Passage 3 ?(江蘇省徐州市2009屆高三第三次調(diào)研考試) ?完形填空

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 ? ?36 ?? to earn my own pocket money and my parents never interfered with ? ?37 ? ?I spent it，even when I was spending it foolishly．They ? ?38 ? ?that by earning money，spending it，and learning from my mistakes，I would become more ? ? 39 ? ?and responsible about how to handle work， ?40 ? ?with others，and money．

Like many American parents，my parents also let my brother and me do things over which they ? ?41 ? ?a great deal．When I was sixteen， ? 42 ?，after I finished high school and before I entered ? ?43 ?，I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around Europe．My mother was against the idea of my traveling ? ? 44 ? at such a young age，but my father felt that it would be a great ? ?45 ? for me．In the end，my father won the argument on the condition that I ? ?46 ? my ?traveling to France，my mother’s home，where I had many relatives who could ? ? 47 ? ?shelter and help if I needed it．

Three years later，when he was eighteen，my brother decided to ? ?48 ? a year off after his first year in university and ? 49 ? through the States and the Caribbean．Again my mother was worried to see my brother leave school，but my father encouraged him and my brother had a fantastic year ? 50 ? his way on trains and ships to earn passage to different ports and cities，and ? 51 ? many fascinating places and people．

Such experiences are ? ?52 ? ?rare children in many countries，but in the US they are fairly ? 53 ? ．Most parents start pushing their children at a young age to do small things by themselves． ? 54 ? they finish high school，many American kids have already had part-time jobs，traveled around the US or other countries on their own， ? ?55 ? a university and maybe even decided on their future career．

36．A．a(chǎn)nxious B．proud C．disappointed D．successful

37．A．how? B．whether C．when D．where

38．A．suggested B．explained C．believed D．mentioned

39．A．generous B．energetic C．creative D．mature

40．A．relationships B．operations C．instructions D．situations

41．A．panicked B．suffered C．worried D．struggled

42．A．a(chǎn)s a result ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B．in reality

C．for example ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D．on the whole

43．A．university B．business C．politics D．market

44．A．a(chǎn)long B．a(chǎn)part C．a(chǎn)lone D．a(chǎn)board

45．A．practice B．experience C．performance D．schedule

46．A．stopped B．turned C．devoted D．limited

47．A．support B．equip C．provide D．take

48．A．send B．take C．pick D．give

49．A．travel B．march C．explore D．push

50．A．finding B．working C．making D．forcing

51．A．challenging ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B．exploring

?? ? ?C．inspecting ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D．discovering

52．A．probably B．nearly C．merely D．slightly

53．A．special B．usual C．common D．ordinary

54．A．At the moment ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B．On the occasion

C．To the point ?? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?D．By the time

55．A．a(chǎn)ttended B．selected C．finished D．joined

答案 ?36.B ? 37.A ?38.C ?39.D ?40.A ?41.C ?42.C ?43.A ?44.C ?45.B ?46.D ?47.C ?48.B ?49.A ?50.B ?51.D ?52.C ?53.C ?54.D ?55.D