单选题 Sally Kristen Ride was born on May 26, 1951 in Los Angeles, California. At the {{U}}(38) {{/U}} of ten, Dr. Ride began to play tennis and became an excellent tennis player. She {{U}}(39) {{/U}} a tennis scholarship to Westlake School for {{U}}(40) {{/U}} in Los Angeles. After her {{U}}(41) {{/U}}, she enrolled in Swarthmore College and {{U}}(42) {{/U}} out to become a {{U}}(43) {{/U}} tennis player. She worked hard {{U}}(44) {{/U}} her tennis game, but after a few months decided she would {{U}}(45) {{/U}} tennis. She enrolled at Stanford University. Dr. Ride had always been {{U}}(46) {{/U}} in Math and Science and eventually {{U}}(47) {{/U}} her doctorate degree in Physics. Dr. Ride saw an {{U}}(48) {{/U}} in the Stanford University paper about NASA {{U}}(49) {{/U}} for people to become astronauts. She applied {{U}}(50) {{/U}} the space program. More than 8 000 people applied and thirty-five were {{U}}(51) {{/U}}. Dr. Ride underwent extensive training {{U}}(52) {{/U}} an astronaut and {{U}}(53) {{/U}} the first American woman in space in 1983. Dr. Ride retired {{U}}(54) {{/U}} NASA in 1987 to {{U}}(55) {{/U}} to Stanford University as a Physics Professor. She {{U}}(56) {{/U}} to encourage young women to study math and science and is the {{U}}(57) {{/U}} of several children's books on space and space travel.

单选题 [A] time [B] period [C] years [D] age
【正确答案】 D
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单选题 [A] awarded [B] rewarded [C] won [D] applied
【正确答案】 C
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单选题 [A] boys [B] girls [C] males [D] whites
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 [A] graduation [B] study [C] examination [D] play
【正确答案】 A
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单选题 [A] dropped [B] went [C] set [D] turned
【正确答案】 A
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单选题 [A] special [B] professional [C] student [D] amateur
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 [A] for [B] with [C] on [D] in
【正确答案】 C
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单选题 [A] learn [B] pick up [C] teach [D] quit
【正确答案】 D
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单选题 [A] interested [B] involved [C] engaged [D] fascinated
【正确答案】 A
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单选题 [A] mastered [B] earned [C] submitted [D] bought
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 [A] item [B] assignment [C] exam [D] advertisement
【正确答案】 D
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单选题 [A] requiring [B] asking [C] looking [D] preparing
【正确答案】 C
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单选题 [A] for [B] to [C] in [D] with
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 [A] accepted [B] considered [C] acknowledged [D] concerned
【正确答案】 A
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单选题 [A] for [B] as [C] with [D] by
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 [A] turned [B] got [C] sent [D] became
【正确答案】 D
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单选题 [A] in [B] at [C] from [D] with
【正确答案】 C
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单选题 [A] turn [B] return [C] back [D] take
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 [A] needs [B] continues [C] likes [D] thinks
【正确答案】 B
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单选题 [A] author [B] seller [C] director [D] producer
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[名师精解] 这是一篇介绍美国第一位女宇航员莱德生平的文章。既然是生平，就得按照年岁来写：在她十岁的时候(at the age of 10)，她开始打网球，还赢得了(won)网球奖学金，进入洛杉矶的女子学校(Westlake School for girls)，其他三个选项如boys，males和 whites都与正文不相关。毕业后(after her graduation)，她进入Swarthmore学院，但又退了学(dropped out)，成为职业网球队员(professional tennis player)。她努力训练网球(worked hard on)，work (hard) on sth．是个固定搭配，表示“努力做某事”。可不久她决定离开 (quit)网球，又进入斯坦福大学。因为她一直对数学和科学感兴趣(had always been interested in)，所以她获得了博士学位(earned her doctorate degree)。后来，她在大学的报纸上看到一则广告(advertisement)，是有关美国宇航局(NASA)招募(looking for)宇航员的。于是，她向这项航天计划提出申请(applied to the program)，apply一般跟for，表示申请什么职位，也可跟to，表示向谁申请。在8000多位候选人当中，有35人被接受了 (accepted)。作为宇航员(as an astronaut)，她经受了系统的训练，成为美国第一位女性宇航员。1987年她从宇航局退休(retired from)，回到(return to)斯坦福大学担任物理学教授，继续(continues)鼓励年轻妇女学习数学和科学，同时还是几本有关宇宙和宇航的儿童图书的作者(author)。
[解题秘籍] 完形填空的填空词分为实词(如名词、动词、形容词、副词)和虚词 (连词、介词、冠词等)。对于名词，考生应结合前后文的意思做出选择，如第36题，前文谈的是Ride的出生日，后面提到她十岁，因此这个空格应填age，period(期间)、time (时间)、years(年)都不合前后文。再如第46题，参照后半句，在大学报纸上刊登的只可能是广告(advertisement)，不可能是节目(item)、作业(assignment)或考试(exam)。