完形填空。 Diana Velez does everything with maximum effort - and at maximum speed
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Diana Velez does everything with maximum effort - and at maximum speed. That__1__learning
a new language, completing two certificates and opening a store.
When arriving in Canada in 2008, she had one__2__: to have what she had back home in Colombia.
"I didn"t want to__3__what I do, like so many who come to a new country," she said. "I__4__to open
a store here in Canada but knew I had to__5__myself properly."
Diana quickly realized that making her dream of shop ownership in Canada a__6__meant going to
school to get the__7__education and certification. "My experience of owning a shop and working as a
designer in Colombia gave me__8__in my abilities, but I couldn"t speak the language and I had to__9__
how to do things in Canada. It was like having to__10__all over again," said Diana.
__11__, she found just the help she needed for her relaunch (重新开张)__12__continuing education
at George Brown College. She began taking__13__for both the Essential Skills in Fashion Certificate
and the Image Consulting Certificate in May 2009.__14__Diana met with the language barrier, she was
always going__15__while at college.
By the end of October 2009, she had completed all certificate requirements. Within two years after
her__16__in Canada, Diana at last achieved her__17__goal when her new store opened its doors in
Toronto"s Sheppard Centre. She was on the fasttrack to__18__.
Looking back, Diana, a fashion(时装)designer,__19__her achievements to the goal she set, the
education she received from the college, and__20__, the efforts she made. Now Diana is very happy
doing what she is doing.
( )2.A.goal
( )3.A.continue
( )4.A．demanded
( )5.A.teach
( )6.A.reality
( )7.A.physical
( )8.A.pressure
( )9.A.put away
( )10A.advance
( )11.A.Naturally
( )12.A.through
( )13.A.notes
( )14.A.Though
( )15.A.around
( )16.A.adventure
( )17.A.original
( )18.A.success
( )19.A.adds
( )20.A.after all
B．memory
B．choose
B．decided
B．prepare
B．fact
B．private
B．judgement
B．depend on
B．start
B．Gradually
B．for
B．responsibilities
B．As
B．back
B．arrival
B．common
B．wealth
B．connects
B．above all
C．choice
C．change
C．agreed
C．enjoy
C．challenge
C．primary
C．influence
C．learn about
C．suffer
C．Luckily
C．before
C．chances
C．Since
C．ahead
C．performance
C．another
C．glory
C．devotes
C．at least
D．problem
D．lose
D．hesitated
D．persuade
D．wonder
D．necessary
D．confidence
D．look into
D．work
D．Clearly
D．with
D．courses
D．Once
D．out
D．journey
D．distant
D．happiness
D．owes
D．at first
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2008, she became the first woman to win an event in the Indy Racing League.
Patrick wasn"t the only woman to race into the record books.Women around the country created
important firsts.
Hillary Clinton set her sights on the White House.In 2008, she was the first woman to be a
presidential candidate.Now she is the U. S.Secretary of State.
Michelle Obama had her own wonderful first.The former lawyer became the country"s first African
American First Lady.Her husband, Barack Obama, was elected President on November 4, 2008.
Peggy Whitson"s recent achievement was out_of_this_world.The astronaut was the first woman to
command the International Space Station.She finished her job on the floating lab in April, 2008.
Ann Dunwoody also had a "major" achievement.In November, 2008, she became the first female
fourstar general in the U. S.military.That is the second－highest rank in the U. S.Army.
The achievements of those and other women can encourage girls."I"ve heard from moms and dads
who see my achievement as hope for their daughters, " Dunwoody says, "Anything is possible through
hard work."
Danica Patrick and the other women didn"t get to where they are alone.Here"s a look at some of the
women who helped make their achievements possible.
Martha Washington was the country"s first First Lady.Her husband, George Washington, was
President from 1789 to 1797.
Marie Ruoff Byrum was the first woman to cast a ballot(投票) after U. S.women were given the
right to vote in elections in 1920.
Janet Guthrie became the first woman to enter a major car race in 1977.She was placed ninth in the
Indianapolis 500 race in 1978.
The Women"s Army Corps became part of the U. S.Army in 1943.More than 17,000 women served
overseas during World War Ⅱ.
Sally Ride became the first U. S.woman in space in 1983.Her two space shuttle experiences lasted
about 343 hours.
