AmeliaEarhart（1897-1937）wasborninKansas，USA，andmovedtoChicagoin1914whenherfatherwasfiredfromtheRockIslandRailroad．Aftergraduatingfromhighschoolin1915，shewenttoCanadawheresheworkedasanurse'shelper．In1

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Amelia Earhart （1897-1937）was born in Kansas，USA，and moved to Chicago in 1914 when her father was fired from the Rock Island Railroad．After graduating from high school in 1915，she went to Canada where she worked as a nurse's helper．In 1919 she attended Columbia University but gave up after a year to join her parents in California．
    In 1920 Earhart went to her first air show and was attracted．She took flying lessons and bought her first plane，which she flew to a height of 14，000 feet in October 1922，a women's world record．In 1925 she moved to Boston and got a job as a social worker．During that time，she also wrote local newspaper columns （专栏） on flying．
    Earhart will be mainly remembered for being the first woman to fly solo （单独） non-stop across the Atlantic．On May 20，1932，she took off from New Brunswick，Canada．She wanted to fly to Paris，but poor weather conditions and mechanical
（机械的） problems forced her to land in Derry，Northern Ireland．
    It was certain that Earhart would attempt a round-the-world flight and she left Miami，USA on June 1，1937．Aft er stopping in South America，Africa，the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia，she arrived in New Guinea，an island in the southwest Pacific Ocean，on June 29．She left on July 27，but while she was crossing the Pacific，contact （联系） was lost．The US government spent  4 million looking for her，but she was never found．
    Earhart published two books about her flying experiences：20 H ours 40 Minutes and The Fun of It，but she went missing before her thi rd book was published．She was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by Congress and the Cross of Knight of the Legion of Honour by the French government．
21．Amelia Earhart took an interest in flying___．
A．during her stay in Canada  
B．after watching an air show
C．after she moved to Chicago  
D．after graduating from university
22．Paragraph 3is mainly about Amelia Earhart's___．
A．early career   
B．greatest achievement  
C．early life and education 
D．publications and prizes
23．What do we know about Amelia Earhart from the text？___
A．She wrote two books in her life．
B．She was the first woman pilot in the USA．
C．She got lost when flying across the Pacific．
D．She finished her round-the-world flight successfully．

Answer 1

21．C．细节理解题．根据第二段：In 1920 Earhart went to her first air show and was attracted可知Amelia Earhart在看航空展后对飞行产生了兴趣；故选C．22．B．段落大意题．根据第三段：Earhart will be mainly ...