Madonna：Singer/actress，bornMichigan，USA，1959Originallyadancer，shehadherfirstpopularrecord‘Holiday'in1983．In1985shebeganherfilmcareerandalsomarriedactorSeanPenn，but（25）marriagelastedlessthanfouryears

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Madonna：Singer/actress，born Michigan，USA，1959
Originally a dancer，she had her first popular record‘Holiday'in 1983．In 1985 she began her film career and also married actor Sean Penn，but （25）___marriage lasted less than four years．Her‘Blond Ambition Tour'in 1990 with special clothes（26）___（design） by Jean Paul Gaultier caused much conflict．Her career took a more respectable direction，however，with the birth of her first child，Lourdes，in 1997，and her performance in the title role of Evita．

Pelé：footballer，born Edson Arantes do Nascimento，Tres Coracoes，Brazil，1940
（27）___（consider） by many to be the greatest footballer of all time，he became a world star at the age of only seventeen，when Brazil first won the World Cup in Sweden．Perhaps his （28）___（great） success in his life was to win the third World Cup in Mexico in 1970．He played in four World Cup competitions，and scored over 1，200 goals in his career before finally （29）___（retire） in 1977．He （30）___（appoint） Brazilian Special Minister for Sport in 1994．
Steffi Graf：tennis player，born Neckerau，Germany，1969
（31）___Graf turned professional at the age of thirteen，she won her first major tournament in 1986 and became the world's number one a year later．In 1988 she became the first woman since 1970 to win‘The Grand Slam'（Wimbledon，the US，Australian and French Open tournaments）．She （32）___（win） over 100 titles in her career and earned up to $20 million．

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25．the     考查定冠词   此处用在名词marriage之前，特指麦当娜与演员西恩•潘的那段婚姻；故用the．
26．designed    考查过去分词    此处在句中作后置定语，修饰名词clothes；由于动词design与该名词是被动关系，指的是：由服装设计师 Jean Paul Gaultier  设计的特别的衣服；故填过去分词designed．
27．Considered   考查过去分词    本句的意思是：由于一直以来都被许多人认为是最伟大的足球运动员，所以在他只有十七岁时便成为了一位世界级的明星；此处在句中作原因状语，由于动词consider与其逻辑主语he构成了被动关系；故用过去分词Considered．
28．greatest   考查形容词的最高级    本句的意思是：也许他一生中最大的成功是于1970赢得了墨西哥第三届世界杯的冠军；此处指的应是：他的最大的成功；故用greatest
29．retiring    考查现在分词    此处在句中做结果状语，由于动词retire与其逻辑主语构成了主谓关系，指的是：他最后于1977退役；故填retiring．
30．was appointed  考查时态及语态     根据句中的时间状语"in 1994"，此处应使用一般过去时；由于主语He与动词appoint构成了被动关系；意为：1994年，他被任命为巴西体育部部长；故用一般过去时态的被动语态was appointed． 
31．After   考查从属连词   本句的意思是：在Graf十三岁成为职业运动员以后，于1986年，她赢得了她的第一个重大赛事，一年后，成为世界第一；此处用来引导时间状语从句，指"在…之后"；故用After．
32．has won   考查时态    本句的意思是：她在她的职业生涯中赢得了超过100个冠军，并获得了高达2000万美元的奖金；此处表达的是她曾经在运动生涯中的成就对现在产生的影响以及结果；故用现在完成时has won