I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents ______ the necessities of life but they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father for a pair of jeans, he would say, “ If you want them, make the money and buy them yourself.” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’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 were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the ______ of the company. I went on to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academic and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I ______ most was the consulting(咨询) meetings I ______ with the family members of the men and women in my ______, trying to help them deal with the long periods of ______. These proved popular and word of them spread. Before long I was being asked to give encouraging ______ to business groups, educators and kids across the country. But I consider the boot camp my first real ______, and my life is still guided by the ______ lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to ______ it. 小题1: A.provided B.got C.made D.bought 小题2: A.pay B.find C.produce D.afford 小题3: A.came B.returned C.escaped D.graduated 小题4: A.drills B.tasks C.exercises D.reports 小题5: A.included B.asked C.required D.met 小题6: A.matter B.mean C.exist D.work 小题7: A.good B.staff C.rest D.right 小题8: A.took B.hated C.enjoyed D.did 小题9: A.ended B.began C.continued D.held 小题10: A.charge B.situation C.position D.choice 小题11: A.lessons B.meetings C.training D.separation 小题12: A.gifts B.descriptions C.speeches D.performances 小题13: A.vacation B.place C.job D.travel 小题14: A.important B.bitter C.normal D.difficult 小题15: A.gain B.achieve C.show D.match