2014届高考英语基础知识总复习每日一练：81（北师大版）.docVIP

高三英语每日一练(81) The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My __1__ began when I was just a kid.I __2__ becoming a doctor. My mother was a domestic.Through her work, she observed that __3__ people spent a lot more time reading than they __4__ watching television.She announced 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 __5__ her written book reports.She would mark them up with check marks and highlights.Years later we realized her marks were a __6__.My mother was illiterate. When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long.I wanted the fancy clothes.I wanted to __7__ the guys.I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student.One night my mother came home from __8__ her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts.She said, “Okay, Ill give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy __9__ food and pay the bills.With everything __10__， you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.” I was very __11__ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was nothing left.I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to __12__ our heads and any kind of food on the table, __13__ buy clothes.I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasnt going to get me anywhere.Success required intellectual preparation.I went back to my __14__ and became an A-student again, and eventually I __15__ my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mothers story—a woman with little formal education or property who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the globe.There is no job more important than parenting.This I believe. 1．A．belief　　　　　　 　B．work C．education D．promise 2．A．majored in B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of 3．A．lazy B．easy-going C．succe