I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid, 小题1: I dreamed of becoming a doctor. My mother was a 小题2: . Through her work, she observed that 小题3: people spent a lot more time 小题4: than they did watch television. She 小题5: that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 小题6: written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the important 小题7: . Years later we realized her marks were only a 小题8: My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 小题9: . When I entered high school I was an A-student, 小题10: not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang about with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't 小题11: . I was cool.One night my mother came home from working her multiple jobs and I 小题12: about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, 'Okay, I will give you all the money I make this week by scrubbing floors and 小题13: bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want.' I was very 小题14: with that arrangement but 小题15: I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 小题16: over our heads and any kind of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also 小题17: that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success 小题18: intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student 小题19: , and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a 小题20: . 小题21: A．that B．which C．when D．who 小题22: A．woman servant B．teacher C．scientist D．nurse 小题23: A．healthy B．successful C．powerful D．clever 小题24: A．searching B．reading C．working D．training 小题25: A．ordered B．insisted C．suggested D．announced 小题26: A．hand in B．turn over C．pick up D．cut down 小题27: A．titles B．magazines C．books D．parts 小题28: A．game B．trick C．pleasure D．task 小题29: A．anybody B．nobody C．somebody D．everybody 小题30: A．and B．so C．but D．or 小题31: A．know B．care C．face D．stop 小题32: A．thought B．chatted C．complained D．worried 小题33: A．repairing B．cleaning C．rubbing D．watching 小题34: A．encouraged B．puzzled C．moved D．pleased 小题35: A．now that B．if C．when D．since 小题36: A．wall B．house C．window D．roof 小题37: A．realized B．imagined C．believed D．noticed 小题38: A．suited B．required C．made D．matched 小题39: A．even B．forever C．before D．again 小题40: A．professor B．expert C．doctor D．boss