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 __5__ 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 __6__ to her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a __7__. My mother was illiterate. When I entered high school I was a(n) __8__, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to __9__ with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from __10__ her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, 'Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy __11__ food and pay the bills. With everything __12__, you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want.' I was very __13__ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating money, there was __14__ left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to __15__ a roof over our heads and any kind of food on the table, __16__ buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my _17__ and became an A-student again, and eventually I __18__ my dream and I became a doctor. My story is really my mother's story-a woman with __19__ 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 __20__ than parenting. This I believe. 小题1: A．belief B．work C．education D．promise 小题2: A．majored in B．got used to C．dreamed of D．got tired of 小题3: A．lazy B．easy-going C．successful D．reliable 小题4: A．cost B．paid C．took D．did 小题5: A．could only B．could not C．must not D．should often 小题6: A．read B．present C．teach D．explain 小题7: A．joke B．means C．tool D．trick 小题8: A．A-student B．B-student C．C-student D．D-student 小题9: A．get along B．hang out C．break away D．keep in touch 小题10: A．making B．stopping C．working D．getting 小题11: A．your brother B．yourself C．your sister D．the family 小题12: A．left over B．paid off C．used up D．carried out 小题13: A．angry B．pleased C．disappointed D．bored 小题14: A．anything B．everything C．something D．nothing 小题15: A．take B．give C．keep D．get 小题16: A．let alone B．let out C．let in D．leave alone 小题17: A．guys B．mother C．studies D．play 小题18: A．made B．fulfilled C．changed D．tried 小题19: A．little B．much C．few D．high 小题20: A．more interesting B．less important C．more important D．less interesting