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(伤寒)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(宿舍监管员).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

Follow your teacher’s advice, __________ you will catch up with your classmates

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Follow your teacher’s advice, __________ you will catch up with your classmates.

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Follow your teacher’s advice, __________ you will catch up with your classmates.

Giving up smoking will most likely add seven years to one’s life.  While many people try to give up and fail, it is not an impossible task.  Follow these five tips, and you will be well on your way to giving up smoking. 
【小题1】   Success in all fields of life begins with firm determination.  If you are weak in willpower, you can never do anything.  However, if you make up your mind,  once and for all,  that you are giving up the habit,  you have made the first step towards success.
【小题2】   If you sit around doing nothing, there is a higher chance that you will light up a cigarette and relax.  Fill your spare time with sports and energetic activities.  Try to feel how good it is to get your blood circulating and to breathe in air deeply.  If you are not the athletic type,  then walking will have the same benefit as other kinds of sports.
【小题3】 If going to a bar means that you are going to have a drink and then light up, maybe it is better to avoid that place for the time being.  Once you have truly stopped smoking and you feel how good it is,  you can go anywhere else  But while you are in the transition phase,  it is better to carefully choose where you will spend your spare time.
【小题4】  Whenever you get a desire to put a cigarette in your mouth,  replace it with something that will help you rather than harm you.  Drinking small amounts of water throughout the day is not only a good way to help you give up smoking,  but it is also a great way to stay healthy.  You should drink eight glasses of water per day,  if you can.  If you need to put something solid in your mouth,  then have a piece of fruit in place
【小题5】  Tell people around you that you are giving up smoking for health reasons.  They are likely to support you and not to offer you cigarettes.  Your family and loved ones will similarly support your efforts and help you to avoid situations where you may feel you have to smoke because of social pressure.