完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A.B.C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
War started in our house in late July with a month to go before my first day of college. It was a battle of wills over what college I was to attend. Mom wanted me to attend a famous
____ school, and I wanted to go to a small writing college. Every night for two weeks, we argued, shouted and gave
____ treatments until both sides went to bed with regrets.
It was mostly my
____ Since my junior year of high school, I had
____ at being a nurse. I took all the science courses, and even worked as a
____ in my town’s local hospital. My
____ was to help the sick and be superwoman to the world.
Yet,
____ graduation and college neared, it all changed.Treating the sick was
____, but not what I was meant to do for the
____ of my life. I could picture myself in hospitals, making rounds, and taking
____, but I couldn’t picture myself happy. It wasn’t the
____ I wanted.
Then, I realized I had been creating and writing stories for as long as I could
____ I loved it, and writing was what I had been doing as a
____ It was going to be my career. And it had to be.
On August 1st, Mom and I sat down at the dinner table and I told her that she had every
____ to choose where to spend her money, just like I had every right to decide where I wanted to go to school. If it was her choice not to
____ any of my college education, then I would take a year off to work and earn money so I could go to the college I wanted.
Standing by my decision to be a writer had
____ my firm belief to my mom. Finally we were at
____, and she decided to support me, which
____ the world to me.
Before that time, I had never stood up
____ my parents on any major decision. Choosing which college to attend
____ me to become a separate and complete adult. I am now finished with my first semester as a Professional Writing major and I cannot wait to see what comes next.
16. A.cooking | B.gardening | C.nursing | D.writing |
17. A.medical | B.warm | C.mental | D.silent |
18. A.fault | B.success | C.duty | D.turn |
19. A.wondered | B.aimed | C.pointed | D.looked |
20. A.student | B.volunteer | C.graduate | D.doctor |
21. 22. A.before | B.after | C.until | D.as |
23. A.rough | B.noble | C.mild | D.easy |
24. A.part | B.whole | C.rest | D.half |
25. A.notices | B.examinations | C.temperatures | D.drugs |
26. A.future | B.effect | C.drill | D.idea |
27. A.see | B.wait | C.find | D.remember |
28. A.process | B.hobby | C.rule | D.business |
29. A.chance | B.time | C.right | D.ability |
30. A.expect | B.raise | C.offer | D.finance |
31. A.doubted | B.followed | C.shaken | D.proven |
32. 33. A.attached | B.applied | C.devoted | D.meant |
34. 35. A.forced | B.promised | C.allowed | D.reminded |