完形填空. I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents __1__ the necessities of life__2__they couldn't give much more. If I asked my father__3__a pair of jeans, he would say, 'If you want them, make the money and buy them__4__.' He wasn't being mean; he just couldn't__5__them. From age on, I did part-time jobs after school. When I__6__from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily __7__ . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully__8__ discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn't__9__whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the __10__of the company. I went__11__to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I__12__most was the consultation(咨询) meeting I__13__with the family members of the men and women in my__14__ , trying to help them deal with the long periods of __15__ . These proved popular and word of them spread. __16__ I was being asked to give encouraging__17__to business groups, educators and kids across the country. But I consider the boot camp my first real __1 8 , and my life is still guided by the __1 9 lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to __20 __ it. ( )1.A.provided ( )2.A.while ( )3.A.about ( )4.A.themselves ( )5.A.pay ( )6.A.came ( )7.A.drills ( )8.A.included ( )9.A.matter ( )10.A.good ( )11.A.out ( )12.A.took ( )13.A.ended ( )14.A.charge ( )15.A.lessons ( )16.A.Long before ( )17A.performances ( )18.A.vacation ( )19.A.important ( )20.A.gain B.got B.but B.with B.ourselves B.find B.returned B.tasks B.asked B.mean B.boss B.on B.hated B.began B.situation B.meeting B.Before long B.descriptions B.place B.bitter B.achieve C.made C.so C.for C.yourself C.produce C.escaped C.exercises C.required C.exist C.rest C.away C.enjoyed C.continued C.position C.training C.As usual C.speeches C.job C.normal C.show D.bought D.or D.of D.myself D.afford D.graduated D.reports D.met D.work D.right D.off D.did D.held D.choice D.separation D.Once again D.gifts D.travel D.difficult D.match