Ⅰ.完形填空
I wanted to build rockets and airplanes.Ever since age 11,I remained 1 becoming an aerospace engineer.I even picked my activities and summer 2 in middle school based on that goal.It also helped me to 3 my high school.I went to Wheeler High School in Marietta,where there was a program that 4 in science,math and technology.It was out of my school 5 ,so I rode the bus for an hour every morning from my home.But I knew that it was the most 6 school for me and my goal.So I made it 7 and so did my parents.
Wheeler 8 an aerospace-engineering course.Then,for college,I 9 attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),which was especially 10 in aerospace engineering.That 11 fit my goal.They’ve 12 so many astronauts and even have astronauts as professors.
Along the way,my biggest 13 was truly believing in myself.It’s something that we all 14 at some point in our lives.And it’s a 15 that I fought up until I attended MIT.Even though I was 16 ,I always thought that I didn’t have the 17 to fulfill my dreams.I finally started to believe in myself and realized I was able to do this work.And I looked in the 18 and said,“I believe in you.”
Today,I’m a 19 structural engineer at Boeing and have helped design vehicles that may 20 shuttle(运送) people to the moon or Mars.
1.A.addicted to B.focused on
C.accustomed to D.informed of
2.A.programs B.holidays
C.camps D.majors
3.A.attend B.enter
C.leave D.select
4.A.assisted B.lacked
C.specialized D.consisted
5.A.rule B.district
C.policy D.grade
6.A.convenient B.impressive
C.suitable D.traditional
7.A.happen B.ride
C.run D.exist
8.A.copied B.banned
C.offered D.purchased
9.A.merely B.unexpectedly
C.regularly D.naturally
10.A.vivid B.excellent
C.flexible D.complicated
11.A.exactly B.hardly
C.relatively D.slightly
12.A.found B.conquered
C.launched D.graduated
13.A.goal B.obstacle
C.position D.courage
14.A.go through B.figure out
C.give away D.stand for
15.A.disaster B.strategy
C.conflict D.battle
16.A.moving B.sinking
C.recovering D.progressing
17.A.abilities B.rights
C.steps D.principles
18.A.conclusion B.material
C.book D.mirror
19.A.private B.punctual
C.successful D.sensitive
20.A.at this point B.in time
C.on schedule D.in no time
