Question

 (河南省开封市2008届第四次模拟考试)

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 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 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 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__.

36. A. where                  B. which                      C. when                    D. who 

37. A.woman  servant     B. teacher                    C. worker                 D. nurse

38. A.healthy                B. successful               C. powerful               D. clever                 

39. A.searching              B. reading                    C. working                D. training               

40. A.  ordered               B. insisted                    C. suggested              D. announced          

41. A.hand in                 B. turn over                 C. pick up          D. write down                

42. A.titles                     B. ideas                       C. books                   D. parts

43. A.game                     B. trick                       C. pleasure                D. task  

44. A.anybody                B. nobody                    C. somebody             D. everybody           

45. A.and                       B. so                           C. but                       D. or    

46. A.know                    B. care                        C. face                      D. stop 

47. A.thought                 B. chatted                    C. complained            D. worried              

48. A.repairing               B. cleaning                  C. rubbing                 D. watching            

49. A.encouraged           B. puzzled                   C. moved                   D. pleased               

50. A.as soon as             B. if                            C. once                     D. since                  

51. A. wall                     B. house                      C. window                D. roof 

52. A. realized                B. imagined                 C. believed                 D. noticed               

53. A. suited                   B. required                  C. made                     D. matched             

54. A. even                     B. forever                    C. before                   D. again

55. A. professor             B. expert                      C. doctor                  D. boss 

Answer 1

答案  36.C   37.A  38.B  39.B  40.D  41.A  42.D  43.B  44.A  45.C  46.B  47.C  48.B  49.D  50.C  51.D  52.A  53.B  54.D  55.C