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.
1. | A．cooking | B．gardening | C．nursing | D．writing |
2. | A．medical | B．warm | C．mental | D．silent |
3. | A．fault | B．success | C．duty | D．turn |
4. | A．wondered | B．aimed | C．pointed | D．looked |
5. | A．student | B．volunteer | C．graduate | D．doctor |
6. 7. | A．before | B．after | C．until | D．as |
8. | A．rough | B．noble | C．mild | D．easy |
9. | A．part | B．whole | C．rest | D．half |
10. | A．notices | B．examinations | C．temperatures | D．drugs |
11. | A．future | B．effect | C．drill | D．idea |
12. | A．see | B．wait | C．find | D．remember |
13. | A．process | B．hobby | C．rule | D．business |
14. | A．chance | B．time | C．right | D．ability |
15. | A．expect | B．raise | C．offer | D．finance |
16. | A．doubted | B．followed | C．shaken | D．proven |
17. 18. | A．attached | B．applied | C．devoted | D．meant |
19. 20. | A．forced | B．promised | C．allowed | D．reminded |
