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 have1a lot of attention throughout her political career.
Condoleezza Rice,2as Condi to her close friends, was born in 1954 in Birmingham. During 1950s,blacks were not treated as3citizens in the south. Although slavery was4 in 1865,the southern states passed their own laws to continue the5of blacks and whites. Despite the discrimination6black people, her parents told her she could become?7she wanted. They taught her to believe that great things were8for her.
Rice was a gifted student with a9for the piano and she entered college at the age of 15 with the10of becoming a concert pianist. Along the way she was11by political? scientist Josef Korbel, the father of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.Rice12 her plans and studied international politics, and in the 1980s she was teaching at Stanford University,13her career developed quickly. She14on George H. Bush's national security council(顧問) in 1989.Later she15to Stanford, and became its youngest, first female and first16provost after two years.
In 2001,Rice re-entered the political world,17George W. Bush's national security advisor. She has drawn international18in this position, and has been the most powerful national security advisors in American19.
She held this position until 2005,when20Secretary of State.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      directed
    2. B.
      turned
    3. C.
      paid
    4. D.
      attracted?
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      known
    2. B.
      Considered
    3. C.
      Seen
    4. D.
      accepted?
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      respectful
    2. B.
      equal
    3. C.
      different
    4. D.
      noble?
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      finished
    2. B.
      Stopped
    3. C.
      Prevented
    4. D.
      ended?
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      difference
    2. B.
      disagreement
    3. C.
      separation
    4. D.
      division?
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      against
    2. B.
      to
    3. C.
      with
    4. D.
      towards?
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      whoever
    2. B.
      whomever
    3. C.
      whatever
    4. D.
      whichever?
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      desiring
    2. B.
      waiting
    3. C.
      preparing
    4. D.
      longing?
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      talent
    2. B.
      interest
    3. C.
      hobby
    4. D.
      favourite?
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      purpose
    2. B.
      goal
    3. C.
      intention
    4. D.
      attention?
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      effected
    2. B.
      affected
    3. C.
      impressed
    4. D.
      influenced?
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      changed
    2. B.
      postponed
    3. C.
      cancelled
    4. D.
      exchanged?
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      which
    2. B.
      where
    3. C.
      when
    4. D.
      that?
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      acted
    2. B.
      waited
    3. C.
      served
    4. D.
      called?
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      paid a visit
    2. B.
      showed concern
    3. C.
      attended
    4. D.
      returned?
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      black
    2. B.
      white
    3. C.
      capable
    4. D.
      efficient?
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      turning
    2. B.
      holding
    3. C.
      becoming
    4. D.
      taking?
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      praise
    2. B.
      approval
    3. C.
      criticism
    4. D.
      attention?
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      politics
    2. B.
      history
    3. C.
      culture
    4. D.
      government?
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      elected
    2. B.
      invited
    3. C.
      appointed
    4. D.
      succeeded??
DABDC ACBAC DABCD ACDBC
1. D　attract a lot of attention“引起了人們的許多關(guān)注”;direct/turn one's attention to“把注意力轉(zhuǎn)向……”；pay one's attention to“對……注意”。此空說明美國第一任黑人國務(wù)卿康多莉扎·賴斯的膚色等是世人關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn)。?
2.A　known as Condi to her close friends“朋友們知道她名叫Condi”，其他動詞雖然可與as連用，但是詞義不合語境。?
3.B　equal“平等的”，根據(jù)上下文可知：在20世紀(jì)50年代的美國，黑人沒有被當(dāng)作平等的公民?對待?。?
4.D　end“終止，廢除”，題意為“雖然奴隸制被廢除，但是在美國南部種族隔離依然存在”，可見賴斯小的時(shí)候所處的生活環(huán)境非常惡劣。?
5.C　separation“分離；隔離”。?
6.A　名詞discrimination之后通常后接against，表示“對……歧視”。?
7.C　whatever she wanted為賓語從句。本句意為“她的父母告訴她長大愿意當(dāng)什么都可以”。?
8.B　wait for“等待”。她的父母使她相信“天將降大任于斯人”，wait for somebody/something to do...為固定句型，意為“等待某人做某事；等待某事的?發(fā)生?”。
9.A　have a talent for“在……有天賦”；have/show interest in“對……有興趣”。此空是說賴斯的音樂天賦極佳。?
10.C　intention“意圖”，句意為：由于音樂天賦極佳，她曾經(jīng)有意成為一個(gè)鋼琴家。?
11.D　was influenced by“受到……的影響”，強(qiáng)調(diào)由于受到某種潛移默化的影響，而引起一些變化。?
12.A　changed her plans“改變了計(jì)劃/想法”。?
13.B　where引導(dǎo)定語從句，對前面的專有名詞Stanford University 進(jìn)行補(bǔ)充說明：正是在Stanford University,康多莉扎·賴斯的政治生涯快速?發(fā)展?。?
14.C　serve on“擔(dān)任”；act on“對……起作用”；call on“號召，呼吁，邀請，訪問，指派”；wait on“招待，拜訪”。此處指賴斯擔(dān)任喬治·布什總統(tǒng)的國家安全事務(wù)顧問。?
15.D　這幾個(gè)詞組和單詞都可以和to搭配：return to“返回”;pay a visit to “拜訪”；concern to“擔(dān)心，擔(dān)憂”；attend to “專心，照顧”。根據(jù)上下文可知，她后來重返Stanford University,還升遷到教務(wù)長之職。?
16.A　選black,說明賴斯為那里第一個(gè)當(dāng)教務(wù)長的女黑人。?
17.C　become“成為，擔(dān)任”，becoming 為現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語，表示結(jié)果。?
18.D　attention“關(guān)注”。詞組draw attention to“引起注意”。?
19.B　in history為固定詞組，意為“歷史上；有史以來”。賴斯是美國歷史上的權(quán)力最大的國家安全事務(wù)顧問。?
20.C　appoint“任命”，非限制性定語從句when(she was) appointed Secretary of State中省略了主語和助動詞，“她擔(dān)任國家安全事務(wù)顧問，一直到2005年她被總統(tǒng)任命為美國的國務(wù)卿”。
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