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From poverty to a rocket scientist to the CEO of the Girl Scouts (女童子军), Sylvia Acevedo’s story is i...
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From poverty to a rocket scientist to the CEO of the Girl Scouts (女童子军), Sylvia Acevedo’s story is inspiring.
Sylvia Acevedo grew up on a dirt road in New Mexico. Her family was _______, living paycheck to paycheck. After an infectious disease _______in Las Cruces nearly killed her younger sister, her mother moved the family to a different _______. At her new school, a classmate _______her to become a Brownie Girl Scout. And from that moment, her life _______a new path.
The Girl Scout cookie program equips girls with basic _______knowledge. Women constantly in the sector said they got their _______through it. Sylvia Acevedo was there going door-to-door _______ cookies to all her neighbors. There’s a famous sales _______ that her troop leader gave her: you never leave the side of a sale ________ you’ve heard “no” three times, and to this day she ________ by that.
The Girl Scout experience in a way got girls ________. When they are earning different badges (徽章) , they have all those job skills that are ________related to what they’ve learned. On one camping trip, Acevedo’s troop leader saw her looking up at the ________—she didn’t know that there were planets. Her troop leader ________the Big Dipper, the Little Dipper and a few planets. Later, when the girls were ________ badges, Acevedo’s leader remembered her ________with the stars and suggested she try for her science badge. She went on to get a master’s in ________ from Stanford University, then became a rocket scientist with NASA, and then, in 2016, was appointed to ________ the Girl Scouts.
What the Girl Scouts taught her was determination and resilience (适应力) and she has kept that ________in her life ever since.
1.A.large B.happy C.poor D.close
2.A.control B.outbreak C.symptom D.victim
3.A.project B.neighbourhood C.schoolyard D.division
4.A.convinced B.advised C.forced D.allowed
5.A.took up B.took in C.took off D.took on
6.A.political B.cultural C.financial D.religious
7.A.start B.way C.head D.vote
8.A.allocating B.selling C.making D.tasting
9.A.campaign B.figure C.program D.technique
10.A.after B.while C.until D.since
11.A.lives B.gets C.passes D.judges
12.A.adopted B.hired C.noticed D.supported
13.A.gradually B.hopefully C.closely D.loosely
14.A.trees B.birds C.stars D.tents
15.A.pointed out B.ruled out C.sorted out D.brought out
16.A.wearing B.donating C.counting D.earning
17.A.satisfaction B.association C.combination D.fascination
18.A.engineering B.marketing C.teaching D.nursing
19.A.back B.head C.fund D.check
20.A.dream B.promise C.lesson D.standard
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