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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A teenager who once became homeless graduated at the top of his class in Houston, Texas this weekend. Derrick Ngo.18, had a 21 childhood, growing up without a father and finding his mother in and out of prison through the years.
Ahead of his 22 . Ngo had been to 12 different school, At 15, be started to 23 on his own with some help from his mother, but it was barely enough that he 24 homeless about two yean later. Ngo 25 his childhood to VOA. "We often didn't have that much food. We didn't have that much money. We didn't have a 26 source of income and that was one of my biggest 27 in growing up - that Lack of parental 28 ."
Determined to change his future, Ngo 29 all his frustrations (沮丧) into his studies-efforts that 30 landed him as the top student of his class at Energy Institute High School. "I 31 that if I didn't use schoold, education and the resources that were 32 to me, then there would be no way that I would get out of the 33 I was in," he said.
In December, Ngo learned that he had been 34 by Harvard, where he will be attending this fall. It was ,at frst, a 35 …I just got into Harvard. My heart was 36 ." he said. He was very excited. The young man 37 his success to discipline(自制力)and laser-like (激光一样的) 38 on end goals. "With a dream in your heart, you will have a clear 39 that you're working towards. Although it's not real yet, is 40 that is going to be real one day."
21. A. happy . B. boring C. troubled D. bright
22. A. failure B. difficulty C. independence D. achievement
23. A. live B. work C. learn D. train
24. A. got up B. grew up C. broke up D. ended up
25. A. recorded B. repeated C. recalled D. recommended
26. A. new B. stable C. spare D. balanced
27. A. desires B. features C. struggles D. advantage
28. A. pressure B. guidance C. training D. introduction
29. A. added B. counted C. combined D. directed
30. A. firstly B. slightly C. eventually D. unexpectedly
31. A. bet B. heard C. wondered D. remembered
32. A. donated B. available C. designed D. affordable
33. A. trap B. truth C. danger D. circle
34. A. told B. invited C. dismissed D. accepted
35. A. gift B. pity C. shock D. sympathy
36. A. rising B. racing C. beating D. sinking
37. A. owes B. devotes C. applies D. contributes
38. A. care B. focus C. confidence D. appreciation
39. A. goal B. way C. plan D. position
40. A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something
★文中我不认识的词汇有：_______________________________________________
★文中我不理解的句子有：（在文中用横线划出）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A teenager who once became homeless graduated at the top of his class in Houston, Texas this weekend. Derrick Ngo.18, had a 21 childhood, growing up without a father and finding his mother in and out of prison through the years.
Ahead of his 22 . Ngo had been to 12 different school, At 15, be started to 23 on his own with some help from his mother, but it was barely enough that he 24 homeless about two yean later. Ngo 25 his childhood to VOA. "We often didn't have that much food. We didn't have that much money. We didn't have a 26 source of income and that was one of my biggest 27 in growing up - that Lack of parental 28 ."
Determined to change his future, Ngo 29 all his frustrations (沮丧) into his studies-efforts that 30 landed him as the top student of his class at Energy Institute High School. "I 31 that if I didn't use schoold, education and the resources that were 32 to me, then there would be no way that I would get out of the 33 I was in," he said.
In December, Ngo learned that he had been 34 by Harvard, where he will be attending this fall. It was ,at frst, a 35 …I just got into Harvard. My heart was 36 ." he said. He was very excited. The young man 37 his success to discipline(自制力)and laser-like (激光一样的) 38 on end goals. "With a dream in your heart, you will have a clear 39 that you're working towards. Although it's not real yet, is 40 that is going to be real one day."
21. A. happy . B. boring C. troubled D. bright
22. A. failure B. difficulty C. independence D. achievement
23. A. live B. work C. learn D. train
24. A. got up B. grew up C. broke up D. ended up
25. A. recorded B. repeated C. recalled D. recommended
26. A. new B. stable C. spare D. balanced
27. A. desires B. features C. struggles D. advantage
28. A. pressure B. guidance C. training D. introduction
29. A. added B. counted C. combined D. directed
30. A. firstly B. slightly C. eventually D. unexpectedly
31. A. bet B. heard C. wondered D. remembered
32. A. donated B. available C. designed D. affordable
33. A. trap B. truth C. danger D. circle
34. A. told B. invited C. dismissed D. accepted
35. A. gift B. pity C. shock D. sympathy
36. A. rising B. racing C. beating D. sinking
37. A. owes B. devotes C. applies D. contributes
38. A. care B. focus C. confidence D. appreciation
39. A. goal B. way C. plan D. position
40. A. nothing B. anything C. everything D. something
★文中我不认识的词汇有：_______________________________________________
★文中我不理解的句子有：（在文中用横线划出）
