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黄庄职业高中2014对口升学英语一轮复习基础训练试题18（含答案） 二、完形填空 For many years，Barbara Stewart had a dream.She wanted to work as a professional business librarian with Sesame Workshop in New York City —the one __1__for the classic children’s program Sesame street.But life __2__. With the market crash，the company had to stop __3__a third of the staff.As a result，she was forced to __4__to Canada，since her visa has expired(到期)．When she came back home，she couldn’t find a __5__that suited her experience. After three months of unemployment，Stewart began to consider a career __6__，which quickly changed into the pursuit of a dream—opening her own shop.__7__，she had no experience of operating her own business.__8__she made a plan: go back to school. “George Brown’s Continuing Education course calendar and website convinced me that this was the best __9__in order to prepare myself，”she says.She __10__for the Starting a Small Business and Developing a Business Plan course，and was back in school for the first __11__in almost 30 years. While she was still taking classes，Stewart took her dream of business ownership a step __12__.When she purchased a building，she started __13__her lessons immediately. “The material in the courses was applied directly to my planning of the __14__on a daily basis，”says Stewart.“Having been out of the country since 1983，I had no __15__of the wealth of resources available to small business owners.My work plan and checklists were，in large part，__16__directly from class instruction and discussion.” Her approach has __17__.She officially opened Adornments on Queen on May 29,2010.The 59yearold has worked __18__to realise her dream，but she is also quick to praise George Brown for the school’s role in her __19__.“The course work and advice from my instructors __20__me each step forward.I owe my success to the school.” 1．A.convenient　　　　　　　　B．responsible C．anxious D．grateful 2．A.stopped B．appeared C．changed D．finished 3．A.employing B．promoting C．transforming D．attracting 4