Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank:
I come from a family that values education. My grandma, born on the early side of the 1900 line, had four college (1)______, quite unusual for a woman of that era. My dad still tells the story about her trying to (2)________ visitors by displaying all four diplomas (Yale, Syracuse, Oberlin and Columbia) and then adding a tiny little certificate she got for completing a 6-week training course with the telephone company (3)_____ World War I.
My mom's side of the family did not have extensive educational backgrounds (4)_____, but most dedicated their working lives (5)______teaching children.
I do not have a large (6)_______ family, but most of them are teachers. My dad, the black sheep of the family, was only (7)_______ to speak at family reunions once he left the unseemly world of banking to become a corporate trainer.
So since my family values education (not in the snobby way, (8)________ in a way that ingrained the significance of learning in me from an early age), it was somewhat natural for me to gravitate in the same direction. (9)________ , during the early days of personal computers, while getting a B.S. in business, I was bitten by the technology bug (10)_______ left a permanent welt that drives me to this day.
| 1. A. certificates |
B. degrees |
C. bachelors |
D. licenses |
| 2. A. pride |
B. amuse |
C. impress |
D. annoy |
| 3. A. in |
B. at |
C. on |
D. during |
| 4. A. themselves |
B. ourselves |
C. herself |
D. itself |
| 5. A. for |
B. with |
C. to |
D. about |
| 6. A. extend |
B. extensive |
C. extending |
D. extended |
| 7. A. allowed |
B. let |
C. recommended |
D. suggested |
| 8. A. so |
B. but |
C. and |
D. so that |
| 9. A. Therefore |
B. Moreover |
C. However |
D. Still |
| 10. A. who |
B. when |
C. where |
D. which |
