完形填空。阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Follow Every Rainbow

Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her _1  was to become a concert pianist or blues singer. Everything __2___ when she was 20 years old. She became sick with what doctors __3___ was typhoid fever(伤寒)and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine __4 ___her to become ___5___ deaf. She could no longer hear the music which she had always___6___.

    Shirley would never give up playing the piano,___7___ she did decide to change __8___ .She transferred to Gallaudet University and studied English .In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for _ 9__.She wanted to be __10__ and work full time .

For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington,D.C.___11___ ,in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor(宿舍监管员).Shirley supervised young women who __12___ in the university during the school year. She also taught English. Somehow she found time to ___13___ graduate school at Howard University in Washington,D.C. In 1972,Shirley received her M.A.degree.

Always ___14___ a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), which ___15___ deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.

This ___16 ___woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D. She made __17___ in 1992,___18___ she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.

    Dr.Shirley Jeanne Allen has traveled many roads and ___19___ many rainbows searching for her dream. With courage and ___20___,she never gave up.

1.A.job           B. interest        C. duty            D. dream

2. A. disappeared   B. changed       C. stopped          D. ended

3.A.said          B. agreed         C. found           D. thought

4.A.allowed       B. caused         C. encouraged      D. enabled

5.A.almost        B. actually        C. totally          D. gradually

6.A. loved         B. played        C. performed       D. remembered

7.A.and           B. so            C. but            D. even if

8.A.career         B. interest        C. life            D. attitude

9.A.information    B. help           C. an assistant      D. a job

10.A.happy         B. independent    C. free            D. confident

11.A.However       B. Then         C. Therefore        D. Besides

12.A.worked        B. studied        C. lived           D. played

13.A.attend         B. observe        C. describe        D. advertise

14.A.interested in    B. busy with      C. concerned about  D. ready for

15.A.teaches        B. offers         C. pays            D. promises

16.A.amazing       B. strict          C. wealthy         D. beautiful

17.A.progress       B. excuses        C. suggestions      D. history

18.A.after          B. while          C. until            D. when

19.A.found         B. watched        C. followed        D. appreciated

20.A. intelligence    B. determination   C. strength         D. pride