2018成人高考高起点《英语》强化练习（7）

When I was ten, my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles. Even though we struggled to make 1meet, my parents stressed to me . 2fortunate we were to live in a great country with 3opportunities. They imbued(灌输) in me the 4of family, faith love for our country.

　　The following year, my dad, Benjamin, injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory was 5as a hairstylist. He rented space in a shopping mall gave his shop the fancy name of Mr Ben's Coiffure.

　　The owner of the shopping center gave Dad a dison his 6for cleaning the parking lot three nights a week, which 7 getting up at 3 a.m. To pick up trash, Dad used a little machine that looked like a lawn mower 8Morn I emptied garbage cans picked up litter 9 .

　　I did this job for two years, but the lessons I learned have 10a lifetime. I acquired discipline, a strong work ethic a 11 attitude towards life, I also learned at an early age the importance of 12life's competing interests>in my 13, school, homework a job. All 14helped during my senior year of high school, when I worked 40 hours a week at a fast-food restaurant while 15precollege courses.

　　The hard work paid off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy went on to receive graduate 16in law business from Harvard, 17I joined a big Los Angeles law firm. In these jobs in everything else I've done, I have never forgotten those days in the parking lot. The experience has 18me that there is dignity in all work that if people are working to 19themselves their families that is something we should 20.

　　1. A. ends B. demands C. challenges D. friends

　　2. A. so B. what C. why D. how

　　3. A. priceless B. resistless C. limitless D. sightless

　　4. A. efforts B. decisions C. concepts D. activities

　　5. A. retired B. resigned C. replaced D. retrained

　　6. A. sales B. rent C. machine D. shop

　　7. A. meant B. kept C. needed D. started

　　8. A. since B. although C. when D. while

　　9. A. with joy B. on purpose C. by hD. in time

　　10. A. proved B. impressed C. marked D. lasted

　　11. A. practical B. pleasant C. positive D. tolerant

　　12. A. developing B. balancing C. comparing D. facing

　　13. A. case B. example C. dream D. attempt

　　14. A. generally B. lately C. really D. typically

　　15. A. applying B. doing C. following D. taking

　　16. A. titles B. instructions C. chances D. degrees

　　17. A. after that B. ever since C. after which D. after then

　　18. A. equipped B. prepared C. taught D. guided

　　19. A. serve for B. feed on C. provide for D. on

　　20. A. believe B. honor C. remember D. support

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