Did Sarah Josepha Hale write "Mary' s Little Lamb" , the eternal nursery rhyme (儿歌) about a girl named Mary with a stubborn lamb? This is still disputed, but it' s clear that the woman【C1】______for writing it was one of America' s most fascinating【C2】______. In honor of the poem' s publication on May 24, 1830, here' s more about the【C3】______author' s life.
Hale wasn' t just a writer, she was also a【C4】______social advocate, and she was particularly【C5】______with an ideal New England, which she associated with abundant Thanksgiving meals that she claimed had "a deep moral influence". She began a nationwide【C6】______to have a national holiday declared that would bring families together while celebrating the【C7】______festivals. In 1863, after 17 years of advocacy including letters to five presidents, Hale got it. President Abraham Lincoln, during the Civil War, issued a【C8】______setting aside the last Thursday in November for the holiday.
The true authorship of "Mary' s Little Lamb" is disputed. According to the New England Historical Society, Hale wrote only part of the poem, but claimed authorship. Regardless of the author, it seems that the poem was【C9】______by a real event. When young Mary Sawyer was followed to school by a lamb in 1816, it caused some problems. A bystander named John Roulstone wrote a poem about the event, then, at some point, Hale herself seems to have helped write it. However, if a 1916 piece by her great-niece is to be trusted, Hale claimed for the【C10】______of her life that " some other people pretended that someone else wrote the poem".
A) campaign
B) career
C) characters
D) features
E) fierce
F) inspired
G) latter
H) obsessed
I) proclamation
J) rectified
K) reputed
L) rest
M) supposed
N) traditional
O) versatile
空格前为名词woman，空格后为介词for，再分析句子结构，空格处为后置定语，故本空需要填入一个形容词修饰woman，且能与for搭配。结合句意可知，但显而易见的是，因创作这首诗歌而声名鹊起的黑尔女士是美国最杰出的人物之一。备选项中只有reputed(驰名的，享有盛誉的)符合句意，故答案为K。
空格前为形容词fascinating，故本空需要填入一个名词。结合句意可知，但显而易见的是，因创作这首诗歌而声名鹊起的黑尔女士是美国最杰出的人物之一。备选项中只有characters(特点，人物)符合句意，故答案为C。
空格前为定冠词the，空格后有名词短语author’s life，故本空需要填入一个形容词。结合句意可知，为纪念这首于1830年5月24日发表的诗歌，这里提供了更多关于这位所谓的作者的生平。备选项中只有supposed(误以为的，所谓的)符合句意，故答案为M。
空格前为不定冠词a，空格后为名词短语social advocate，故本空需要填入一个形容词。结合句意可知，黑尔不只是一名作家，还是一名激进的社会倡导者。备选项中只有fierce(狂热的，激烈的)符合句意，故答案为E。
空格前为be动词was和副词particularly，空格后为介词with，故本空需要填入一个形容词。结合句意可知，黑尔特别沉迷于理想的新英格兰。备选项中只有obsessed有固定搭配be obsessed with，意为“痴迷于”，故答案为H。
空格前为形容词nationwide，空格后为不定式符号to，故本空需要填入一个名词。结合句意可知，为把感恩节申请为国定假日，黑尔发起了一场全国性的运动。备选项中只有campaign(运动)符合句意，故答案为A。
空格前为定冠词the，空格后为名词festivals，故本空需要填入一个形容词。结合句意可知，为把感恩节申请为国定假日，黑尔发起了一场全国性的运动，希望家人们在庆祝传统节日的同时能团聚在一起。备选项中只有traditional(传统的，惯例的)符合句意，故答案为N。
空格前为不定冠词a，空格后为动词现在分词setting作后置定语，故本空需要填入一个名词。结合句意可知，内战期间，亚伯拉罕-林肯总统发布公告，宣布将11月的最后一个星期四确立为国定假日。备选项中只有proclamation(公告，声明)符合句意，故答案为I。
空格前为be动词was，空格后为介词by，故本空需要填入一个动词的过去分词形式构成被动语态。结合句意可知，不管作者是谁，这首诗歌的创作灵感似乎都来源于一个真实事件。备选项中只有inspired(赋予灵感)符合句意，故答案为F。
空格前为定冠词the，空格后为介词of，故本空需要填入一个名词。结合句意可知，黑尔的余生一直在声称“有些人自认为这首诗歌的作者是另有其人”。备选项中只有rest(其余，剩余部分)符合句意，故答案为L。