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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。     When I was young, my mother could not even 1 a 50-cent chocolate bar for me. However, instead of focusing on poorness, my mother selflessly 2 me to fight for success so that I could lead a 3 life. She worked long hours every night to support the family. 4, she would find time to 5 with my sister, Emily, and me. Although I did not have two parents, I was loved and 6 just as much.     Not all of life's milestones were easy. Some even left a 7 taste when my mother married a man in Maryland. The first few months were 8: baseball games dinners together and movies. It felt like we were the 9 All-American family. Then things 10. Screaming matches between my stepfather and my mother ruined dinners, and he 11 movie tickets for wine.     We spent five years living in a family setting that had turned into a 12 zone. To our great relief, they finally 13 and we settled in Texas, where Mom is still working hard for a better life. Now, as I write this article with some dark 14 at hand, I realize my family and I are at the 15 point of our lives. I have succeeded both in my 16 and personality. I have been 17 my hunger for knowledge and I am to 18 from high school, not making a bitter product of my 19, for I know that hard times in life are also learning experiences. 20, like candy, can be the sweetest treat of all. （1） A . afford B . deliver C . break D . discover （2） A . permitted B . pushed C . invited D . warned （3） A . independent B . peaceful C . interesting D . comfortable （4） A . Instead B . Still C . Otherwise D . Thus （5） A . play B . agree C . combine D . argue （6） A . educated B . blamed C . observed D . punished （7） A . similar B . strong C . bitter D . plain （8） A . great B . busy C . tiring D . dull （9） A . creative B . healthy C . energetic D . perfect （10） A . happened B . continued C . changed D . disappeared （11） A . took B . swapped C . paid D . searched （12） A . time B . friend C . safety D . war （13） A . gathered round B . moved off C . broke up D . went away （14） A . spots B . lines C . chocolate D . ink （15） A . weakest B . closest C . lowest D . best （16） A . work B . study C . politics D . sport （17） A . satisfying B . feeling C . controlling D . reducing （18） A . suffer B . escape C . graduate D . separate （19） A . tradition B . environment C . religion D . identity （20） A . Patience B . Belief C . Devotion D . Success 答案：（1）A；（2）B；（3）D；（4）B；（5）A；（6）A；（7）C；（8）A；（9）D；（10）C；（11）B；（12）D；（13）C；（14）C；（15）D；（16）B；（17）A；（18）C；（19）B；（20）D；

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