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    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

 

1.C 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.D 10.C 11.A 12.B 13.C 14.C 15.A 16.D 17.D 18.A 19.D 20.B 【解析】 本文为记叙文。Sylvia Acevedo幼年时成为女童子军的一员。在一次露营中,队长发现她对星星着迷,鼓励她学习科学。多年后,她获得了斯坦福大学的工程学硕士学位,随后成为了NASA的科学家,并在2016年被任命为女童子军的CEO。 1. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意:她家里很穷,靠薪水过日子。A. large大的;B. happy幸福的;C. poor贫穷的;D. close亲密的。根据第一段中“From poverty to a rocket scientist to the CEO of the Girl Scouts”,可知Sylvia Acevedo出身贫困。故选C项。 2. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:在Las Cruces爆发的一场传染病几乎夺去了她妹妹的生命之后,她的母亲把家搬到了另一个临近的地区。A. control控制;B. outbreak (疾病等)突然 爆发;C. detection检测;D. victim受害者。根据“…nearly killed her younger sister” 可知传染病爆发很严重。故选B项。 3. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:在Las Cruces爆发的一场传染病几乎夺去了她妹妹的生命之后,她的母亲把家搬到了另一个临近的地区。A. project项目;B. neighbourhood 临近的地区,地区;C. schoolyard校园;D. division分区。Sylvia Acevedo一家搬家应该是搬到另一个地方。故选B项。 4. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:在她的新学校,一个同学说服她成为一名女童子军。A. convinced说服;B. advised建议;C. forced强迫;D. allowed允许。根据下文可知,Sylvia参加了女童子军,因此是同学说服了她。故选A项。 5. 考查动词短语辨析。句意:从那一刻起,她的生活走上了新的道路。A. took up占据,开始从事;B. took in收留,欺骗C. took off(飞机)起飞;D. took on呈现出,承担。根据下文Sylvia参加女童子军后的经历可知,她的生活呈现出一片新样子。故选D项。 6. 考查形容词词义辨析。句意:女童军的饼干义卖项目为女童具备了基本的金融方面的知识。A. political政治的;B. cultural文化的;C. financial经济的;D. religious宗教的。根据下文提到的“sales”可知,通过销售饼干,女孩们了解到基本的与经济有关的知识。故选C项。 7. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:该行业的女性经常表示,她们是通过这个行业起步的。A. start开始;B. way方法;C. head带头,领头;D. vote投票。故选A项。此处start是名词,指“ (谋生、事业等)开始,起步”。根据上文“The Girl Scout cookie program equips girls with basic 6 knowledge”中的“basic 6 knowledge”可推知,了解销售的基本知识应该是开始。故选A项。 8. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:Sylvia Acevedo挨家挨户地向所有的邻居们推销饼干。A. allocating分配;B. selling卖,销售;C. making制作;D. tasting品尝。根据下文提到的“sales”可知,女孩们是销售饼干。故选B项。 9. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:她的团队队长给了她一个著名的销售技巧:如果你没有听过三次“不”,你就不能离开销售现场。此处是与sales搭配的短语辨析。A. sales campaign销售宣传活动;B. sales figure销售数据;C. sales program销售项目;D. sales technique销售技巧。根据“you never leave the side of a sale 10 you’ve heard “no” three times”可推知,团队队长是告诉她销售技巧。故选D项。 10. 考查连词词义辨析。句意:她的团队队长给了她一个著名的销售技巧:如果你没有听过三次“不”,你就不能离开销售现场。A. after在……之后;B. while当……时候,C. until直到;D. since自从。前面有never,此处是短语never…. until,意思为“直到…… 才”。故选C项。 11. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:直到今天她还奉行那个著名的销售技巧。此处是各选项与介词by搭配短语的辨析;A. lives by 以……为生;以...为行为准则;B. gets by勉强应付;C. passes by经过;D. judges by根据……判断。现在她还以这个销售技巧为行为准则。故选A项。 12. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:女童子军的经历从某种程度上来说帮助女孩子们受到聘用。A. adopted收养;B. hired雇佣,聘用;C. noticed注意到;D. supported支持。根据下文“.... they have all those job skills.....”可知,女孩们在女童子军中的经历对她们的工作技能有帮助。故选B项。 13. 考查副词词义辨析。句意:当他们获得不同的徽章,所有那些职业技能和她们所学的有直接联系。 A. gradually逐渐地;B. hopefully有希望地;C. directly直接地;D. mysteriously神秘地。根据上一句“The Girl Scout experience in a way got girls 12 ”可知,女孩们在女童子军中学到的东西与她们后来的工作技能有直接的关系。故选C项。 14. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:在一次野营旅行中,Acevedo的团队队长看到她在仰望星空——她不知道有行星存在。A. trees树木;B. birds鸟儿;C. stars星星;D. tents帐篷。根据下一句“she didn’t know that there were planets”中的“planets”可知,她是抬头看着星空。故选C项。 15. 考查动词短语辨析。句意:她的队长指出了北斗七星、小北斗七星和几个行星。A. pointed out指出;B. ruled out排除在外;C. sorted out分类,整理;D. brought out使显现出。根据上一句中“she didn’t know that there were planets”,她不知道有行星,因此队长给她指出都有些什么星星。故选A项。 16. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:后来,当女孩们获得徽章时,Acevedo的队长想起了她对星星的着迷,建议她争取她的科学徽章。A. wearing佩戴;B. donating捐赠;C. counting数;D. earning赚取,赢得。根据上文“When they are earning different badges (徽章)..... ”可知,是“赢得徽章”。故选D项。 17. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:后来,当女孩们获得徽章时,Acevedo的队长想起了她对星星的着迷,建议她争取她的科学徽章。A. satisfaction满意;B. association联想,联系;C. combination结合;D. fascination入迷。根据上文“… her looking up at the ___14___可知,Acevedo对星星很着迷。故选D项。 18. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:后来,当女孩们获得徽章时,Acevedo的队长想起了她对星星的着迷,建议她争取她的科学徽章。此处是各选项与介词for搭配的短语辨析。A. try for争取;B. wish for希望得到;C. stand for 代表;D. pay for付款。Acevedo队长鼓励她学习科学,争取获得科学徽章。故选A项。 19. 考查名词词义辨析。句意:她后来在斯坦福大学获得了工程学硕士学位。A. nursing护理学;B. marketing市场营销;C. teaching教学;D. engineering工程学。根据下一句的“then became a rocket scientist with NASA”可知,她学习的是工程学。故选D项。 20. 考查动词词义辨析。句意:然后,在2016年被任命为女童子军负责人。A. back支持;B. head作为……的领头人,带领;C. fund资助;D. check核对,检查。根据第一段中的“From poverty to a rocket scientist to the CEO of the Girl Scouts (女童子军) ”可知,她被任命为女童子军的负责人。短语be tapped to “被指定为”。故选B项。
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