I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming.After my dad’s service in World War Ⅱ，he was ____ again to fight during the Korean War，and when he returned home，he couldn’t drink ____ to numb(麻痹) his terrible memories.He struggled to ____ for his growing family. On our occasional trips to town，I ____ out boxfuls of books from the library.When I opened a book，I could ____ myself in unknown places—where children weren’t hungry and were in ____ of little. When I wasn’t daydreaming，my ____ was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters.At night I hid under the covers ____ to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home.Classmates asked ____ we didn’t have electricity or a telephone.I suppose my explanations were ____ more than lies，but the stories I told improved ____ every book I read. Starting at a very young age，my siblings(兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money—to put more food on the family table.We ____ newspapers，babysat，and cleaned other people’s houses. Mom grew vegetables，raised chickens，and baked bread，so we seldom went hungry，even when supper was only a pot of beans.____ my real hunger wasn’t for food—it was a hunger for a better life.It was a hunger for knowledge about the world ___ our existence.It was a hunger to prove Dad ____ when he told us we would never amount to anything. Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much ____ than our parents expected ___ us.We devoured(如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that ____ would be our steppingstone into a brighter future. Now I’m ____ of the accomplishments of my siblings：an art professor；a well­known doctor；plus business owners.And me，I’m the keeper of the family stores.I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known ____ as children.But this I do know：I believe it can be a good thing. 小题1: A．drafted B．dismissed C．invited D．involved 小题2: A．well B．plenty C．enough D．heavily 小题3: A．search B．provide C．hope D．leave 小题4: A．brought B．checked C．gave D．carried 小题5: A．remind B．help C．devote D．find 小题6: A．memory B．favor C．possession D．need 小题7: A．reality B．fantasy C．satisfaction D．affection 小题8: A．refusing B．pretending C．attempting D．preparing 小题9: A．whether B．how C．when D．why 小题10: A．something B．anything C．nothing D．everything 小题11: A．as B．with C．for D．at 小题12: A．sent B．delivered C．published D．released 小题13: A．But B．And C．Then D．Otherwise 小题14: A．above B．around C．within D．beyond 小题15: A．right B．mean C．wrong D．nice 小题16: A．more B．further C．greater D．better 小题17: A．in B．for C．of D．on 小题18: A．ambition B．dream C．enthusiasm D．education 小题19: A．hunger B．suffering C．desperation D．poverty 小题20: A．fond B．proud C．aware D．confident