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In the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University,   36  a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am  37  a bright-eyed dreamer and one   38   quite a different tale to tell.     My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to   39   that goal. But one year after I started college, she  40  cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to   41  for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.     Then I got married with another  42  : building my family with a  43  of adopt and biological children. You can imagine how   44  occupied I became,  45  four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a complete zoo.   46  , I never did make it back to college full-time.  47  I never gave up on the dream , either. I had only one choice: to  48  a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester.      The hardest part was feeling   49   about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to  50   through the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！ I am not   51  , just single-minded. It always  52  me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the midst of it, it just seems  53  . Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a   54  . Remember；little steps add up   55  big dreams. 36．A．looking at            B．aiming at             C．focus on             D．relying on 37．A．still                     B．already                C．even                   D．actually 38．A．about                  B．by                       C．in                       D．with 39．A．miss                   B．have                    C．reach                  D．take 40．A．caught                B．developed            C．found                  D．defeated       41．A．care for               B．look for               C．talk with              D．discuss with 42．A．purpose               B．idea                     C．chance                D．dream 43．A．combination         B．connection           C．community          D．committee 44．A．badly                  B．fully                    C．seriously             D．obviously 45．A．collecting            B．helping                C．raising                 D．teaching 46．A．Now surprising    B．Not satisfying      C．Not frightening    D．Not disappointing 47．A．Otherwise           B．Therefore            C．And                    D．But 48．A．suggcet               B．push                   C．find                    D．change 49．A．nervous               B．excited                C．proud                  D．guilty 50．A．set                      B．follow                 C．take                    D．make 51．A．famous               B．curious                C．special                D．clever 52．A．struck                 B．occurred             C．failed                  D．escaped 53．A．terrible                B．great                   C．strange                D．normal 54．A．program              B．process               C．competition         D．stage 55．A．make up for         B．live up to            C．make up of          D．add up to 答案：BADCB  ADABC  ADCDB  CADBD

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