Condoleezza Rice is used to standing out. It is not only because she holds the position as U.S. Secretary of State. Her youth, gender and skin color have  36  a lot of attention throughout her political career.

Condoleezza Rice, 37  as Condi to her close friends, was born in 1954 in Birmingham. During 1950s,blacks were not treated as  38  citizens in the south. Although slavery was 39  in 1865,the southern states passed their own laws to continue the  40 of blacks and whites. Despite the discrimination  41  black people, her parents told her she could become? 42  she wanted. They taught her to believe that great things were  43  for her.

Rice was a gifted student with a  44  for the piano and she entered college at the age of 15 with the  45  of becoming a concert pianist. Along the way she was 46  by political? scientist Josef Korbel, the father of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Rice  47  her plans and studied international politics, and in the 1980s she was teaching at Stanford University, 48  her career developed quickly. She 49  on George H. Bush's national security council(顾问) in 1989.Later she  50  to Stanford, and became its youngest, first female and first  51  provost after two years.

In 2001,Rice re-entered the political world, 52  George W. Bush's national security advisor. She has drawn international  53  in this position, and has been the most powerful national security advisors in American  54 .

She held this position until 2005,when  55  Secretary of State.

36.A. directed B. turned C. paid    D. attracted?

37.A. known   B. Considered C. Seen   D. accepted?

38.A. respectful     B. equal  C. different     D. noble?

39.A. finished B. Stopped     C. Prevented   D. ended?

40.A. difference     B. disagreement     C. separation   D. division?

41.A. against  B. to              C. with    D. towards?

42.A. whoever       B. whomever  C. whatever    D. whichever?

43.A. desiring B. waiting      C. preparing   D. longing?

44.A. talent    B. interest       C. hobby D. favourite?

45.A. purpose B. goal    C. intention    D. attention?

46.A. effected B. affected      C. impressed   D. influenced?

47.A. changed B. postponed   C. cancelled    D. exchanged?

48.A. which    B. where C. when  D. that?

49.A. acted     B. waited C. served D. called?

50.A. paid a visit    B. showed concern C. attended     D. returned?

51.A. black     B. white  C. capable      D. efficient?

52.A. turning  B. holding      C. becoming   D. taking?

53.A. praise    B. approval     C. criticism     D. attention?

54.A. politics  B. history       C. culture              D. government?

55.A. elected  B. invited       C. appointed   D. succeeded??

