1. Money was a constant source of tension and stress when I was growing up. My parents were
, well-educated and hard-working, but they lived from paycheck to paycheck. When I was 13, they split up. Then my mom
to raise three kids, often relying on free lunch tickets and food stamps. As my mother
retirement age, she was filled with
over the fact that she hadn’t saved enough for her golden retirement years,
she often sighed. My father had always been
to work—we had always
he’d work less and spend more time with us
. But he is just a workaholic(工作狂).
My parents were trying so hard to make ends meet, so I couldn’t become a
on them. As a result, I
college and spent the next couple of years drifting from one minimum wage job to another. I
my broken-down car, went to work on foot, reduced my
by sharing a one-bedroom apartment with three other women, and got free food during Happy Hour at our local bar. I learned to do whatever it took to
.
One night, while I was working at a donut shop and
34coffee for a homeless customer, I
that I was one paycheck away from being homeless myself. That was my wake-up
. Motivated by fear of an uncertain
, I opened the Yellow Pages(电话黄页),
professional dog trainers and negotiated an unpaid apprenticeship(学徒工作). Less than a year later, I was
by a dog trainer, and I loved the work. A couple of years later, I started my own dog-training school, which luckily turned out to be
. My efforts paid off.
Though I didn’t have rich parents to rely on, I discovered the power of asking for what I want.
【小题1】 | A.clever | B.careful | C.greedy | D.powerless |
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【小题2】 | A.hoped | B.struggled | C.attempted | D.refused |
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【小题3】 | A.counted | B.imagined | C.mentioned | D.approached |
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【小题4】 | A.curiosity | B.disagreement | C.anxiety | D.happiness |
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【小题6】 | A.addicted | B.similar | C.related | D.familiar |
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【小题7】 | A.believed | B.guessed | C.said | D.wished |
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【小题8】 | A.though | B.yet | C.instead | D.too |
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【小题9】 | A.danger | B.burden | C.challenge | D.threat |
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【小题10】 | A.dropped out of | B.was admitted into | C.went in | D.went through |
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【小题11】 | A.paid for | B.cleaned out | C.gave away | D.fixed up |
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【小题12】 | A.clothes | B.dinner | C.weight | D.rent |
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【小题13】 | A.survive | B.work | C.play | D.pay |
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【小题14】 | A.buying | B.making | C.tasting | D.smelling |
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【小题15】 | A.recalled | B.promised | C.feared | D.realized |
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【小题16】 | A.sign | B.hit | C.call | D.period |
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【小题17】 | A.future | B.job | C.mood | D.family |
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【小题18】 | A.searched | B.phoned | C.invited | D.persuaded |
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【小题19】 | A.honored | B.reminded | C.hired | D.moved |
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【小题20】 | A.hard | B.tiring | C.efficient | D.successful |
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