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I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents__1__the
necessities of life__2__they couldn't give much more. If I asked my father__3__a pair of jeans,
he would say, "If you want them, make the money and buy them__4__." He wasn't being mean;
he just couldn't__5__them. From age on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I__6__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
__7__ . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的)
battles. Completing these tasks successfully__8__ discipline, team-work and responsibility.
It didn't__9__whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the
__10__of the company.
I went__11__to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in
the navy. The part of my job I__12__most was the consultation(咨询) meeting I__13__with
the family members of the men and women in my__14__,trying to help them deal with the
long periods of__15__. These proved popular and word of them spread.__16__I was
being asked to give encouraging__17__to business groups, educators and kids across the
country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real __18 , and my life is still guided by the __19
lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a
task every day and working hard to __20__ it.

(     )1.A.provided
(     )2.A.while
(     )3.A.about
(     )4.A.themselves
(     )5.A.pay
(     )6.A.came
(     )7.A.drills
(     )8.A.included
(     )9.A.matter
(     )10.A.good
(     )11.A.out
(     )12.A.took
(     )13.A.ended
(     )14.A.charge
(     )15.A.lessons
(     )16.A.Long before
(     )17A.performances
(     )18.A.vacation
(     )19.A.important
(     )20.A.gain

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