Dorothy Basils Thompson, 46, stepped in a conference room in her Hollywood's Raleith Studio. "People expect you not to succeed," the former TV commercial producer said to eight men in their twenties. "But I'm going to teach you how to be great! By the time I finish, you're going to be better trained than any of those film school kids."
Thompson felt that the nation's most attractive industry was doing little to help young adults in the inner city, so she founded the Streetlights Production Assistant Programme in May 1992. Under its nonprofit(无利润) banner(旗帜), she puts disadvantaged pupils through 240 hours of training to prepare them for entry-level jobs in the entertainment industry. Some of her graduates had been poor youths, high school dropouts, and even gang members.
But getting her movie-business friends to hire her trainees turned out to be a discouraging task. A few managers said that they didn't believe people could change all that much. Thompson, however, was determined. She threw all her time and savings into getting Streetlights started.
Her perseverance（毅力） paid off. By the programme's fifth year, Thompson had placed 82 well-trained graduates on films such as Dangerous Minds, the Nutty Professor and Liar, and on TV shows and commercials.
"My life has greatly changed because of Dorothy," says Streetlights graduate Robber Leon, a former gang member once known as Crazy Ace. Leon has just finished working on a new film. "Because of Dorothy, I've got a future."
64. Thompson founded the programme ________ .
A. for the purpose of making profit
B. to help the disadvantaged
C. to find entry-level jobs in the film industry
D. because she felt there was great demand for actors and actresses
65. At first, people were unwilling to accept her graduates because ________ .
A. they didn't like Thompson herself
B. they didn't believe in the graduates
C. they thought the graduates were too discouraging
D. they were short of money at that time
66. "Her perseverance paid off" means ________ .
A. her strong determination helped her succeed at last
B. she will pay off all her debts
C. she has to pay a lot of money to start her career
D. she still has a lot of bills to pay
67. Thompson's graduates feel ________ to her.
A. doubtful B. thankful
C. sorry D. disappointed
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
In my living room, there is a plaque(匾) that advises me to “Bloom(开花) where you are planted.” It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early 1980s，when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program with Union College in Barbourville, Kentucky. The job responsibilities required occasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothy stands out in my memory as one who “bloomed” in her remote area.
Dorothy taught in a school in Harlan County, Kentucky, Appalachian Mountain area. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road winding around the mountain. In the eightmile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving the possibility of getting caught by the same train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive through the mountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the small shabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of hopelessness.
From the moment of my arrival at the little school, all gloom(忧郁) disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy's classroom, I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children had been prepared to show me their latest projects. Dorothy told me with a big smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread for “dinner”(lunch). In case you don't know, poke greens are a weedtype plant that grows wild, especially on poor ground.
Dorothy never ran out of reports of exciting activities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooled down. When it came time to sit for the testing and interviewing required to receive her Child Development Associate Cerlification, Dorothy was ready. She came to the assessment and passed in all areas. Afterward, she invited me to the oneandonly steak house in the area to celebrate her victory, as if she had received her Ph.D. degree. After the meal, she placed a little box containing an old pen in my hand. She said it was a family heirloom(传家宝), but to me it is a treasured symbol of appreciation and pride that cannot be matched with things.
61．“Early Childhood Development” in Paragraph I refers to ________．
A．a program directed by Dorothy
B．a course given by the author
C．an activity held by the students
D．an organization sponsored by Union College
62．In the journey, the author was most disappointed at seeing ________．
A．the long track B．the poor houses
C．the same train D．the winding road
63．Upon arriving at the classroom, the author was cheered up by ________．
A．a warm welcome B．the sight of poke greens
C．Dorothy's latest projects D．a big dinner made for her
64．What can we know about Dorothy from the last paragraph?
A．She was invited to a celebration at a restaurant.
B．She got a pen as a gift from the author.
C．She passed the required assessment.
D．She received her Ph.D. degree.
65．What does the author mainly intend to tell us?
A．Whatever you do, you must do it carefully.
B．Whoever you are, you deserve equal treatment
C．However poor you are, you have the right to education.
D．Wherever you are, you can accomplish your achievement.
