York.Although it is not necessarily a(n) __1__ to be all these things, it is surely __2__ to keep me from getting ahead.At least that's what I've been __3__ to believe about this game I like to call life.

　　My whole life has been a detailed __4__ made by my parents, pushing me as __5__ as they could to make me an ideal person so that I could __6__ in life.So many times I've heard, "Sweetie, you want that nice car and that big house when you __7__， don't you? Well, you've got to work at it, work harder than any other __8__ out there, because you have three strikes against you." Can you __9__ being five and told about this on your first day of school? It can be frightening.Fortunately, the fright would disappear as the same __10__ lesson became more and more routine (常规的).

　　Every __11__ grade, shoes left by the door and unwashed dishes in the sink resulted in the "__12__". It was kind of like a broken record, __13__ at times, but then you remember you used to like the song it played.When it came to __14__ high school, I wanted to go somewhere different from what I had been used to.__15__ to attend Bard High School Early College (BHSEC) was one of the hardest things of my life but I never __16__ it.The high school took the place of my mother's lecture, shaping me in the ways I never thought __17__.

　　BHSEC __18__ me to be just myself.I may be a Hispanic female from the Bronx __19__ I won't let that determine my life. Life is a(n) __20__， and it's my turn now.The odds (逆境) won't keep me from playing.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　1. A.excuse B. victory

　　C. crime D. honor

　　2. A.lucky B. useless

　　C. difficult D. enough

　　3. A.sent off B. brought up

　　C. called in D. relied on

　　4. A.arrangement B. change

　　C. adventure D. wish

　　5. A.fast B. hard

　　C. carefully D. proudly

　　6. A.succeed B. study

　　C. share D. perform

　　7. A.move ahead B. grow up

　　C. calm down D. look out

　　8. A.kid B. worker

　　C. player D. teacher

　　9. A.stop B. forget

　　C. enjoy D. imagine

10. A.perfect B. happy