二完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）TheParking-Lot（停车场）SweeperBothmyparentscamefromtownsinMexico.IwasborninE1PasoTexasandwhenIwasfourmyfamilymo

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二完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

The Parking-Lot（停车场）Sweeper

Both my parents came from towns in Mexico. I was born in E1 Paso Texas and when I was four my family moved to a housing project in East Los Angeles.

Even though we struggled to make ends meet my parents stressed to me and my four brothers and sisters how 21 we were to live in a great country with limitless opportunities. They 22 us with the ideas of family faith and love.

I got my first 23 job when I was ten. My dad injured his back working in a cardboard-box factory and was retrained as a hairstylist. He 24 space in a little shopping center and gave his shop the flowery name of Mr. Ben’s Coiffure.

The owner of the shopping center 25 my Dad’s payment for cleaning the parking lot three 26 a week which 27 getting up at 3 a.m. Mom and I helped 28

dustbin and pick up rubbish by hand. It took two to three hours to clean the lot. I 29 sleep in the car on the way home.

I did this for two years but the lessons I learned have 30 a lifetime. I obtained discipline（自律）and the importance of work and learned at a(n) 31 age the importance of balancing life’s competing interests——in my 32 school homework and a job. This

33 helped during my school years when I worked 40 hours at a fast-food restaurant while taking a full 34 of college preparation courses.

The hard work 35 off. I attended the U.S. Military Academy and went on to 36

graduate degrees in law and business from Harvard. 37 I joined a big Los Angeles law firm and was elected to the California state assembly（州议会）. In these jobs and in everything else I’ve done I have 38 forgotten those nights in the parking lot. The experience taught me that there is value in all work and that if people are working to 39 for themselves and their families that is 40 we should honor.

21. A. important B. different C. competitive D. fortunate

22. A. mixed B. filled C. piled D. left

23. A. true B. new C. real D. good

24. A. hired B. bought C. cleaned D. created

25. A. reduced B. afforded C. collected D. charged

26. A. mornings B. evenings C. dawns D. nights

27. A. meant B. overcame C. admitted D. allowed

28. A. lift B. empty C. throw D. hold

29. A. must B. need C. would D. should

30. A. existed B. lasted C. kept D. stayed

31. A. small B. exact C. early D. golden

32. A. mind B. way C. part D. case