard D. busy

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

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

9.A. honesty B. money C. success D. energy

10.A. warned B. made C. allowed D. advised

11.A. start B. find C. design D. sell

12.A. farther B. further C. easier D. closer

13.A. showed B. kept C. lost D. achieved

14.A. though B. if C. and D. since

15.A. a job B. a leader C. drive D. a mother

1.A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.D 6.C 7.B 8.B 9.C 10.D 11.A 12.B 13.D 14.A 15.C 【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述父亲遇到母亲之前在一个农场工作，每天过着自我满足的生活，直到我出生，生活变得很艰难，在母亲对我的鼓励和期待下，父亲开始了生意生涯，我也致力于我的...

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