Unit 9 Lesson 4 Car Culture 同步练习 2.docVIP

Unit 9 Lesson 4 Car Culture 同步练习 2 Ⅰ.完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选 项。 The simplest way to say it is this：I believe in my mother.My __1__ began when I was just a kid.I dreamed of becoming a doctor. My mother was a domestic.Through her work，she observed that __2__ people spent a lot more time reading than they did watching television.She announced that my brother and I __3__ 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 __4__ her written book reports.She would mark them up with check marks and highlights.Years later we realized her marks were a __5__.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 __6__ the guys.I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student.One night my mother came home from __7__ 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 __8__ food and pay the bills.With everything left over，you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.”I was very __9__ 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 __10__ our heads and any kind of food on the table，__11__ buy clothes.I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasnt going to get me anywhere.Success required intellectual preparation.I went back to my __12__ and became an A-student again，and eventually I __13__ my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mothers story—a woman with __14__ 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 __15__ than parenting.This I believe. 【解题导语】 这是一篇记叙文。作者出生于一个贫穷的单亲家庭，然而在母亲的 帮助与教导下，他克服了重重困难，从后进生一跃名列前茅，成为优秀生，并实现 了自己的梦想