問題詳情：
完形填空；閲讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然後從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。
Father was a hardworking man who worked to support his family. He spent all his evenings after work having classes, hoping to __1__ himself so that he could find a betterpaid job. Except for Sundays, Father _2_ ate a meal together with his family.
Whenever the family complained (抱怨) that he wasn't spending enough time with them, his __3_ was that he was doing all this for them.
The day came when the __4__ results were announced (宣佈). To their joy, Father _5__！ Soon he was offered a good job with high __6__.
Like a dream come _7_， Father could now _8__ to provide (提供) his family with nice clothing and fine food.
However, the family __9__ did not get to see Father for most of the week. He _10__ to work very hard, hoping to be promoted (晉升). He took another __11_ in the open university so as to get more __12__ of being promoted.
Again, whenever the family complained that he was not spending enough time with them, he reasoned that he was doing all this for them.
Father's hard work paid off and he was promoted. He decided to hire a servant to do housework. He also __13_ that their threeroom house was no longer big enough; it would be __14_ for his family to be able to __15__ the comfortable house. Having experienced the _16_ of his hard work many times, Father decides to continue his __17_ and work for being promoted again ...
As expected, Father's hard work paid off again and he bought a beautiful villa (別墅). On the first Sunday at their new _18_， Father __19__ not to take any more courses or expect any more promotions. He would devote more time to his __20_.
Father did not wake up the next day.
1．A. control B. change
C. improve D. understand
2．A. hardly B. quickly
C. actually D. frequently
3．A. fact B. reason
C. truth D. question
4．A. game B. debate
C. competition D. examination
5．A. passed B. failed
C. relaxed D. recovered
6．A. pay B. risk
C. speed D. quality
7．A. alive B. true
C. well D. easy
8．A. agree B. prefer
C. afford D. remember
9．A. recently B. really
C. rarely D. still
10．A. began B. continued
C. stopped D. forgot
11．A. duty B. prize
C. course D. position
12．A. luck B. courage
C. choices D. chances
13．A. felt B. heard
C. ignored D. wished
14．A. wonderful B. foolish
C. useful D. meaningless
15．A. design B. invent
C. enjoy D. imagine
16．A. pains B. troubles
C. responsibilities D. rewards
14．A. vacation B. studies
C. research D. project
18．A. job B. home
C. office D. school
19．A. tried B. forgot
C. regretted D. decided
20．A. job B. house
C. family D. country
【回答】
爸爸在屢次晉升，生活條件越來越好後終於決定要放棄工作，享受家庭生活，沒想到第二天卻去世了。
1．C 根據下文可知他是想不斷提高自己的生活水平。
2．A 根據前文“... all his evenings after work having classes”可推知他很少時間陪家人。
3．B 根據前文“the family complained ...”可推知爸爸在解釋原因。
4．D 根據前文知道爸爸在夜校上課，所以可推知應該考試成績出來了，爸爸通過了考試，由此才得以找到了更好的工作。examination“考試，檢查”； debate“爭論，辯論”； competition“競爭，競賽”。
5．A 根據前文“To his joy”可推知通過了考試。
6．A 根據空格23後的“... nice clothing and fine food.”可推知是收入更高的工作。
7．B 根據前文Like a dream可推知是夢想成真。come true實現，達到。
8．C 根據前文知道爸爸找到了收入更高的工作，所以是可以負擔得起好的衣服和飯菜。
9．D 根據前文知道爸爸很少在家，根據後文“... did not get to see Father”可推知他找到更好的工作後依舊是不常在家。
10．B 根據後文“work very hard, hoping to be promoted”可知他繼續非常賣力地工作。
11．C 根據前文爸爸晚上去上課和後文“in the open university”可知爸爸接着去上課。
12．D 根據後文“of being promoted”可推知是增加自己晉升的機會。
13．A 根據後文“no longer big enough”可推知隨着經濟地位上升的爸爸覺得房子也不夠大了。
14．A 根據後文the comfortable house可推知是一件很美好的事。wonderful“美好的”。
15．C 根據後文the comfortable house可推知是享受舒適的房子。
16．D 根據前文幾次出現的pay off可推知*。
17．B 根據前文知道爸爸在不斷學習，因此選B。
18．B 根據前文a beautiful villa可推知是在家裏。
19．D 根據後文not to take any more courses ...可推知爸爸決定不再學習……。
20．C 根據前文知道爸爸忙於事業很少和家人在一起，因此可推知他是要放棄工作回到家庭生活上來了。
知識點：人物傳記 故事閲讀類
題型：完型填空
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