I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents t

I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a farawaymountain area. My parents ______ the necessities of life but they couldn’t givemuch more. If I asked my father for a pair of jeans, he would say, “ If youwant them, make the money and buy them yourself.” He wasn’t being mean; he justcouldn’t ______ them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.

When I ______ 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______. These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully ______discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t ______ whether you wereblack, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the ______ of the company.

I went on to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academic andlater became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I ______ most was theconsulting(咨询) meetings I ______ with the family membersof the men and women in my ______, trying to help them deal with the longperiods of ______. These proved popular and word of them spread. Before long Iwas being asked to give encouraging ______ to business groups, educators andkids across the country.

But I consider the boot camp my first real ______, andmy life is still guided by the ______ lessons I learned there. It taught mediscipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day andworking hard to ______ it.

1.A.provided         B.got       C.made       D. bought

2.A.pay            B.find          C.produce          D. afford

3.A.came          B.returned       C.escaped          D. graduated

4.A.drills          B.tasks          C. exercises        D. reports

5.A. included       B.asked          C.required         D. met

6.A.matter         B.mean          C.exist            D. work

7.A.good          B.staff           C.rest             D.right

8.A.took          B. hated          C. enjoyed          D. did

9.A.ended         B.began          C.continued        D. held

10.A. charge       B. situation        C.position         D. choice

11.A.lessons        B.meetings       C.training          D. separation

12.A.gifts          B.descriptions     C.speeches        D. performances

13.A. vacation       B.place          C.job             D.travel

14.A. important      B.bitter          C.normal          D. difficult

15.A.gain          B. achieve        C. show           D. match

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【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.D

12.C

13.C

14.A

15.B

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