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105-year-old walks at graduation to receive master's degree from Stanford
美国105岁奶奶终获斯坦福硕士学位
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A 105-year-old woman received her master’s degree from Stanford Graduate School of Education (GSE) after beginning her journey at the school over 80 years ago.Virginia Ginnie Hislop had taken the required classes at Stanford in 1 1940s. Just before she turned in her final master’s thesis, World War II broke out, which affected her plans to graduate. Her then-boyfriend George Hislop 2 (call) in to serve in the war, 3 (prompt) Ginnie Hislop to leave school to marry him. She 4 (eventual) assisted in the war effort and focused on raising her family. While navigating life 5 her family which consists of two kids, four grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, Ginnie Hislop also served on school and college boards in Washington State for 6 (decade). Along the way, Stanford dropped its thesis 7 (require), and Ginnie Hislop finally returned to the school to graduate, walking the stage on Sunday, June 16, 8 (accept) her master of arts in education.When she was handed her diploma by GSE Dean Daniel Schwartz, Ginnie Hislop could be heard 9 (say), “My goodness, I’ve waited a long time for this.”Speaking to “Good Morning America” in an interview 10 aired on Wednesday, Ginnie Hislop shared how pleased she felt about the long-awaited milestone. “False modesty has never been one of my problems,” she said. “I felt I deserved it, and I was delighted to get it.”
1. the 考查冠词。in the 1940s为固定表达，意为“在20世纪40年代”，故填定冠词。
2. was called 考查时态和语态。分析句中结构可知，本空在句中作谓语，因讲述的是过去发生的事情，时态用一般过去时；又因主语和动词短语call in（召集）之间是被动关系，故填一般过去时的被动语态。
3. prompting 考查非谓语动词。本空在句中作状语，表结果。因动词和主语之间是主动关系，故填动词-ing形式。
4. eventually 考查副词。本空在句中作状语，修饰谓语，表“最后；终于”，故填副词。
5. with 考查介词。根据句意可知，此处表示“和……一起”，故用介词with。
6. decades 考查名词复数。decade意为“十年”，为可数名词。此处表示数十年，故填名词复数。
7. requirement 考查名词。本空在句中作动词宾语，且被形容词性物主代词its修饰，表“要求”，故填名词。
8. to accept 考查非谓语动词。本空在句中作状语，表目的，故填动词不定式。
9. saying 考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构和句意可知，本空在句中作补语，描述正在发生的动作，故填动词-ing形式。
10. which/ that 考查定语从句关系词。本句为限制性定语从句，先行词interview指物，关系词代替先行词在从句中作主语，故填关系代词which或that。
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一位105岁的女士，80多年前在斯坦福大学研究生教育学院学习，最终获得了她的硕士学位。
弗吉尼亚·金妮·希斯洛普在20世纪40年代就已经完成了斯坦福大学的必修课程。就在她准备交毕业论文时，第二次世界大战爆发了，这影响了她的毕业计划。当时，她的男朋友乔治·希斯洛普被召入伍参战，这促使她放弃学业与他结婚。她最终投入到支持战争和照顾家庭的活动中。
金妮·希斯洛普有两个孩子、四个孙子和九个曾孙，在与家人一起生活的同时，她还在华盛顿州的学校和学院董事会任职数十年。
在此过程中，斯坦福大学取消了对硕士学位的论文要求，金妮·希斯洛普最终重返学校并在6月16日的星期天走上了斯坦福大学的毕业舞台，接受了她的教育学硕士学位。
当斯坦福大学教育研究生院院长丹尼尔·施瓦茨向她颁发毕业证书时，人们听到金妮·希斯洛普说道：“天哪，我等这一刻已经太久了。”
在接受“早安美国”采访时，金妮·希斯洛普分享了她对这一期待已久的里程碑的感受。她坦言：“我不想假装谦虚，我觉得我应得这个学位，并且为能拿到它感到非常高兴。”
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