Question

 (07·福建)

I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents    36    the necessities of life    37    they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father    38    a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them    39   .” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t    40    them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.

       When I    41    from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵訓(xùn)練營) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily

   42   . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模擬的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully    43    discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t

   44    whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the    45   of the company.

I went    46    to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I    47    most was the comseling(咨詢) meeting I    48     with the family members of the men and women in my    49   , trying to help them deal with the long periods of    50   . These proved popular and word of them spread.   51    I was being asked to give encouraging    52    to business groups, educators and keds across the country.

But I consider the boot camp my first real    53   , and my life is still guided by the

   54    lessons I hearned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to    55    it.

36.A.provided                      B.got                     C.made                        D.bought

37.A.while                           B.but                     C.so                             D.or

38.A.about                           B.with                   C.for                            D.of

39.A.themselves                   B.ourselves            C.yourself                    D.myself

40.A.pay                             B.find                    C.produce                    D.afford

41.A.came                           B.returned             C.escaped                     D.graduated

42.A.drills                            B.tasks                  C.exercises                   D.reports

43.A.included                       B.asked                 C.required                    D.met

44.A.matter                         B.mean                  C.exist                         D.work

45.A.good                           B.boss                   C.rest                           D.right

46.A.out                              B.on                      C.away                        D.off

47.A.took                            B.hated                  C.enjoyed                     D.did

48.A.ended                          B.began                 C.continued                  D.held

49.A.charge                         B.situation             C.position                     D.choice

50.A.lessons                        B.meeting              C.training                     D.separation

51.A.Long before                 B.Before long         C.As usual                    D.Once again

52.A.performances               B.descriptions        C.speeches                   D.gifts

53.A.vacation                       B.place                  C.job                            D.travel

54.A.important                     B.bitter                  C.normal                      D.difficult

55.A.gain                             B.achieve               C.show                        D.match

    

Answer 1

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