I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother who owned a bookshop hired me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very __ to earn my own pocket money and my parents never interfered with (干涉) __ I spent it, even when I was spending it foolishly. They __ that by earning money, spending it, and learning from my mistakes, I would become more mature (成熟的) and responsible about how to __ work, relationships with others, and money.
Like many American parents, my parents also let my brother and me do things over which they __ a great deal. When I was sixteen,__, after I finished high school and before I entered __, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe. My mother was against the idea of my traveling __ at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great __ for me. In the end, my father won the argument on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, __ I had many relatives who could __ shelter and help if I needed it.
Three years later, when my brother was eighteen, he decided to __ a year off after his first year in university and __ through the States and the Caribbean, Again my mother was worried to see my brother leave school, but my father __ him and my brother had a fantastic year __ his way on trains and ships to earn passage (旅费) to different ports and cities, and __ many fascinating places and people.
Such experiences are __ rare for children in many countries, but in the US they are fairly __. Most parents start pushing their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. __ they finish high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, __ a university and maybe even decided on their future career.
11. A.anxious | B.successful | C.disappointed | D.proud |
12. A.how | B.whether | C.when | D.where |
13. A.believed | B.explained | C.suggested | D.mentioned |
14. A.handle | B.deal | C.make | D.take |
15. A.panicked | B.suffered | C.worried | D.struggled |
16. A.as a result | B.in reality | C.on the whole | D.for example |
17. A.politics | B.business | C.university | D.market |
18. A.alone | B.apart | C.along | D.aboard |
19. A.practice | B.schedule | C.performance | D.experience |
20. A.which | B.what | C.where | D.that |
21. A.support | B.equip | C.provide | D.take |
22. 23. A.travel | B.march | C.explore | D.push |
24. A.encouraged | B.agreed | C.prevented | D.blamed |
25. A.finding | B.working | C.making | D.forcing |
26. A.challenging | B.exploring | C.expecting | D.discovering |
27. A.nearly | B.probably | C.merely | D.slightly |
28. A.special | B.usual | C.common | D.ordinary |
29. A.At the moment | B.On the occasion | C.To the point | D.By the time |
30. A.attended | B.joined | C.finished | D.selected |