二、 完形填空 It’s 27 years since my last conversation with my mother, who didn’t finish school like many of her contemporary girls. She often told me, “I never got my ___1___ but one day you will.” Pointing to a tree or cow, she asked me to ___2___ their English names after her. Feeling ___3___ , I asked, “Mama, why do I have to learn these ____4____ phrases?” She held her pen right before my eyes. “Hold it firmly,” she ____5___ me, “for this pen and the new foreign language will be your compass to ___6___ around the world.” Sadly, my mother died of breast cancer when I was six. Turning seven, I traveled 30 miles to live closer to my school. But “closer” is a ___7__ term in Uganda, which ___8___ I had to get up as the ___9___ sun rose and then ran 8. 8 miles barefoot to school. Also, I needed to carry a stick in ___ 1 0___ of snakes and dogs. During the ___ 1 1___ season, the path to school was ___ 1 2___ daily and I’d swim with one hand, using the other hand to ___ 1 3___ the book bag on my head. Research shows 70 percent of poor children don’t ___ 1 4___ primary school in Uganda. Reasons for this ___ 1 5___ dropout rate includes the long ___ 1 6___ some children must ___ 1 7___ among many other reasons. Fortunately, I’ve made it. Whenever I see the sun rise, I am ___ 1 8___ of the wisdom of my mother, who ___ 1 9___ me to dream big and to use the ___ 2 0__ of the pen to make my dream come true. 1. A. degree B. scholarship C. recommendation D. admission 2. A. recite B. use C. repeat D. guess 3. A. anxious B. curious C. disappointed D. annoyed 4. A. tough B. new C. foreign D. old 5. A. encouraged B. consulted C. blamed D. frightened 6. A. fly B. turn C. walk D. sail 7. A. relative B. real C. simple D. technical 8. A. shows B. means C. proves D. states 9. A. warm B. early C. bright D. hot 10. A. search B. possession C. spite D. case 11. A. summer B. cold C. rainy D. dry 12. A. damaged B. repaired C. blocked D. flooded 13. A. drag B. hold C. put D. seize 14. A. attend B. enter C. complete D. continue 15. A. constant B. steady C. low D. high 16. A. distances B. periods C. lists D. stories 17. A. cover B. consider C. judge D. measure 18. A. informed B. warned C. reminded D. told 19. A. enabled B. inspired C. expected D. intended 20. A. value B. power C. symbol D. length