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阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在下面横线相应位置。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

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Ladies and gentlemen：

It gives me a great pleasure to join you for this important initiative（邀请）as the UN marks its 70th anniversary.（联合国纪念成立70周年）Education is very close in my heart. My father 1. up in a very small village 2. China. In those days, not many villagers could 3. . So my father opened a night school to teach them how to read. With his help， many people 4. to write their own names; with his help many people learned to read newspapers for the 5. time; with his help, many women were able to teach their 6. how to read. As his daughter，I know that education means to the people，especially those without it.

7. generations of hard work(几代人的努力)，China has come a long way in education. I myself am a beneficiary (受益者)of that progress. Otherwise(否则) I would never become a soprano(女高音) and a professor of musical(声乐教授). I am 8. my father’s footsteps(足迹) by teaching at China’s Conservatory of Music(中国音乐学院) to help continue China’s success story.

I was once asked 9. my Chinese dream. I said I hope 10. children especially girls can have access to good education(接受良好教育). This is my Chinese dream. I believe one day education first will no longer be a dream，it will be a reality enjoyed by every young woman on this planet. Thank you very much.

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