Question

Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her 36 was to become a concert pianist or blues singer.

Everything 37 when she was 20 years old. She became sick with what doctors  38  was typhoid fever(伤寒)and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine  39 her to become  40 deaf. She could no longer hear the music which she had always  41.

Shirley would never give up playing the piano,  42  she did decide to change 43 . She transferred to Gallaudet University and studied English. In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for  44 . She wanted to be 45 and work full-time.

For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington, D.C. 46 , in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor (宿舍监管员). Shirley supervised young women who 47 in the university during the school year. She also taught English. Somehow she found time to 48 graduate school at Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1972, Shirley received her M.A. degree.

Always 49  a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID),which 50 deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.

This 51 woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D. She made  52 in 1992,  53 she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.

Dr. Shirley Jeanne Allen has traveled many roads and 54 many rainbows searching for her dream. With courage and 55, she never gave up.

1.	A．job B．interest C．dream D．duty

2.	A．changed B．disappeared C．stopped D．ended

3.	A．said B．agreed C．found D．thought

4.	A．allowed B．caused C．encouraged D．enabled

5.	A．almost B．totally C．actually D．gradually

6.	A．played B．loved C．performed D．remembered

7.	A．and B．so C．but D．even if

8.	A．career B．interest C．life D．attitude

9.	A．information B．help C．a job D．an assistant

10.	A．happy B．independent C．free D．confident

11.	A．However B．Therefore C．Then D．Besides

12.	A．worked B．studied C．lived D．played

13.	A．attend B．observe C．describe D．advertise

14.	A．interested in B．busy with C．concerned about D．ready for

15.	A．teaches B．promises C．pays D．offers

16.	A．amazing B．strict C．wealthy D．beautiful

17.	A．progress B．history C．suggestions D．excuses

18.	A．after B．while C．until D．when

19.	A．found B．watched C．followed D．appreciated

20.	A．determination B．intelligence C．strength D．pride

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.C

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.D

16.A

17.B

18.D

19.C

20.A

【解析】略