完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分）

I came to the United States ten years ago. I would always say that I was trying to study, but there were always things like work and my kids that would not  36  me to start.

Now I realized that those were only  37 . What stopped me was that I was  38  to start studying again. I always believed I would  39  by myself.

One day,  40 , my son told me that he was sad because his friends would come over and I didn’t  41  them because I didn’t speak English. He was also sad  42  I could never help him with his homework. That same day, I  43  myself, “Rocio, you have to start believing in yourself and you will see you can  44  it.” That night I couldn’t  45 . I was thinking that I couldn’t  46  my kids down.

The next day, I went downtown to look for a big banner in  47  of the school that said they  48  classes for adults. I came in to see if I could  49 , but the classes were  50  already.

That night I took the kids to the movies, and on the  51  back, I told them we would take a new route. I ended up getting lost. That’s the way I found Chaffey College. The following Monday, I went to ask for  52 . They told me that summer school was starting that week.

That’s how I started studying English last summer. It is difficult, but I have had great  53 . My daughter had to  54  a story for school. It was about the person they most admired and  55 . She wrote that I was the person she most admired because I had started going to college. I will never forget this.

36. A. make        B. force     C. promise    D. allow

37. A. reasons                            B. excuses

C. causes                           D. explanations

38. A. afraid       B. ready   C. willing      D. happy

39. A. teach        B. direct    C. learn        D. indicate

40. A. however    B. therefore      C. otherwise         D. besides

41. A. recognize   B. understand C. realize   D. know

42. A. though      B. while     C. because     D. when

43. A. spoke       B. said       C. asked       D. told

44. A. produce           B. create    C. invent       D. make

45. A. wake        B. eat            C. sleep        D. dress

46. A. feel           B. let               C. fall           D. drop

47. A. front        B. spite      C. middle      D. terms

48. A. offered                               B. formed

C. completed                  D. finished

49. A. listen        B. hear      C. attend      D. give

50. A. begun       B. closed         C. started      D. empty

51. A. way         B. road      C. path                D. route

52. A. news        B. information C. message   D. signal

53. A. rewards     B. prize    C. progress   D. courage

54. A. print         B. recite    C. copy               D. write

55. A. why         B. how      C. when               D. where

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