1. Who had been a lawyer according to the passage?
A. Danica Patrick.
B. Michelle Obama.
C. Marie Ruoff Byrum.
D. Sally Ride.
2. The underlined phrase "out of this world" in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by ________.
A. extremely wonderful
B. unknown to the world
C. kept secret
D. not true
3. According to the passage, Dunwoody ________.
A. has high hopes for her daughters
B. had been involved in World War Ⅱ
C. was the first female general in U. S.military history
D. considers hard work an important factor of success
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Sally Ride had worked in the International Space Station.
B. Hillary Clinton was the first woman to be the U. S.Secretary of State.
C. Janet Guthrie was the champion in the Indianapolis 500 race in 1978.
D. U.S.women didn"t have the right to vote in elections in the 19th century.
the way in which he connected with the human soul. His life, however, was not happy.
He was born on July 15, 1606 in Leiden, the Netherlands. His father wanted him to have a real,
learned profession but Rembrandt left the University of Leiden after becoming bored. He began studying
art under a local teacher but soon left and studied in Amsterdam where he mastered all his lessons in six
months!
At the age of 22, he moved back to Leiden and began to get his own students. One of his students
was the famous artist Gerrit Dou. In 1631 he returned to Amsterdam where he became the most popular
portrait painter in Holland. Rembrandt met Saskia and married her in 1634. She was a cousin of a very
successful art dealer and she helped him to meet wealthy people who commissioned (委任制作) many
paintings from him. He used her as a model in many of his paintings.
Rembrandt"s private life, however, was very unfortunate. He had four children with Saskia but only
one, Titus, survived. Saskia died in 1642 at the age of only 30. In 1649, his housekeeper became his
second wife and was also a model for many of his paintings. Even though Rembrandt was very successful
as an artist, art dealer and teacher, he lived in a careless way and had to declare bankruptcy (***) in
1656. He even had to sell his whole art collection and his house to pay off his debts.
His unfortunate life, however, didn"t affect his art. He painted many great paintings during that time.
His new love, Hendrickje, died in 1663 and his 27-year-old son, Titus, died in 1668. Eleven months
later, on October 4, 1669, Rembrandt died in Amsterdam. He produced more than 600 paintings and
over 2,000 drawings!
B. He spent most of his time on art, leaving no time to care his business.
C. All his children but Titus died, which made him very sad.
D. Like other famous artists, he was thoughtless.
B. began his teaching career in 1628.
C. married Saskia when he was 22 years old.
D. was good at drawing animals and flowers.
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven
B. A great Dutch painter
C. The greatest painter in the world
D. Rembrandt"s unhappy family
explore the banks of the Missouri River, where she climbed trees and hunted rats with her rifle (步枪).
She also built her own roller coaster(过山车).
The exciting life of the American aviation (航空)pioneer is dramatized in the movie Amelia, which is
due to come out on October 23.
After Earhart paid a pilot $1 to take her up for a short fly in his plane, aviation became her love and
career.
As she later explained, "Never do things others can do and will do, if there are things others cannot
do or will not do."
Earhart found herself a flying teacher and started to learn to fly.She took all sorts of jobs to pay for
the lessons and to buy a secondhand plane on her 24th birthday.
In 1932, Earhart flew solo (单人的) across the Atlantic. She became the first woman to make the
solo crossing. She also made a flying suit for women and went on to design other clothes for women
who led active lives. "Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already
done-occasionally what men have not done -thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps
encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action," she said.
When she was nearly 40, Earhart was ready for a final challenge-to be the first woman to fly around
the world. However, in midflight, she and her navigator (导航员) disappeared in bad weather.
Earhart will be forever remembered as a brave pioneer for both aviation and women.
B. Earhart never did things others could and would do.
C. Earhart"s love for aviation came after she flew a plane for a short time.
D. In Earhart"s opinion, women should think and act more independently.
B. adopted
C. published
D. created
B. Earhart"s ambition was to fly across the Atlantic
C. Earhart challenged herself constantly
D. Besides flying, Earhart also designed planes and clothes
B. a newspaper
C. a guide book
D. an advertisement
of his amazing abilities.
He has only been having piano lessons for four months, and practices four hours a week, but he has
already played difficult classical pieces. He was just seven when he sat down at the piano, and could play
at once. He also says he never gets nervous.
