完形填空(共1小题)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano.She studied music in college and her_________was to become a concert pianist or blues singer.Everything_________when she was 20 years old.She became sick with what doctors _________ was typhoid fever(伤寒)and she almost died.Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine _________her to become_________deaf.She could no longer hear the music which she had always_________
Shirley would never give up playing the piano, _________she did decide to change_________.She transferred to Gallaudet University and studied English .In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for_________.She wanted to be _________and work full time .
For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington,D.C._________,in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor(宿舍监管员).Shirley supervised young women who_________in the university during the school year.She also taught English.Somehow she found time to_________ graduate school at Howard University in Washington,D.C.In 1972,Shirley received her M.A.degree.
Always _________ a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), which_________deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.
This_________ woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D.She made _________in 1992_________she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.
Dr.Shirley Jeanne Allen has traveled many roads and_________many rainbows searching for her dream.With courage and_________,she never gave up.
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A.job |
B.interest |
C.duty |
D.dream |
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A.disappeared |
B.changed |
C.stopped |
D.ended |
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A.said |
B.agreed |
C.found |
D.thought |
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A.allowed |
B.caused |
C.encouraged |
D.enabled |
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A.almost |
B.actually |
C.totally |
D.gradually |
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A.loved |
B.played |
C.performed |
D.remembered |
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A.and |
B.so |
C.but |
D.even if |
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A.career |
B.interest |
C.life |
D.attitude |
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A.information |
B.help |
C.an assistant |
D.a job |
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A.happy |
B.independent |
C.free |
D.confident |
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A.However |
B.Then |
C.Therefore |
D.Besides |
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A.worked |
B.studied |
C.lived |
D.played |
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A.attend |
B.observe |
C.describe |
D.advertise |
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A.interested in |
B.busy with |
C.concerned about |
D.ready for |
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A.teaches |
B.offers |
C.pays |
D.promises |
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A.amazing |
B.strict |
C.wealthy |
D.beautiful |
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A.progress |
B.excuses |
C.suggestions |
D.history |
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A.after |
B.while |
C.until |
D.when |
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A.found |
B.watched |
C.followed |
D.appreciated |
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A.intelligence |
B.determination |
C.strength |
D.pride |
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