Question

Follow Every Rainbow

Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her _26  was to become a concert pianist or blues singer. Everything __27___ when she was 20 years old. She became sick with what doctors __28___ was typhoid fever(傷寒)and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine __29 ___her to become ___30___ deaf. She could no longer hear the music which she had always___31___.

    Shirley would never give up playing the piano,___32___ she did decide to change __33___ .She transferred to Gallaudet University and studied English .In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for _ 34__.She wanted to be __35__ and work full time .

For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington,D.C.___36___ ,in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor(宿舍監(jiān)管員).Shirley supervised young women who __37___ in the university during the school year. She also taught English. Somehow she found time to ___38___ graduate school at Howard University in Washington,D.C. In 1972,Shirley received her M.A.degree.

Always ___39___ a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), which ___40___ deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.

This ___41 ___woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D. She made __42___ in 1992,___43___ she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.

    Dr.Shirley Jeanne Allen has traveled many roads and ___44___ many rainbows searching for her dream. With courage and ___45___,she never gave up.

26.A.job           B. interest        C. duty            D. dream

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

28.A.said          B. agreed         C. found           D. thought

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

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

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

32.A.and           B. so            C. but            D. even if

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43.A.after          B. while          C. until            D. when

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

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

Answer 1

  26-30 DBDBC   31-35 ACADB

36-40 BCADB   41-45 ADDCB