My father grew up in Oklahoma during the early years of the Great Depression. He was the only living child of a hard-working farmer and a ________ mother. When Dad completed eighth grade, my grandfather believed his only son would work on the farm. My grandmother, ________, understood the door that education could open even in ________ economic times. She persuaded grandfather to ________ Dad to finish high school.

Dad worked hard and completed high school at the age of 16. At last, grandpa was to have his wish. Dad would work on the farm, easing the economic and physical ________ grandpa carried. But grandmother again ________ grandpa to permit my father to go to college.

After ________, grandpa made the most difficult decision of his lifetime. He walked to the chicken coop(雞籠子), where he did his ________. Taking a shovel in his work-worn hands, grandpa ________ a jar that held all the family’s savings. He offered the jar and its precious ________ to Dad, saying, "Here boy, go make something of yourself."

Realizing that his family was ________ all their savings by investing in his education, Dad became a steward of those funds. He ________ his bachelor’s degree and then went on to the University of Oklahoma, where he graduated second in his ________ school class in 1936. Jobs were hard to ________ when Dad graduated, so he opened his own practice and lived in a home with a dirt floor. He worked long hours, but I remember him ________ the great books he discovered in the course of his education with me.

Our family was changed by the long walk grandpa took to the chicken coop. Education is ________ an investment in our family. It is a treasure. I ________ my father to college and law school, and all of my children have also ________ higher education. We have been transformed by a sacrifice made two ________ ago by a loving, if not fully convinced, grandfather and a persistent grandmother and that has made all the ________.

1.A. beautifulB. curiousC. capableD. devoted

2.A. soB. howeverC. otherwiseD. thus

3.A. toughB. greatC. peacefulD. competitive

4.A. permitB. takeC. askD. force

5.A. painsB. troublesC. burdensD. activities

6.A. refusedB. beggedC. orderedD. required

7.A. graduationB. workC. reflectionD. permission

8.A. cookingB. cleaningC. farmingD. banking

9.A. picked upB. dug upC. broke upD. cut up

10.A. booksB. contentsC. billsD. coins

11.A. sacrificingB. storingC. treasuringD. wasting

12.A. failedB. receivedC. offeredD. needed

13.A. mathsB. educationC. economicsD. law

14.A. come offB. come aboutC. come byD. come on

15.A. makingB. writingC. protectingD. sharing

16.A. more thanB. rather thanC. other thanD. less than

17.A. joinedB. followedC. advisedD. accompanied

18.A. soughtB. insistedC. favoredD. considered

19.A. yearsB. centuriesC. decadesD. generations

20.A. senseB. differenceC. useD. effect

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