From poverty to a rocket scientist to the CEO of the Girl Scouts (女童子军), Sylvia Acevedo’s story is inspiring.
Sylvia Acevedo grew up on a dirt road in New Mexico. Her family was _______, living paycheck to paycheck. After an infectious disease _______ in Las Cruces nearly killed her younger sister, her mother moved the family to a different _______. At her new school, a classmate _______ her to become a Brownie Girl Scout. And from that moment, her life _______ a new path.
The Girl Scout cookie program equips girls with basic _______ knowledge. Women constantly in the sector said they got their _______ through it. Sylvia Acevedo was there going door-to-door _______ cookies to all her neighbors. There’s a famous sales _______ that her troop leader gave her: you never leave the side of a sale ________ you’ve heard “no” three times, and to this day she ________ by that.
The Girl Scout experience in a way got girls ________. When they are earning different badges (徽章) , they have all those job skills that are tied ________ to what they’ve learned. On one camping trip, Acevedo’s troop leader saw her looking up at the ________--she didn’t know that there were planets. Her troop leader ________ the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper and a few planets. Later, when the girls were ________ badges, Acevedo’s leader remembered her ________ with the stars and suggested she ________ for her science badge. She went on to get a master’s in ________ from Stanford University, then became a rocket scientist with NASA, and then, in 2016, was tapped to ________ the Girl Scouts.
What the Girl Scouts taught her was determination and resilience (适应力) and she has kept that lesson in her life ever since.
1.A.large B.happy C.poor D.close
2.A.control B.outbreak C.detection D.victim
3.A.project B.neighbourhood C.schoolyard D.division
4.A.convinced B.advised C.forced D.allowed
5.A.took up B.took in C.took off D.took on
6.A.political B.cultural C.financial D.religious
7.A.start B.way C.head D.vote
8.A.allocating B.selling C.making D.tasting
9.A.campaign B.figure C.program D.technique
10.A.after B.while C.until D.since
11.A.lives B.gets C.passes D.judges
12.A.adopted B.hired C.noticed D.supported
13.A.gradually B.hopefully C.directly D.mysteriously
14.A.trees B.birds C.stars D.tents
15.A.pointed out B.ruled out C.sorted out D.brought out
16.A.wearing B.donating C.counting D.earning
17.A.satisfaction B.association C.combination D.fascination
18.A.try B.wish C.stand D.pay
19.A.nursing B.marketing C.teaching D.engineering
20.A.back B.head C.fund D.check
—I hope we’ll be able to move to the new house next month.
—______. The decoration is still in progress.
A.Forget it B.Hard to say C.Pardon me D.No kidding
Only when he almost knocked her down ______ an old woman was in front of his car.
A.he had found B.had he found
C.he found D.did he find
I ______ my friends and relatives during the Spring Festivals, but I had to stay home because of COVID-19 outbreak.
A.should visit B.might visit
C.would have visited D.must have visited
If you are addicted to your mobile phone, that’s ______ you should lay it down and be involved in meaningful activities.
A.when B.why C.where D.how
When dealing with people from different cultures, we should seek common ground and ______ differences.
A.register B.reserve C.request D.restore
