Abby Harris has a dream. But unlike most ordinary 15-year-old girls, Abby’s dream has 1 to do with expensive shopping, meeting her 2 boy bands or throwing huge parties with her friends. This US teenager wants to be the 3 astronaut to walk on Mars. And she’s using the 4 of social media to make sure that she gets there.
According to Abby’s Internet blog, Astronaut Abby, she has wanted to be a (n) 5 since she was 5 years old.
She 6 more in the post People Say I’m A Dreamer: “When you’re that young and you have that big a dream, most people just 7 you. But I stuck with it. I made plans, I worked hard and I 8 on my goal. As I got older and continued to stay focused on science, technology, engineering and math(STEM), people in my life(my family, friends, teachers), began to notice and 9 me to dream big. I had huge ambitions, and was 10 to have people around me telling me that I could achieve them.
In the seventh grade, Abby 11 a Twitter account as part of a history project she was doing on the International Space Station. She 12 wanted to use Twitter to get in touch with NASA employees, but soon she found that it was a 13 place for her to write about her dreams, connect with others who have interest in space and 14 pictures of projects that she was working on. Her connections on Twitter then 15 her to create her website and blog, Astronaut Abby, located at astronautabby.com.
Several years ago, Abby 16 Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano at an airport and 17 him into becoming her mentor（导师）.
Abby is obviously doing everything she can to make her 18 a reality. Want to help her along? You can visit her 19 to learn more about this amazing girl and her 20 dream.
1.A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything
2.A. best B. top C. favorite D. worst
3.A. first B. last C. youngest D. oldest
4.A. energy B. ability C. strength D. power
5.A. blogger B. astronaut C. dreamer D. star
6.A. argues B. agrees C. explains D. explores
7.A. believe B. blame C. praise D. ignore
8.A. took B. focused C. counted D. lived
9.A. pushed B. prevented C. encouraged D. discouraged
10.A. anxious B. confident C. determined D. fortunate
11.A. set up B. built up C. made up D. took up
12.A. rapidly B. originally C. rarely D. finally
13.A. comfortable B. real C. great D. quiet
14.A. share B. draw C. take D. stick
15.A. persuaded B. stopped C. made D. helped
16.A. came after B. came across C. came into D. came at
17.A. talked B. forced C. trapped D. fooled
18.A. plan B. media C. dream D. life
19.A. website B. home C. school D. city
20.A. awesome B. absurd C. awkward D. awful
