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閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給各題的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents ___36___ the necessities of life ___37___ they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father ___38___ a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them ___39___.” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t ___40___ them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I ___41___ from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp(新兵訓練營) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily ___42___. These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模擬的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully ___43___ discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t ___44___ whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the ___45___of the company.
I went ___46___ to graduate from the U. S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I ___47___ most was the comseling(咨詢) meeting I ___48___ with the family members of the men and women in my ___49___, trying to help them deal with the long periods of ___50___. These proved popular and word of them spread.___51___ I was being asked to give encouraging ___52___ to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real ___53___, and my life is still guided by the ___54___ lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to ___55___ it.
36. A. provided B. got
C. made D. bought
37. A. while B. but
C. so D. or
38. A. about B. with
C. for D. of
39. A. themselves B. ourselves
C. yourself D. myself
40. A. pay B. find
C. produce D. afford
41. A. came B. returned
C. escaped D. graduated
42. A. drills B. tasks
C. exercises D. reports
43. A. included B. asked
C. required D. met
44. A. matter B. mean
C. exist D. work
45. A. good B. boss
C. rest D. right
46. A. out B. on
C. away D. off
47. A. took B. hated
C. enjoyed D. did
48. A. ended B. began
C. continued D. held
49. A. charge B. situation
C. position D. choice
50. A. lessons B. meeting
C. training D. separation
51. A. Long before B. Before long
C. As usual D. Once again
52. A. performances B. descriptions
C. speeches D. gifts
53. A. vacation B. place
C. job D. travel
54. A. important B. bitter
C. normal D. difficult
55. A. gain B. achieve
C. show D. match
