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.
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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.
| 小题1: | | A．job | B．interest | C．dream | D．duty |
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| 小题2: | | A．changed | B．disappeared | C．stopped | D．ended |
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| 小题3: | | A．said | B．agreed | C．found | D．thought |
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| 小题4: | | A．allowed | B．caused | C．encouraged | D．enabled |
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| 小题5: | | A．almost | B．totally | C．actually | D．gradually |
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| 小题6: | | A．played | B．loved | C．performed | D．remembered |
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| 小题8: | | A．career | B．interest | C．life | D．attitude |
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| 小题9: | | A．information | B．help | C．a job | D．an assistant |
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| 小题10: | | A．happy | B．independent | C．free | D．confident |
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| 小题11: | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Then | D．Besides |
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| 小题12: | | A．worked | B．studied | C．lived | D．played |
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| 小题13: | | A．attend | B．observe | C．describe | D．advertise |
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| 小题14: | | A．interested in | B．busy with | C．concerned about | D．ready for |
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| 小题15: | | A．teaches | B．promises | C．pays | D．offers |
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| 小题16: | | A．amazing | B．strict | C．wealthy | D．beautiful |
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| 小题17: | | A．progress | B．history | C．suggestions | D．excuses |
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| 小题18: | | A．after | B．while | C．until | D．when |
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| 小题19: | | A．found | B．watched | C．followed | D．appreciated |
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| 小题20: | | A．determination | B．intelligence | C．strength | D．pride |
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