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Ⅰ.完形填空(2010杭州高级中学高三二模) The simplest way to say it is this: I believe in my mother. My __1__ began when I was just a kid. I __2__ becoming a doctor. My mother was a domestic. Through her work, she observed that __3__ people spent a lot more time reading than they __4__ watching television. She announced that my brother and I __5__ watch two to three pre－selected TV programs during the week. Within our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and __6__ her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks and highlights. Years later we realized her marks were a __7__. My mother was illiterate. When I entered high school I was a(n) __8__，but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to __9__ the guys. I went from being an A－student to a B－student to a C－student. One night my mother came home from __10__ her various jobs and I complained about not having enough Italian knit shirts. She said, “Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week scrubbing floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy __11__ food and pay the bills.” With everything __12__， you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want. I was very __13__ with that arrangement but once I got through allocating (购买的) money, there was __14__ left. I realized my mother was a financial genius to be able to __15__ our heads and any kind of food on the table, __16__ buy clothes. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere. Success required intellectual preparation. I went back to my __17__ and became an A－student again, and eventually I __18__ my dream and I became a doctor. | 
