每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A By the time I reached junior high，I was sure I wanted to be a nurse. If you didn’t study Latin，you couldn’t be a nurse，so I enrolled. Many Latin words were familiar to me. The hard part turned out to be the usage and creating sentences with the words that seemed so easy to pronounce. Several weeks into the course my teacher came to me，saying，“I think you should withdraw from this course. It seems to be too hard for you. ” That was the day I learned I wasn’t smart enough to become a nurse. With shame, I handed in my Latin textbook. After high school，the years raced by. I married and had children. Then one day my husband John came home. “Carol, Max died this afternoon.” I looked at my husband with disbelief. John was touched by this tragedy. Finally one evening he said，“Carol，Jackie has never worked and now she’s alone with four children. Ive been thinking if anything happens to me. I want you to be able to take care of yourself and the children. Why don’t you think about what you’d like to do and get the training you’ll need to do it” I signed up for the entrance exam for nursing programs. One day I received a letter from the schoo1. I wanted so badly to open it，but with my lack of confidence，I laid it on the kitchen counter saying, “Im not in the mood for a rejection letter today.” Finally I forced myself to open it. “Dear Carol，”I read. ”We are pleased to in you that you successfully passed the entrance exam.” An insensitive teacher once stole my dream. If you have a dream, exhaust every effort to reach it. I’ve worked thirty years now as a nurse and I’ve never been more certain that this is what I was meant to be. 21. Why did John advise Carol to find a job A. To support the familyB. To provide more money for her kids C. To live a more colorful lifeD. To be able to live independently 22. From the text, we know what the teacher said____________. A. destroyed Carol’s dream to be a nurse. B. helped Carol find her true interest C. saved Carol from wasting her time D. encouraged Carol to be careful in learning 23. After receiving the letter from the schoo1, Caro1____________. A. was uncertain about the resultB. had no mood to read it then C. didn’t take it seriously at all D. couldn’t wait to open it 24. What may be the best title for the text A. A dream too high to achieve.B. Too stupid to be a nurse C. Never too late to 1earn. D. A chance too important to miss B Electronic heroes As an internet influencer, there seems to be nothing special about Miquela Sousa. The 19-year-old lives in Los Angeles, US, posts pictures of herself sporting fashionable looks, and has just made her way into the March edition of Vogue magazine. But Miquela isn’t real – she is a computer-generated character. Her fans don’t seem to mind – she has 855,000 followers on US social networking plat Instagram. And her first single Not Mine – yes, she “sings” too – also reached No. 8 on music streaming 流媒体 plat Spotify last August. It’s kind of curious that in a time when authenticity 真实性 and “being real” are valued more than ever, “fake” celebrities like Miquela are appreciated and seen as icons 偶像. Perhaps the reason for Miquela’s popularity lies behind the fame of a similar star, Hatsune Miku. This 16-year-old animated singer from Japan has held singing concerts not only in her home country but also in the US and China. Even though Hatsune’s no more than a 3-D figure projected 投射 onto the stage, her fans are more than willing to pay to actually see her “in person”, because to them, she’s better than human singers. “She’s rather more like a goddess She has human parts, but she transcends 超越 human limitations. She’s the great post-human pop star,” wrote reporter James Verini on Wired magazine. Critics may say that 3-D stars could never replace the authenticity of humans, but when it comes to being authentic, are humans really the best example of how to do it Most of us edit our photos before posting them online, and we tend to create a fantasy that we’re living a perfect life by letting people only see the brighter side of it. “Miquela is no less real to me than any other internet stranger with whom I’ve interacted 互动,” wrote reporter Leora Yashari on the website Nylon. “Her existence in itself represents a new breed 种类 of influencer – someone who is breaking the boundaries 界限 of what is real and what is fake.” 25. Who is Miquela Sousa A. She’s a life-like character with musical talents. B. She’s a new sports star with fashionable looks. C. She’s an experienced singer with thousands of fans. D. She’s an animated figure created by a Japanese company. 26. Why did the author mention Hatsune Miku A. To show the similarities 3-D stars share. B. To make a comparison with Miquela Sousa. C. To explain why 3-D stars are