I was annoyed that my mom had even scheduled the appointment with a doctor for me. As doctors so often do, when he arrived he went straight into the basic small talk about my1 history.But then he2 a question that took me off guard. "So Robin, what are you going to do after high school?" He wrote something at his notes, with not even a glance in my3 . "I don't know," I whispered. I was seventeen. I had no4 what I was going to do after high school. My high school teacher told me that I wasn't "college material" and I believed her. Education wasn't exactly5 in my family."You don't know? Why don't you go to college to become a6 like me?" He smiled as he glanced at his watch. I thought he was7 for even suggesting it. No one in my family had even graduated from college, let alone become a doctor. "I'm not smart enough to be a doctor."He stared directly into my eyes when he8 said, "Let me tell you something. You don't have to be smart to be a doctor. You just have to be persevering." Then the doctor hurriedly gathered his things and rushed off to his next9 .I10 to think about it when I was at school. What would I do after high-school? Even though I wasn't college material, that doctor made a(n)11 on me. I applied to a college and soon found myself walking in the12 as a new student. I often questioned what I was doing there. Maybe I wasn't smart enough for college, but I could be persevering.I was13 to find that with each individual achievement came newfound14 in myself. I graduated with a master's degree in September 2014, two decades after that15 with my doctor.
(1)
A .
career
B .
health
C .
credit
D .
growth
(2)
A .
threw in
B .
set off
C .
came across
D .
made up
(3)
A .
account
B .
opinion
C .
resolution
D .
direction
(4)
A .
idea
B .
core
C .
pressure
D .
discovery
(5)
A .
abandoned
B .
protested
C .
emphasized
D .
declared
(6)
A .
professor
B .
doctor
C .
blogger
D .
sponsor
(7)
A .
crazy
B .
anxious
C .
genuine
D .
greedy
(8)
A .
casually
B .
automatically
C .
seriously
D .
doubtfully
(9)
A .
recreation
B .
commitment
C .
contest
D .
appointment
(10)
A .
continued
B .
hesitated
C .
calculated
D .
pretended
(11)
A .
comment
B .
impact
C .
distribution
D .
advertisement
(12)
A .
venue
B .
campus
C .
workshop
D .
stadium
(13)
A .
frightened
B .
annoyed
C .
surprised
D .
discouraged
(14)
A .
freedom
B .
sympathy
C .
guilt
D .
confidence
(15)
A .
argument
B .
debate
C .
conversation
D .
negotiation
答案:(1)B;(2)A;(3)D;(4)A;(5)C;(6)B;(7)A;(8)C;(9)D;(10)A;(11)B;(12)B;(13)C;(14)D;(15)C;