阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项。
I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop _
36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very
37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents
38 interfered(干涉) with how I spent it, even when I was spending it
39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the
40 , I would become more mature(成熟) and
41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
Like many
42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they
43 a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around 44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone 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
46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins
47 through the country who could
48 shelter and help if I need them.
Three years later, my younger brother decide to
49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not 50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n)
51 year working his way on trains and ships to
52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
These kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly
53 . Most parents start
54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have
55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.
| 小题1: | | A．taught | B．allowed | C．treated | D．hired |
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| 小题2: | | A．anxious | B．content | C．proud | D．hopeful |
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| 小题3: | | A．never | B．ever | C．always | D．even |
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| 小题4: | | A．quickly | B．foolishly | C．seriously | D．honesty |
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| 小题5: | | A．work | B．mistakes | C．others | D．books |
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| 小题6: | | A．strict | B．reasonable | C．polite | D．responsible |
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| 小题7: | | A．American | B．Japanese | C．Chinese | D．British |
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| 小题8: | | A．helped | B．supported | C．shared | D．worried |
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| 小题9: | | A．Asia | B．Africa | C．Europe | D．Oceania |
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| 小题10: | | A．journey | B．experience | C．chance | D．possibility |
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| 小题11: | | A．argument | B．game | C．discussion | D．plan |
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| 小题12: | | A．send out | B．give out | C．carry out | D．spread out |
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| 小题13: | | A．promise | B．afford | C．provide | D．serve |
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| 小题14: | | A．leave | B．make | C．take | D．prepare |
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| 小题15: | | A．angry | B．eager | C．sorry | D．sad |
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| 小题16: | | A．unusual | B．hard | C．strange | D．busy |
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| 小题17: | | A．accept | B．earn | C．find | D．search |
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| 小题18: | | A．welcome | B．fit | C．necessary | D．common |
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| 小题19: | | A．bringing | B．forcing | C．pushing | D．protecting |
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| 小题20: | | A．selected | B．admired | C．afforded | D．left |
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