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考研《英语一》甘肃省临夏回族自治州积石山保安族东2023年临考冲刺试卷 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入 空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, when I 1 becoming a doctor. My mother was a 2 . Through her work, she observed that 3 people spent a lot more time 4 than they did watching television. She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 5 TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and 6 written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check markers and underline the 7 parts. Years later we realized her marks were a 8 . My mother was illiterate(文盲). Although we had no money, 9 the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody. When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 10 I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t 11 . I was cool. One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I 12 about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I 13 this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With 14 left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very 15 with that arrangement. But once I got through 16 money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a(n) 17 over our heads and any kind of food on the table. I was also 18 that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere. Success 19 intellectual(知识上的) preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and 20 I realized