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科目：高中英语 来源：安徽省芜湖市09-10学年度高一下学期单元检测卷（四）英语 题型：完型填空
二、完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从41—60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all-white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan．Many of our new __16 weren’t very welcoming．Some of the adults said __17 that we should return where we came __18 ．The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from __19 ．
Most of my teachers __20 took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being __21 ,but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean __22 her respect for me by teaching me just like __23 else．Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a __24 to show that I was smart．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me __25? myself．She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult questions．Was Thomas Jefferson __26 to buy Louisiana from France?__27 ?She expected me to have an opinion and to be able to __28 it up．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for yourself was the real key to __29 ．
One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly __30 an eraser at me．Unbelievably, the eraser hit me right on the hand and __31 my pencil flying．The whole class was __32 at first, then started laughing．This incident became famous in the school and,__33 it happened to me, the students wanted to get to __34 me．So that's the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target, and how I became just another __35 in school．
16．A．friends B．schoolmates C．teachers D．neighbors
17．A．kindly B．surprisingly C．angrily D．happily
18．A．to B．from C．for D．in
19．A．school B．street C．office D．downtown
20．A．hardly B．simply C．never D．only
21．A．taught B．considered C．welcomed D．treated
22．A．kept B．expected C．showed D．refused
23．A．anyone B．anywhere C．someone D．wherever
24．A．question B．chance C．test D．place
25．A．worry about B．look about C．work for D．think for
26．A．necessary B．important C．right D．known
27．A．How B．Where C．When D．Why
28．A．back B．set C．put D．give
29．A．respect B．education C．friendship D．children
30．A．aimed B．threw C．passed D．found
31．A．sent B．left C．made D．sprang
32．A．excited B．frightened C．moved D．shocked
33．A．so B．then C．because D．whether
34．A．ask B．know C．praise D．understand
35．A．kid B．problem C．friend D．example
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科目：高中英语 来源：广东省山一2010届高三第八次模拟考试试题（英语） 题型：书面表达
第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Every activity of our lives is communication of a sort, but it is through speech that man asserts his distinctness from other forms of life. He alone, of all animals, has the gift of verbal communication and it is through the quality of his speech that he best expresses his own individuality , his essence. When he is unable to say clearly what he means, through either nervousness, timidity, or foggy thought-processes, his personality is blocked off, dimmed out, and misunderstood.
Business, social, and personal satisfaction depend heavily upon a person’s ability to communicate clearly to his fellow men what he is, what he desires, and what he believes in. And now, as never before , in an atmosphere of international tensions, fears, and insecurities, we need the channels of communication between peoples kept open. It is my hope that The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking will be helpful in all these ways, both to those who wish simply to function with greater ease and self-confidence in practical pursuits, and to those who wish to express themselves more completely as individuals seeking a deeper personal fulfillment.
--- Dorothy Carnegie，Introduction to The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking
【写作内容】
1．用大约30个词概括原文内容。
2．然后用大约120个词表达自己对“沟通”的看法，内容包括：
（1）人们之间沟通的重要性
（2）用自己或他人的事例说明缺乏沟通可能造成误解甚至损失。
【写作要求】
1．作文中可使用自己亲身经历或虚构的故事支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容,
但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010-2011学年安徽省合肥市高三第一次教学质量检测英语卷 题型：单项填空
When comes to baseball, Dorothy knows little about it.
A. this B. that C. it D. one
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科目：高中英语 来源：2009年高考试题（全国卷2）解析版 题型：信息匹配
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
—Debbie！I can’t believe it！I haven’t seen you for ages.
—Dorothy！it’s really a nice surprise！1.
—pretty good.
—2.
—I wish I could. But I’m on my way out. I have to be in the city in an hour.
—3.
—there’s a lot of traffic and I really have to get going. You know where I live — why don’t you drop in one evening?
— I’ll do that. 4.let’s keep in touch.
— I’d really like to. I’ll talk to you soon, Debbie. I’m glad I ran into you.
— 5.
A. take care.
B. How are you?
C. Where have you been?
D. Can you join me?
E. Come on. Just for a minute.
F. And you should feel free to call or visit me.
G. It’s been a whole year since we saw each other last time.
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