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    A serious car crash leads one woman to rediscover her faith in human kindness.
     In March last year, the car I was driving was__1__in a serious crash with another car on a country
road. I soon__2__myself at the centre of a frenzy of activity, surrounded by paramedics, police, rescuers
and members of the local community. An enormous can opener was used to__3__me out of my wrecked car and__4__an ambulance.
     Over the next eight hours, I was transported to hospital, dragged up, Xrayed and diagnosed (诊断)
with a broken neck. Knowing that I'd__5__death by a fraction of a second sustained me throughout the
long wait in the emergency ward and__6__me to deal with the visible distress of my hospital visitors.
     Only after I'd convinced the last friend to__7__could I direct my energies inwards. Flitting in and out
of my line of vision during my hospital__8__was the Red Cross lady, a gentle__9__in white who, from
time to time, popped her head in to__10__cups of tea. After the visitors had gone, she ventured further
into my cubicle to__11__if I was all right.
     I found myself__12__her everything: about the shock of the__13__,  my feats for my family as a
result of my injuries-about my whole life. While I__14__for an ambulance to transport me to another
hospital, she stood by my trolley and__15__my hand as I offloaded all the emotion I'd stoically withheld (强忍着的) from my family. She__16__,  quiet and nonjudgmental.
     Even now, the__17__that I have her contact details provides me with great__18__. I look forward
to a day in the nottoodistant future when my guardian angel and I can meet again, in__19__circumstances.
     In times of crisis, faith can sustain us: for me, my faith in human nature, reawakened by the__20__of
a stranger, has helped ease my journey back to recovery.
(     )1. A. caught      
(     )2. A. imagined    
(     )3. A. push        
(     )4. A. into        
(     )5. A. survived    
(     )6. A. advised      
(     )7. A. assist      
(     )8. A. stay        
(     )9. A. patient      
(     )10. A. make        
(     )11. A. claim      
(     )12. A. presenting  
(     )13. A. accident    
(     )14. A. hoped      
(     )15. A. held        
(     )16. A. puzzled    
(     )17. A. knowledge  
(     )18. A. progress    
(     )19. A. unforeseen  
(     )20. A. sympathy    
B. trapped    
B. found      
B. force      
B. onto        
B. met        
B. forced      
B. leave      
B. visit      
B. performa    
B. offer      
B. consult    
B. showing    
B. incident    
B. prepared    
B. lent        
B. doubted    
B. belief      
B. pride      
B. happier    
B. strength    
C. lost        
C. devoted      
C. get          
C. off          
C. beat        
C. ordered      
C. participate  
C. operation    
C. presence    
C. drink        
C. conclude    
C. giving      
C. event        
C. waited      
C. moved        
C. stopped      
C. power        
C. surprise    
C. strange      
C. kindness    
D. involved        
D. dreamed        
D. turn            
D. on              
D. feared          
D. helped          
D. come            
D. appointment    
D. physician      
D. take            
D. check          
D. telling        
D. occasion        
D. watched        
D. waved          
D. listened        
D. privilege      
D. comfort        
D. extreme        
D. donation        
完形填空
     A serious car crash leads one woman to rediscover her faith in human kindness.
     In March last year, the car I was driving was__1__in a serious crash with another car on a country
road. I soon__2__myself at the centre of a frenzy of activity, surrounded by paramedics, police, rescuers
and members of the local community. An enormous can opener was used to__3__me out of my wrecked car and__4__an ambulance.
     Over the next eight hours, I was transported to hospital, dragged up, Xrayed and diagnosed (诊断)
with a broken neck. Knowing that I'd__5__death by a fraction of a second sustained me throughout the
long wait in the emergency ward and__6 _me to deal with the visible distress of my hospital visitors.
     Only after I'd convinced the last friend to__7__could I direct my energies inwards. Flitting in and out
of my line of vision during my hospital__8__was the Red Cross lady, a gentle__9__in white who, from
time to time, popped her head in to__10__cups of tea. After the visitors had gone, she ventured further
into my cubicle to__11__if I was all right.
     I found myself__12__her everything: about the shock of the__13__, my feats for my family as a
result of my injuries-about my whole life. While I__14__for an ambulance to transport me to another
hospital, she stood by my trolley and_15_my hand as I offloaded all the emotion I'd stoically withheld
(强忍着的) from my family. She__16__, quiet and nonjudgmental.
     Even now, the__17__that I have her contact details provides me with great__18__. I look forward
to a day in the nottoodistant future when my guardian angel and I can meet again, in__19__
circumstances.
     In times of crisis, faith can sustain us: for me, my faith in human nature, reawakened by the__20 _
of a stranger, has helped ease my journey back to recovery.
(    )1. A. caught      
(    )2. A. imagined    
(    )3. A. push        
(    )4. A. into        
(    )5. A. survived    
(    )6. A. advised      
(    )7. A. assist      
(    )8. A. stay        
(    )9. A. patient      
(    )10. A. make        
(    )11. A. claim      
(    )12. A. presenting  
(    )13. A. accident    
(    )14. A. hoped      
(    )15. A. held        
(    )16. A. puzzled    
(    )17. A. knowledge  
(    )18. A. progress    
(    )19. A. unforeseen  
(    )20. A. sympathy    
B. trapped    
B. found      
B. force      
B. onto      
B. met        
B. forced    
B. leave      
B. visit      
B. performa  
B. offer      
B. consult    
B. showing    
B. incident  
B. prepared  
B. lent      
B. doubted    
B. belief    
B. pride      
B. happier    
B. strength  
C. lost        
C. devoted    
C. get        
C. off        
C. beat        
C. ordered    
C. participate
C. operation  
C. presence    
C. drink      
C. conclude    
C. giving      
C. event      
C. waited      
C. moved      
C. stopped    
C. power      
C. surprise    
C. strange    
C. kindness    
D. involved      
D. dreamed      
D. turn          
D. on            
D. feared        
D. helped        
D. come          
D. appointment  
D. physician    
D. take          
D. check        
D. telling      
D. occasion      
D. watched      
D. waved        
D. listened      
D. privilege    
D. comfort      
D. extreme      
D. donation      

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