成人高考高起点英语强化练习
When I was ten, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles. Even though we struggled to make 1 meet, my parents stressed to me . 2 fortunate we were to live in a great country with 3 opportunities. They imbued(灌输) in me the 4 of family, faith and love for our country.
The following year, my dad, Benjamin, injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was 5 as a hairstylist. He rented space in a shopping mall and gave his shop the fancy name of Mr Ben#39;s Coiffure.
The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a discount on his 6 for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week, which 7 getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up trash, Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower 8 Morn and I emptied garbage cans and picked up litter 9 .
I did this job for two years, but the lessons I learned have 10 a lifetime. I acquired discipline, a strong work ethic and a 11 attitude towards life, I also learned at an early age the importance of 12 life#39;s competing interests>in my 13 , school, homework and a job. All 14 helped during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while 15 precollege courses.
The hard work paid off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to receive graduate 16 in law and business from Harvard, 17 I joined a big Los Angeles law firm. In these jobs and in everything else I#39;ve done, I have never forgotten those days in the parking lot. The experience has 18 me that there is dignity in all work and that if people are working to 19 themselves and their families that is something we should 20 .
1. A. ends B. demands C. challenges D. friends
参考答案:A
2. A. so B. what C. why D. how
参考答案:D
3. A. priceless B. resistless C. limitless D. sightless
参考答案:C
4. A. efforts B. decisions C. concepts D. activities
参考答案:C
5. A. retired B. resigned C. replaced D. retrained
参考答案:D
6. A. sales B. rent C. machine D. shop
参考答案:B
7. A. meant B. kept C. needed D. started
参考答案:A
8. A. since B. although C. when D. while
参考答案:D
9. A. with joy B. on purpose C. by hand D. in time
参考答案:C
10. A. proved B. impressed C. marked D. lasted
参考答案:D
11. A. practical B. pleasant C. positive D. tolerant
参考答案:C
12. A. developing B. balancing C. comparing D. facing
参考答案:B
13. A. case B. example C. dream D. attempt
参考答案:A
14. A. generally B. lately C. really D. typically
参考答案:C
15. A. applying B. doing C. following D. taking
参考答案:D
16. A. titles B. instructions C. chances D. degrees
参考答案:D
17. A. after that B. ever since C. after which D. after then
参考答案:C
18. A. equipped B. prepared C. taught D. guided
参考答案:C
19. A. serve for B. feed on C. provide for D. count on
参考答案:C
20. A. believe B. honor C. remember D. support
参考答案:B
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