Question

I should say I owe (歸功于) my success to my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid. I becoming a doctor.

My mother was a servant. Through her work, she found that people spent a lot more time reading than they watching television. She told my brother and me to watch only two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. In our free time, we had to read two books from the Detroit Public Library and written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a trick because my mother was uneducated.

When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for . I wanted the brightly colored clothes and I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you all the money I this week by scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything paid off, you can have all the Italian shirts you want.” I was very with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (分配) money, there was left.

I realized my mother was a great woman to be able to keep a roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, let alone buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my and became an A-student again, and at last I my dream and I became a doctor.

My mother is a woman with formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of her children. There is no job more important than parenting.

1.A. dreamed of B. depended on C. gave up D. thought of

2.A. strict B. easy-going C. successful D. careful

3.A. cost B. paid C. took D. did

4.A. read B. present C. teach D. explain

5.A. soon B. far C. long D. often

6.A. working B. shopping C. making D. getting

7.A. accept B. win C. spend D. make

8.A. excited B. pleased C. disappointed D. bored

9.A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing

10.A. guys B. mother C. studies D. play

11.A. expected B. realized C. changed D. tried

12.A. little B. much C. few D. High

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.D

10.C

11.B

12.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述了作者出生于一個貧窮的單親家庭，然而在母親的幫助與教導下，他克服了重重困難，從后進生一躍名列前茅，成為優秀生，并實現了自己的夢想，成為了一名醫生。這一成功的事例說明：在教育子女上，父母才是最好的老師。

1.動詞短語及語境的理解。dreamed of：夢想到， depended on：依靠， gave up：放棄，thought of：想到。根據語境可知，這里指的是作者的信念是夢想成為一名醫生。故選A。

2.形容詞及語境的理解。Strict：嚴格的， easy-going：隨便的， successful：成功的， careful：仔細的。根據語境可知，這里指的是成功人士花在閱讀上的時間要比在看電視上多得多。故選C。

3.動詞及語境的理解。cost、 paid、took 、spent都有“花費”的意思，cost 主語是物，paid主語是人， took 主語常用it代替，spent主語是人。根據語境可知，這里使用代動詞did 代替前文的spent, 避免重復。故選D。

4.動詞及語境的理解。read：閱讀，present：提交， teach：教， explain：解釋。根據上下文的描述可知，作者的母親非常嚴厲。每人必須閱讀從底特律公共圖書館借來的兩本書，還要上交讀書心得。present sth. to sb.是固定搭配，表示“把某物呈交給某人”。故選B。

5.副詞及語境的理解。soon ：不久，far ：遙遠，long：長，often：經常。根據語境可知，這里指的是作者上高中的時候是一個A等生，但是時間不長。故選C。

6.動詞及語境的理解。working：工作， shopping：購物， making：制作， getting：得到。根據語境可知，這里指的是作者的母親從從事各種不同的工作下班回來，故應選A。

7.動詞及語境的理解。accept：接受， win：贏得， spend：花費， make：掙（錢）。根據語境可知，這里指的是作者的母親要把她本周所掙的錢給與作者。故應選D。

8.形容詞及語境的理解。excited：興奮的， pleased：高興的， disappointed：失望的， bored：乏味的。聯系上下文的描述可知，這里指的是作者對這樣的安排表示高興。故應選B。

9.不定代詞及語境的理解。根據前文“but”的轉折可知，并非如作者所愿。但當作者把該花的錢都分配完畢后，手里已分文不剩。故應選D。

10.guys：孩子們， mother：母親， studies ：學習， play：玩。根據語境可知，這里指的是成功需要智力上的準備。于是作者又發奮努力學習。故應選C。

11.expected ：經歷， realized ：意識到、實現， changed：改變， tried：嘗試。 根據語境，realize one’s dream表示“實現某人的夢想”。故應選B。

12.根據上文的描述可知，作者的母親是這樣一個女人，她幾乎沒有接受過什么教育，家境貧寒，卻利用家長的身份改變了世上很多人的生活。故應選A。

考點：人生百味類短文。