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 comseling(咨询) meeting 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. provided B. got
C. made D. bought

37. A. while B. but
C. so D. or

38. A. about B. with
C. for D. of

39. A. themselves B. ourselves
C. yourself D. myself

40. A. pay B. find
C. produce D. afford

41. A. came B. returned
C. escaped D. graduated

42. A. drills B. tasks
C. exercises D. reports

43. A. included B. asked
C. required D. met

44. A. matter B. mean
C. exist D. work

45. A. good B. boss
C. rest D. right

46. A. out B. on
C. away D. off

47. A. took B. hated
C. enjoyed D. did

48. A. ended B. began
C. continued D. held

49. A. charge B. situation
C. position D. choice

50. A. lessons B. meeting
C. training D. separation

51. A. Long before B. Before long
C. As usual D. Once again

52. A. performances B. descriptions
C. speeches D. gifts

53. A. vacation B. place
C. job D. travel

54. A. important B. bitter
C. normal D. difficult

55. A. gain B. achieve
C. show D. match