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　　I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents ___1___ the necessities of life but 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 ___2___ them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
　　When I ___3___ 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 ___4___. These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock (模拟的) battles. Completing these tasccessfully ___5___ discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t ___6___ whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the ___7___ 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 ___8___ most was the consulting (咨询) meetings I ___9___ with the family members of the men and women in my ___10___, trying to help them deal with the long periods of ___11___. These proved popular and word of them spread. Before long I was being asked to give encouraging ___12___ to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
　　But I consider the boot camp my first real ___13___, and my life is still guided by the ___14___ lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to ___15___ it.
　　1. A. provided         B. got C. made       D. bought
　　2. A. pay            B. find C. produce          D. afford
　　3. A. came          B. returned      C. escaped          D. graduated
　　4. A. drills          B. tasks         C. exercises         D. reports
　　5. A. included       B. asked C. required         D. met
　　6. A. matter         B. mean C. exist            D. work
　　7. A. good          B. staff C. rest             D. right
　　8. A. took          B. hated C. enjoyed          D. did
　　9. A. ended         B. began C. continued        D. held
　　10.A. charge        B. situation C. position         D. choice
　　11.A. lessons        B. meetings C. training          D. separation
　　12.A. gifts          B. descriptions C. speeches        D. performances
　　13.A. vacation       B. place C. job             D. travel
　　14.A. important      B. bitter C. normal          D. difficult
　　15.A. gain          B. achieve C. show           D. match
　　二、语法填空：（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
　　阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中所给词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16—25的相应位置上。
　　Cons (欺骗) happen a lot in our society. It can be hard to know who is really in need and who is trying to exploit (利用) other people’s   16  (kind).
　　Recently, I was finishing my work at home   17   the dog barked, letting me know someone was at the gate. I rushed to see who   18   was and there I saw a poor, fragile woman in her late fifties. This woman told me a story, “My husband and I live in a slum nearby. We earn   19  living working at construction sites. A fe