Jean's father was a farm plane pilot in the little farming community in Northern California where she was raised, and _
36_Jean was totallyattracted by airplanes and flying.
In her senior year of high school, her English teacher was Mrs. Dorothy Slaton. Mrs. Slaton was a _
37_, demanding teacher with high standards and a low _
38_ for excuses. She refused to treat her students like _
39_, instead expecting them to behave like the _
40_ adults they would have to be to succeed in the real world after graduation. Jean was _
41_ of her at first but grew to respect her firmness and fairness gradually.
One day Mrs. Slaton gave the class a written _
42_. "What do you think you’ll be doing 10 years from now?” Jean’s dream was to be a pilot like her father, but as the years went by, she had been beaten down by the _
43_ and negative words she got whenever she talked about her career, so she unwillingly gave it up and wrote something else. Mrs. Slaton collected the papers and nothing more was said. Two weekslater, the teacher handed back the assignments, _
44_ the students to face it down on the desk, and asked this question: "If you had enough finances and unlimited _
45_, what would you do? Please write it on the _
46_ of your previous assignment paper.”
When the students stopped writing, the teacher asked, "How many of you wrote the same thing on _
47_ sides of the paper?" Not one hand went up.
The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jean’s life. The teacher leaned forward _
48_ her desk and said, "I have a little secret for you all. You do have _
49_ abilities and talents. You do have access to the finest schools, and you can arrange plenty of finances if you want something _
50_ enough. This is it! When you leave school, _
51_ you don’t go for your dreams, no one will do it for you. You can have _
52_ you want if you want it enough.”
What her teacher said touched Jean so much! In the following years, she tried her best to realize her dream of becoming a pilot. Although it didn’t happen _
53_, she finally became one of the first three female pilot trainees ever _
54_ by United Airlines. Today, Jean Harper is a Boeing 737 captain.
It was the power of one well-placed _
55_ word that gave that uncertain young girl the strength and faith to pursue her dream.
| 小题1: | | A．so | B．therefore | C．besides | D．otherwise |
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| 小题2: | | A．hard-working | B．kind | C．strict | D．lazy |
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| 小题3: | | A．interest | B．tolerance | C．courage | D．help |
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| 小题4: | | A．children | B．boys | C．girls | D．students |
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| 小题5: | | A．responsible | B．notable | C．knowledgeable | D．capable |
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| 小题6: | | A．bored | B．frustrated | C．tired | D．scared |
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| 小题7: | | A．homework | B．assignment | C．paper | D．lecture |
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| 小题8: | | A．approving | B．inspiring | C．indifferent | D．discouraging |
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| 小题9: | | A．requiring | B．suggesting | C．demanding | D．hoping |
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| 小题10: | | A．work | B．chances | C．money | D．problems |
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| 小题11: | | A．title | B．back | C．right | D．front |
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| 小题12: | | A．same | B．different | C．neither | D．both |
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| 小题14: | | A．limited | B．unlimited | C．countable | D．reasonable |
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| 小题15: | | A．hardly | B．badly | C．impossibly | D．likely |
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| 小题16: | | A．if | B．unless | C．whether | D．until |
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| 小题17: | | A．that | B．what | C．which | D．when |
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| 小题18: | | A．overnight | B．some day | C．the other day | D．fortnight |
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| 小题19: | | A．realized | B．received | C．accepted | D．accomplished |
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| 小题20: | | A．encouraged | B．sensitive | C．meaning | D．positive |
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