问题详情:
In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming for a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed 36 and one with quite a different tale to tell.
My grandma, a (n) 37 woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that 38 . But one year after I entered college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to 39 her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to 40 .
Then I got married with another dream: building my family from a 41 of adopted and biological children(亲生孩子). In 1999, we adopted our first son. A year later came our second adopted boy. 42 , the following year ,we adopted son number three. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy.
You can 43 how totally occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of eight. Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. Not surprisingly, I never did 44 it back to college full-time. But I never 45 my dream either. I had only one choice: make it work. That meant taking as 46 as one class each semester.
The hardest part was feeling 47 about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to 48 home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to 49 . But I knew I should set a(n) 50 for them to follow through the rest of their lives.
In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree!
I am not 51 just single-minded(专心的). It always 52 me that from the 53 , challenges look huge, but when you’re in the midst of them, the same ones seem 54 . Not everything you want arrives in your life in one day. It’s a(n) 55 . Remember: little steps can lead to big dreams.
36. A. judge | B. student | C. housewife | D. dreamer |
37. A. sensitive | B. ordinary | C. amazing | D. curious |
38. A. plan | B. goal | C. decision | D. record |
39. A. care for | B. search for | C. push for | D. stand for |
40. A. drop | B. wait | C. expect | D. keep |
41. A. connection | B. relation | C. combination | D. comparison |
42. A. Therefore | B. Then | C. Otherwise | D. Finally |
43. A. imagine | B. hope | C. imply | D. doubt |
44. A. take | B. make | C. manage | D. get |
45. A. put up | B. picked up | C. cleaned up | D. gave up |
46. A. few | B. little | C. much | D. many |
47. A. satisfied | B. inspired | C. confused | D. guilty |
48. A. go | B. leave | C. return | D. stay |
49. A. break | B. continue | C. quit | D. relax |
50. A. leader | B. alarm | C. example | D. challenge |
51. A. proud | B. special | C. responsible | D. usual |
52. A. hurt | B. occurred | C. struck | D. troubled |
53. A. end | B. bottom | C. outside | D. inside |
54. A. normal | B. funny | C. unbearable | D. strange |
55. A. experiment | B. solution | C. performance | D. process |
【回答】
C
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