I believe in my mother．My belief began when I was just a kid, when I 36 becoming a doctor.
My mother was a 37 ．Through her work, she observed that 38 people spent a lot more time 39 than they did watching television．She announced that my brother and I could only watch two to three 40 TV programs during the week．With our free time, we had to read two books each week from the Detroit Public Library and 41 written book reports to her．She would mark them up with check markers and underline the 42 parts．Years later we realized her marks were a 43 ．Although we had no money, 44 the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be anybody.
When I entered high school, I was an A-student, but not for 45 ．I wanted the fancy clothes．I wanted to hang about with the guys．I went from being an A-student to a B-student and to a C-student, but I didn’t 46 ．I was cool.
One night my mother came home after her several jobs and I 47 about not having enough Italian knit shirts．She said, “Okay, I’ll give you the money I 48 this week by rubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms and you can buy the family food and pay the bills．With 49 left over, you can have all that you want.” I was very 50 with that arrangement．But once I got through 51 money, there was nothing left．I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a（n）52 over our heads and any kind of food on the table．I was also 53 that immediate satisfaction wasn’t going to get me anywhere．Success 54 intellectual（知识上的） preparation．I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and 55 I realized my dream and I became a doctor.

A．got away with B．was confident of C．dreamed of D．thought of

A．maidservant B．teacher C．worker D．nurse

A．honest B．successful C．kind D．careful

A．writing B．reading C．working D．training

A．familiar B．limit C．designed D．selected

A．turn in B．take in C．bring in D．check in

A．difficult B．easy C．opposite D．important

A．wealth B．quiz C．pleasure D．competition

A．between B．under C．within D．below

A．the last B．a minute C．long D．anything

A．know B．care C．admit D．realize

A．announced B．claimed C．complained D．blamed

A．borrow B．make C．control D．collect

A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

A．encouraged B．puzzled C．moved D．pleased

A．adding B．applying C．dividing D．exchanging

A．balance B．arrangement C．hat D．roof

A．aware B．worried C．confused D．delighted

A．included B．required C．combined D．matched

A．actually B．shortly C．fortunately D．finally