完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I grew up in a tiny Baltimore row house in a faraway mountain area. My parents    36    the necessities of life    37    they couldn’t give much more. If I asked my father    38    a pair of jeans, he would say, “If you want them, make the money and buy them    39   .” He wasn’t being mean; he just couldn’t    40    them. From age 12 on, I did part-time jobs after school.
When I    41    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  42   . These could be anything from cleaning the camp to conducting mock(模拟的) battles.  Completing these tasks successfully   43    discipline, team-work and responsibility. It didn’t    44    whether you were black, white or Asian; everyone worked together for the    45   of the company.
I went    46    to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy and later became an officer in the navy. The part of my job I    47    most was the counseling(咨询) meetings I    48     with the family members of the men and women in my    49   , trying to help them deal with the long periods of    50   . These proved popular and word of them spread.   51    I was being asked to give encouraging    52    to business groups, educators and kids across the country.
But I consider the boot camp my first real    53   , and my life is still guided by the    54    lessons I learned there. It taught me discipline, friendship and the pride related to setting a task every day and working hard to    55    it.
36. A. got                                   B. provided                C. made                               D. bought
37. A. while                                  B. so                            C. but                                   D. or
38. A. for                                B. with                        C. about                               D. of
39. A. themselves                      B. ourselves              C. myself                       D. yourself
40. A. afford                                 B. find                         C. produce                          D. pay
41. A. came                                  B. returned              C. graduated                      D. escaped
42. A. drills                                   B. tasks                      C. exercises                        D. reports
43. A. included                            B. asked                     C. met                            D. required
44. A. matter                               B. mean                      C. exist                                 D. work
45. A. boss                                   B. good                       C. rest                                  D. right
46. A. out                                               B. off                           C. away                                D. on
47. A. took                                    B. hated                     C. enjoyed                           D. did
48. A. ended                                B. held                        C. continued                       D. began
49. A. charge                               B. situation                C. position                           D. choice
50. A. lessons                              B. separation            C. training                           D. meetings
51. A. Before long                      B. Long before C. As usual                          D. Once again
52. A. performances                  B. descriptions                   C. speeches                        D. gifts
53. A. vacation                            B. job                           C. place                                D. travel
54. A. important                         B. bitter                      C. normal                                      D. difficult
55. A. gain                                    B. show                C. achieve                           D. match