题型：完形填空 题类：常考题 难易度：困难
浙江省温州市十五校联合体2020-2021学年高二上学期英语期中联考试卷
My father was right— though it took me a while to realize it.
He was born in 1933, 1 25% of Americans were out of 2. His father died when he was only 3, leaving his mother to 3 him and his older sister alone.
The young family moved from a comfortable house into a small apartment. There was little money to spare. My father learned from his mother 4 to stretch a dollar—skills that would 5 him well.
My father's chief skill was never spending 6 he could afford—a skill he 7 to teach me.
When I cut the neighbor's grass and earned my first $4, my plan was to spend, not save. I spent 8 of it on baseball cards and candies.
"When you earn money," he told me, anxious about my spendthrift ways. "put 9 half in the bank. You need to save for a rainy day."
I thought of him 10 , and for years afterwards, as a pessimist. I was young, 11 , when the economy experienced decline in the 70's. I was unaffected by its 12 . I graduated from the university in 1984— just as an economic boom was under way. I took work with a high-tech company and marveled at its 13 .
Restless to make real money, I got into business. At 28, I started a company with an older partner. We did very well at the beginning and quickly put our earnings into high-tech business—both of us were 14 big riches so we could retire to the good life.
The business failed. My 15 were gone. The rainy day my father had warned me about had arrived.
I have plenty to 16 this Father's Day. I'm 48 already. My father will be 77 next month. I'm blessed to 17 have him in my life.
I'm 18 he has lived long enough to see his son—and other Americans 19 enough to still have jobs— 20 saving for a rainy day.
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