Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the p

题目内容：

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 39her to become 40deaf. 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 52in 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.

小题1:

A．job

B．interest

C．dream

D．duty小题2:

A．changed

B．disappeared

C．stopped

D．ended小题3:

A．said

B．agreed

C．found

D．thought小题4:

A．allowed

B．caused

C．encouraged

D．enabled小题5:

A．almost

B．totally

C．actually

D．gradually小题6:

A．played

B．loved

C．performed

D．remembered小题7:

A．and

B．so

C．but

D．even if小题8:

A．career

B．interest

C．life

D．attitude小题9:

A．information

B．help

C．a job

D．an assistant小题10:

A．happy

B．independent

C．free

D．confident小题11:

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Then

D．Besides小题12:

A．worked

B．studied

C．lived

D．played小题13:

A．attend

B．observe

C．describe

D．advertise小题14:

A．interested in

B．busy with

C．concerned about

D．ready for小题15:

A．teaches

B．promises

C．pays

D．offers小题16:

A．amazing

B．strict

C．wealthy

D．beautiful小题17:

A．progress

B．history

C．suggestions

D．excuses小题18:

A．after

B．while

C．until

D．when小题19:

A．found

B．watched

C．followed

D．appreciated小题20:

A．determination

B．intelligence

C．strength

D．pride

最佳答案：

小题1:C

小题1:A

小题1:D

小题1:B

小题1:B

小题1:B

小题1:C

小题1:A

小题1:C

小题1:B

小题1:C

小题1:C

小题1:A

小题1:D

小题1:D

小题1:A

小题1:B

小题1:D

小题1:C

答案解析：

小题1:考查名词：成为音乐会的钢琴师是她的梦想。选C

小题1:考查动词：句意是：20岁时，一切都改变了。选A

小题1:考查动词：thought认为，句意是;她得了医生认为是伤寒的病。选D

小题1:考查动词：cause sb to do导致某人做…,选B

小题1:考查副词：totally完全的，修饰deaf，选B

小题1:考查上下文串联：从前面的Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano.可知答案是B

小题1:考查连词：上下文是转折关系，选C

小题1:考查名词，后面说她转学英语，说明是改变了职业。选A。

小题1:考查名词：前面说毕业了，应该是找工作。选C

小题1:考查形容词;independent独立的和后面的work full time。选B

小题1:考查副词，then是然后。选C

小题1:考查名词：宿舍里的女生是住在那里，选C

小题1:考查动词：attend school上学。选A

小题1:考查词组：be ready for：表示：为…做好准备

小题1:考查动词：offer sb sth提供某人某物，选D

小题1:考查形容词：描写这个人应该是amazing，让人惊叹的。选A

小题1:考查名词：make history创造历史。选B

小题1:考查定语从句，修饰1992，定语从句中缺少时间状语。选D

小题1:考查动词：appreciate 欣赏和rainbow搭配。选C

小题1:考查名词determination，和courage并列。选A

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。