The Parking-Lot(停车场)Sweeper

　　Both my parents came from towns in Mexico．I was born in E1 Paso, Texas, and when I was four, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles．

　　Even though we struggled to make ends meet, my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how 　　1　　 we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities．They 　　2　　 us with the ideas of family, faith and love．

　　I got my first 　　3　　 job when I was ten．My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist．He 　　4　　 space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure．

　　The owner of the shopping center 　　5　　 my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three 　　6　　 a week, which 　　7　　 getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped 　　8　　 dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand．It took two to three hours to clean the lot．I 　　9　　 sleep in the car on the way home．

　　I did this for two years, but the lessons I learned have 　　10　　 a lifetime．I obtained discipline(自律)and the importance of work, and learned at a(n)　　11　　 age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my 　　12　　, school, homework and a job．This 　　13　　 helped during my school years, when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a 　　14　　 of college preparation courses．

　　The hard work 　　15　　 off．I attended the U．S．Military Academy and went on to 　　16　　 graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard．　　17　　, I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly(州议会)．In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have 　　18　　 forgotten those nights in the parking lot．The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to 　　19　　 for themselves and their families, that is 　　20　　 we should honor．

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完型填空，阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps．She 　　1　　 the driver and, using her hands to feel the 　　2　　 of the seats, walked down and found the 　　3　　 which the driver had told her was empty．Then she settled in．

　　It had been a year since Mary, 34, 　　4　　 a medical misdiagnosis(误诊), was suddenly thrown into a world of 　　5　　．Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart．He 　　6　　 her how to rely on her other 　　7　　 , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and 　　8　　 to adapt herself to the new environment．He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could 　　9　　 for her, and save her a seat．

　　　　10　　 , Mary decided that she was ready to try the 　　11　　 on her own．Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their 　　12　　 ways．

　　On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual．As she was 　　13　　 the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I 　　14　　 envy you．” Mary had no 　　15　　 what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you 　　16　　 ? ”

　　The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the 　　17　　 week, a fine-looking gentleman 　　18　　 a military uniform has been standing across the corner 　　19　　 you as you get off the bus．He 　　20　　 you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building．You are one lucky lady．”

　　Tears of gratitude poured down Mary's cheeks．

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　　My parents fixed in me the ideas of family, faith and patriotism(爱国主义)when I was young．　　1　　 we struggled to make ends meet, they 　　2　　 to me and my four brothers and sisters how 　　3　　 we were to live in a great country with 　　4　　 opportunities．

　　I got my first real 　　5　　 when I was ten．My dad injured his back working in a factory and had to be 　　6　　 as a hairstylist．The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a(n)　　7　　 on his rent for cleaning the parking lot(停车场)three nights a week, which meant getting up at 3 a.m．To pick up waste, Dad used a little 　　8　　 that looked like a lawn mower(割草机)．Mom and I emptied garbage cans and 　　9　　 waste by hand．It took two to three hours to clean the lot．I’d 　　10　　 in the car on the way home because of tiredness．

　　I did this for two years, but the 　　11　　 I learned have lasted a lifetime．I 　　12　　 discipline and a strong work ethic(道德准则)，and learned at a(n)　　13　　 age the importance of balancing life’s 　　14　　 interests－in my case, school, homework and a job．This really 　　15　　 during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while taking college-prep 　　16　　．

　　The hard work 　　17　　．I attended the U．S．Military Academy and went on to receive graduate degrees in 　　18　　and business from Harvard．　　19　　, I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California State Assembly (会议)．In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done, I have never forgotten those 　　20　　 in the parking lot．

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