Anne Spencer Morrow was born in 1906 in Englewood, New Jersey. She went to Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She wanted to become a __1_. She won two major prizes from the __2_for her writing.
Anne Morrow was a quiet, shy and small young woman when she __3__Charles Lindbergh in 1927. The 25-year- old man was tall and good-looking. Charles Lindbergh was one of ___4__ people in the world. He had just become the first person___5__ a plane alone across the Atlantic Ocean, from New York to Paris. Two years __6_, Anne and Charles Lindbergh were married. Reports about their___7__ were on the front pages of newspapers.
After her marriage to Charles Lindbergh, Anne became a pilot too. She began _8__many long airplane flights with her husband. The Lindberghs explored new ways to fly around the world. They seemed to enjoy the greatest _9__ that any young people could not have.
Then in 1932, something__10__happened.They were in great sorrow (痛苦).The Lindberghs’ _11_baby,twenty-month-old Charles, was kidnapped from their home in New Jersey. The body of the baby was discovered more than ten weeks later.
There were a huge number of reports about the case. Newspapers __12__it "the Crime of the Century”. After the trial(审判), the Lindberghs found it __13__ to live in the United States. There were threats(威胁) on the life of their second child. And there were too __14__ newspaper stories about them. So Anne and Charles Lindbergh moved to Europe in 1935. Four years later they moved __15___ to the United States.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh never fully recovered from the death of her first child. Yet, she and her husband had five more children. She continued flying. In 1934, she became the first woman to win the National Geographic Society's Hubbard Gold Medal. She was honored for her exploration, research and discovery.
小题1: | A.singer | B.writer | C.actor | D.driver |
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小题2: | A.party | B.charity | C.college | D.country |
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小题4: | A.the best | B.the most famous | C.the most careful | D.the most attractive |
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小题5: | A.to take | B.to fly | C.to ride | D.to walk |
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小题6: | A.after | B.ago | C.before | D.later |
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小题7: | A.friendship | B.work | C.marriage | D.life |
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小题8: | A.making | B.getting | C.giving | D.catching |
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小题9: | A.unluck | B.luck | C.sadnesss | D.excitement |
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小题10: | A.happy | B.exciting | C.interesting | D.terrible |
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小题11: | A.second | B.third | C.fourth | D.first |
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小题13: | A.easy | B.difficult | C.simple | D.hardly |
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小题14: | A.much | B.few | C.many | D.little |
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小题15: | A.out | B.away | C.back | D.out of |
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