Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand（农场工人）. At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he      to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social        with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was    because many farmhands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied with his        . In his words, he      thought of changing his job.
At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a school teacher. In the following spring I came          into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt     . She told Dad that they must make a      .
My mother had          of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and           . And she            that I would someday become a great leader        men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she           Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and        a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for          education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother’s hope, Dad and I         what we have today. Dad runs a big international          and I am a successful lawyer        great fame in my country,           not a leader as my mother expected.
Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand.           he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.

A．rode B．walked C．ran D．drove

A．conversations B．games C．relationships D．activities

A．cold B．crowded C．quiet D．dirty

A．horse B．entertainment C．life D．beer

A．often B．ever C．never D．sometimes

A．laughing B．singing C．sleeping D．crying

A．unimportant B．busy C．unsatisfied D．tired

A．living B．change C．decision D．house

A．dreamed B．heard C．thought D．spoken

A．honesty B．money C．fame D．energy

A．cared B．knew C．forgot D．hoped

A．training B．ruling C．helping D．protecting

A．warned B．wanted C．allowed D．persuaded

A．start B．find C．design D．sell

A．farther B．higher C．easier D．closer

A．showed B．kept C．lost D．achieved

A．company B．school C．farm D．cafe

A．suffering B．sharing C．enjoying D．following

A．though B．if C．and D．since

A．So B．However C．Or D．Because