When Shane was three years old, he said that he could play the piano, but nobody took him seriously. At school, he could listen to the teacher and do his work while composing (作曲) in his head. Shame
remembers all the melodies(旋律),and when he gets home he plays them on the piano, while his father
records them. Shane loves playing the piano, and when he grows up he wants to be a composer.
His tutor, Richard Goffin-Lecar, says he is like Amadeus Mozart, who lived during the 18th century
in Salzburg, Austria, and was one of the most famous composers ever. Mr. Goffin-lecar says, "I don"t
teach Shane very much. I just give him directions, then sit back and watch."
His father, a single parent with two other children, says that although he has little money, he wants to
send Shane to a good music school. "I"m a single father, but I have this gifted child. I don"t have much
money, but I want to give him the best teachers, and also take him into a studio to record."
1. When did Shane tell others that he could play the piano?
A. At age three.
B. At age ten.
C. At age seven.
D. At age four.
2. Which of the following is TRUE about Shane?
A. He feels nervous while playing the piano
B. He can compose in his head while doing his work.
C. He wants to be a piano tutor when he grows up.
D. He doesn"t like to listen to the teacher at school.
3. What do we learn about Shane"s father?
A. He also plays the piano well.
B. He"s a single father with two children.
C. He believes in Shane"s talent for music and will support him.
D. Not having enough money, he will ask the teachers for help
sked if he thought about presidency when he looked in the mirror while shaving. "Not just when I" m shaving," he answered.
When Francois Hollande, now president-elect (总统当选人) of France, was asked the same
question, he replied: "Do I see myself as president? No, I am a presidential candidate. A candidate must
not think himself president; he must give hope that he becomes president."
Hollande has promised to be a "normal president" - something Sarkozy certainly was not. Sarkozy
celebrated his election in 2007 at a world-class Parisian restaurant. He took holidays on the yachts (游
艇) of wealthy businesspeople. Hollande, by contrast, was still going around Paris on his three-wheeled
motorbike at the start of this year. One member of his party said he looked "more like a pizza delivery
man" than the next president.
"That is the key to Hollande"s success because the election is turning into a sort of referendum (公民
投票) for or against Nicolas Sarkozy," Eric Dupin, a journalist and political observer told Global Post.
"Francois Hollande is the one who appears not only as his main opponent politically, but also as his
complete opposite psychologically."
When he was the Socialist party leader, Hollande was nicknamed "the marshmallow (软糖)" because
he hated fights. Sarkozy, by contrast, is known to be loud and aggressive.
When faced with Sarkozy"s verbal attacks during the elect
ion, Hollande stayed calm. This sometimesannoyed even his own supporters. "I wish he would just let go and savage (用暴力对付) Sarko," one
Hollande voter said to the Guardian.
But Hollande still knows how to fight. St?phane Le Foll, a Socialist MEP who has been one of
Hollande"s closest advisors for 17 years and is co-directing his campaign, said Hollande had quietly
planned his presidential bid for 10 years. "I think we all underestimated this guy," Alain Minc, one of
Sarkozy"s closest friends and advisers, told Reuters.
Hollande was born in 1954 into a middle-class family. He lived through the 1968 protests that nearly
overthrew the French government. "They shocked him, but also politicized him, he said in a recent
interview, making him understand that change was possible," reported the New York Times. When
Hollande was 15, he told friends he expected to become presiden
t."I didn"t come to the first rank either by chance or by obsession (执迷)," Hollande said in an
interview with Reuters. "I got there because I put myself in this situation, and because I deserved it."
1. By citing Hollande and Sarkozy"s replies to the same question, the author intends to show ________.
A. Sarkozy is more confident than Hollande
B. Hollande is more modest than Sarkozy
C. Hollande is less ambitious than Sarkozy
D. Sarkozy is more humorous than Hollande
2. What is the key to Hollande"s success in the presidential election according to Eric Dup
in?A. His dislike of fights.
B. His careful plan for the presidential bid.
C. How different he is from Sarkozy.
D. The gentle way in which he ran his campaign.
3. What did Hollande think he owed his success to, according to the article?
A. His good luck.
B. His devotion and efforts.
C. His obsession with politics.
D. His personality and experience.
4. What is the purpose of the article?
A. To show what kind of a person Hollande is.
B. To compare the differences between Hollande and Sarkozy.
C. To show what French people think of Hollande.
D. To explain why Sarkozy lost the election.
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