I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents ______ the necessities of life but they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father for a pair of jeans, he would say, “ If you want them, make the money and buy them yourself.” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t ______ them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I ______ from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S.C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily ______. These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully ______ discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t ______ whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the ______ of the company.
I went on to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academic and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I ______ most was the consulting(咨询) meetings I ______ with the family members of the men and women in my ______, trying to help them deal with the long periods of ______. These proved popular and word of them spread. Before long I was being asked to give encouraging ______ to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real ______, and my life is still guided by the ______ lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to ______ it.
小题1: | A.provided | B.got | C.made | D.bought |
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小题2: | A.pay | B.find | C.produce | D.afford |
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小题3: | A.came | B.returned | C.escaped | D.graduated |
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小题4: | A.drills | B.tasks | C.exercises | D.reports |
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小题5: | A.included | B.asked | C.required | D.met |
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小题6: | A.matter | B.mean | C.exist | D.work |
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小题7: | A.good | B.staff | C.rest | D.right |
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小题8: | A.took | B.hated | C.enjoyed | D.did |
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小题9: | A.ended | B.began | C.continued | D.held |
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小题10: | A.charge | B.situation | C.position | D.choice |
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小题11: | A.lessons | B.meetings | C.training | D.separation |
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小题12: | A.gifts | B.descriptions | C.speeches | D.performances |
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小题13: | A.vacation | B.place | C.job | D.travel |
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小题14: | A.important | B.bitter | C.normal | D.difficult |
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小题15: | A.gain | B.achieve | C.show | D.match |
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