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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 12
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 counseling (咨询) meetings 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. got
( )2. A. while
( )3. A. for
( )4. A. themselves
( )5. A. afford
( )6. A. came
( )7. A. drills
( )8. A. included
( )9. A. matter
( )10. A. boss
( )11. A. out
( )12. A. took
( )13. A. ended
( )14. A. charge
( )15. A. lessons
( )16. A. Before long
( )17. A. performances
( )18. A. vacation
( )19. A. important
( )20. A. gain |
B. provided
B. so
B. with
B. ourselves
B. find
B. returned
B. tasks
B. asked
B. mean
B. good
B. off
B. hated
B. held
B. situation
B. separation
B. Long before
B. descriptions
B. job
B. bitter
B. show |
C. made
C. but
C. about
C. myself
C. produce
C. graduated
C. exercises
C. met
C. exist
C. rest
C. away
C. enjoyed
C. continued
C. position
C. training
C. As usual
C. speeches
C. place
C. normal
C. achieve |
D. bought
D. or
D. of
D. yourself
D. pay
D. escaped
D. reports
D. required
D. work
D. right
D. on
D. did
D. began
D. choice
D. meetings
D. Once again
D. gifts
D. travel
D. difficult
D. match |