Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand （农场工人）. 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
________. In his words, he
________ thought of changing his job.
At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a schoolteacher. In the following spring I came________ into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt________. 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 greatness and ________. And she ________ that I would some day become a great leader ________ 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 ________and I am a successful lawyer ________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. ________ he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.
| 【小题1】 | | A．rode | B．walked | C．ran | D．drove |
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| 【小题2】 | | A．conversations | B．games | C．relationships | D．activities |
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| 【小题3】 | | A．cold | B．crowded | C．quiet | D．dirty |
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| 【小题4】 | | A．horse | B．entertainment | C．life | D．beer |
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| 【小题5】 | | A．often | B．ever | C．never | D．sometimes |
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| 【小题6】 | | A．laughing | B．singing | C．sleeping | D．crying |
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| 【小题7】 | | A．unimportant | B．busy | C．unsatisfied | D．tired |
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| 【小题8】 | | A．living | B．change | C．decision | D．house |
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| 【小题9】 | | A．dreamed | B．heard | C．thought | D．spoken |
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| 【小题10】 | | A．honesty | B．money | C．fame | D．energy |
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| 【小题11】 | | A．cared | B．knew | C．forgot | D．hoped |
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| 【小题12】 | | A．training | B．ruling | C．helping | D．protecting |
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| 【小题13】 | | A．warned | B．wanted | C．allowed | D．persuaded |
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| 【小题14】 | | A．start | B．find | C．design | D．sell |
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| 【小题15】 | | A．farther | B．higher | C．easier | D．closer |
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| 【小题16】 | | A．showed | B．kept | C．lost | D．achieved |
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| 【小题17】 | | A．company | B．school | C．farm | D．café |
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| 【小题18】 | | A．suffering | B．sharing | C．enjoying | D．following |
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| 【小题20】 | | A．So | B．However | C．Or | D．Because |
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