Condoleezza Rice is used to standing out. It is not only because she holds the position as U.S. Secretary of State. Her youth, gender and skin color have ____ 36 ____ a lot of attention throughout her political career. Condoleezza Rice,____ 37 ____ as Condi to her close friends, was born in 1954 in Birmingham. During 1950s,blacks were not treated as ____ 38 ____ citizens in the south. Although slavery was____ 39 ____ in 1865,the southern states passed their own laws to continue the ____ 40 ____of blacks and whites. Despite the discrimination ____ 41 ____ black people, her parents told her she could become  42 ____ she wanted. They taught her to believe that great things were ____ 43 ____ for her. Rice was a gifted student with a ____ 44 ____ for the piano and she entered college at the age of 15 with the ____ 45 ____ of becoming a concert pianist. Along the way she was____ 46 ____ by political scientist Josef Korbel, the father of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.Rice ____ 47 her plans and studied international politics, and in the 1980s she was teaching at Stanford University,____ 48 ____ her career developed quickly. She____ 49 ____ on George H. Bush's national security council(顾问) in 1989.Later she ____ 50 ____ to Stanford, and became its youngest, first female and first ____ 51 ____ provost after two years. In 2001,Rice re-entered the political world,____ 52 ____ George W. Bush's national security advisor. She has drawn international ____ 53 ____ in this position, and has been the most powerful national security advisors in American ____ 54 ____. She held this position until 2005,when ____ 55 ____ Secretary of State. 36.A. directed B. turned C. paid    D. attracted 37.A. known   B. Considered C. Seen   D. accepted 38.A. respectful     B. equal  C. different     D. noble 39.A. finished B. Stopped     C. Prevented   D. ended 40.A. difference     B. disagreement     C. separation   D. division 41.A. against  B. to              C. with    D. towards 42.A. whoever       B. whomever  C. whatever    D. whichever 43.A. desiring B. waiting      C. preparing   D. longing 44.A. talent    B. interest       C. hobby D. favourite 45.A. purpose B. goal    C. intention    D. attention 46.A. effected B. affected      C. impressed   D. influenced 47.A. changed B. postponed   C. cancelled    D. exchanged 48.A. which    B. where C. when  D. that 49.A. acted     B. waited C. served D. called 50.A. paid a visit    B. showed concern C. attended     D. returned 51.A. black     B. white  C. capable      D. efficient 52.A. turning  B. holding      C. becoming   D. taking 53.A. praise    B. approval     C. criticism     D. attention 54.A. politics  B. history       C. culture              D. government 55.A. elected  B. invited       C. appointed   D. succeeded