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I had my first job at the age of thirteen , when a friend of my mother who owned a bookshop hired me for six hours a week to help her in the shop . I was very
36 to earn my own pocket money and my parents
37 interfered (干涉) with how I spent it , even when I was spending it
38 .They believed that by earning money ,spending it ,and learning from the
39 ,I would become more mature (成熟的)and
40 in how to handle work ,relationships with others ,and money.
Like many
41 parents ,my parents also let me and my brothers do things about which they
42 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
43 .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
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for me .In the end , my father won the
45 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France ,my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins
46 through the country who could
47 shelter and help if I needed them .
Three years later ,my younger brother decided to
48 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
49 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother spent a (n)
50 year working his way on trains and ships to
51 his passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
These kinds of experiences are probably
52 for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly common. Most parents start
53 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
54 jobs and traveled around the US or other countries on their own , have selected the university they plan to attend , maybe even have decided on their future
55 ,and so on .
| 小題1: | | A．anxious | B．worried | C．proud | D．nervous |
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| 小題2: | | A．never | B．ever | C．always | D．even |
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| 小題3: | | A．carefully | B．foolishly | C．seriously | D．honestly |
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| 小題4: | | A．work | B．mistakes | C．others | D．books |
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| 小題5: | | A．strict | B．reasonable | C．polite | D．responsible |
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| 小題6: | | A．American | B．Japanese | C．Chinese | D．British |
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| 小題7: | | A．helped | B．supported | C．shared | D．worried |
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| 小題8: | | A．Asia | B．Africa | C．Europe | D．Oceania |
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| 小題9: | | A．journey | B．experience | C．chance | D．possibility |
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| 小題10: | | A．argument | B．game | C．discussion | D．plan |
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| 小題11: | | A．sending out | B．giving out | C．carrying out | D．spreading out |
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| 小題12: | | A．promise | B．decide | C．provide | D．serve |
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| 小題13: | | A．leave | B．make | C．take | D．prepare |
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| 小題14: | | A．angry | B．eager | C．sorry | D．sad |
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| 小題15: | | A．unusual | B．hard | C．strange | D．busy |
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| 小題16: | | A．accept | B．earn | C．find | D．search |
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| 小題17: | | A．welcome | B．fit | C．necessary | D．rare |
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| 小題18: | | A．bringing | B．forcing | C．pushing | D．protecting |
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| 小題19: | | A．part-time | B．full-time | C．good | D．well-paid |
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| 小題20: | | A．life | B．career | C．hope | D．benefit |
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other was a 37__. Through her work, she observed that 38 _ people spent a lot more time 39 __than they did watch television. She 40 ___ that my brother and I could only watch two to three pre-selected TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and41__ written book reports to her. She would mark them up with check marks and under-line the 
important 42 . Years later we realized her marks were only a 43 My mother was a illiterate (文盲). Although we had no money, between the covers of those books, I could go anywhere, do anything and be 44__.
bout with the guys. I went from being an A—student then to a B--student then to a C-student, but I didn't 46 . I was cool.
u can buy the family food and pay the bills. With everything left over, you can have all that you want." I was very 49 with that arrangement but 50 I got through allocating (分配) money, there was nothing left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to keep a 51 _over our heads and any kin
d of food on the table, much less to buy clothes. I also52 ___ that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success 53 intellectual preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A—student 54__, and eventually I fulfilled my dream and I became a 55___
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