第三節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）
閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入
空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
I believe in my mother．My belief began when I was just a kid, when I 41 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a 42 ．Through her work, she observed that 43 people spent a lot more time 44 than they did watching television．She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 45 TV programs during the week．With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and 46 written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check markers and underline the 47 parts．Years later we realized her marks were a 48 ．My mother was illiterate（文盲）．Although we had no money, 49 the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.
When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 50 ．I wanted the fancy clothes．I wanted to hang about with the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t 51 ．I was cool.
One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I 52 about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I 53 this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With 54 left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very 55 with that arrangement．But once I got through 56 money, there was nothing left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a（n） 57 over our heads and any kind of food on the table．I was also 58 that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere．Success 59 intellectual（知識上的） preparation．I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and 60 I realized my dream and I became a doctor.
41．A．contributed to B．was sure of C．dreamed of D．thought of
42．A．maidservant B．teacher C．worker D．nurse
43．A．honest B．successful C．kind D．careful
44．A．writing B．reading C．working D．training
45．A．familiar B．dull C．designed D．selected
46．A．turn in B．take in C．bring in D．check in
47．A．difficult B．easy C．opposite D．important
48．A．wealth B．quiz C．pleasure D．competition
49．A．between B．under C．within D．below
50．A．the last B．a(chǎn) minute C．long D．a(chǎn)nything
51．A．know B．care C．a(chǎn)dmit D．realize
52．A．a(chǎn)nnounced B．claimed C．complained D．blamed
53．A．borrow B．make C．control D．collect
54．A．something B．everything C．a(chǎn)nything D．nothing
55．A．encouraged B．puzzled C．moved D．pleased
56．A．a(chǎn)dding B．a(chǎn)pplying C．dividing D．exchanging
57．A．balance B．a(chǎn)rrangement C．hat D．roof
58．A．a(chǎn)ware B．worried C．confused D．delighted
59．A．included B．required C．combined D．matched
60．A．a(chǎn)ctually B．shortly C．fortunately D．finally
