完形填空。 I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents 1 the necessities of life 2 they couldn't give much more. If I asked my father 3 a pair of jeans, he would say, 'If you want them, make the money and buy them 4 .' He wasn't being mean; he just couldn't 5 them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school. When I 6 from high school, I joined the navy. Soon I was in a boot camp (新兵训练营) at Parris Island, S. C., where I learned that life in the navy centered around completing daily 7 . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock (模拟的) battles. Completing these tasks successfully 8 discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn't 9 whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the 10 of the company. I went 11 to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I 12 most was the comseling (咨询) meeting I 13 with the family members of the men and women in my 14 , trying to help them deal with the long periods of 15 . These proved popular and word of them spread. 16 I was being asked to give encouraging 17 to business groups, educators and keds across the country. But I consider the boot camp my first real 18 , and my life is still guided by the 19 lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to 20 it. ( )1. A. provided ( )2. A. while ( )3. A. about ( )4. A. themselves ( )5. A. pay ( )6. A. came ( )7. A. drills ( )8. A. included ( )9. A. matter ( )10. A. good ( )11. A. out ( )12. A. took ( )13. A. ended ( )14. A. charge ( )15. A. lessons ( )16. A. Long before ( )17. A. performances ( )18. A. vacation ( )19. A. important ( )20. A. gain B. got B. but B. with B. ourselves B. find B. returned B. tasks B. asked B. mean B. boss B. on B. hated B. began B. situation B. meeting B. Before long B. descriptions B. place B. bitter B. achieve C. made C. so C. for C. yourself C. produce C. escaped C. exercises C. required C. exist C. rest C. away C. enjoyed C. continued C. position C. training C. As usual C. speeches C. job C. normal C. show D. bought D. or D. of D. myself D. afford D. graduated D. reports D. met D. work D. right D. off D. did D. held D. choice D. separation D. Once again D. gifts D. travel D. difficult D. match