As an undergraduate at Wellesley College. Hillary mixed academic excellence with schoolgovernment. Speaking at graduation. she said, "The challenge now is to practice politics as theart of making what appears to be impossible, possible."

　　After graduation, Hillary advised the Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge and joined theimpeachment inquiry staff advising the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives.After completing those responsibilitics. she "followed her heart to Arkansas." where Bill hadbegun his political career.

　　They married in 1975. She joined the faculty of the University of Arkansas Law School in 1975and the RoseLaw Firm in 1976. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed her to the board ofthe Legal Services Corporation and Bill Clinton became governor of Arkansas. Their daughter,Chelsea, was born in 1980.

　　Hillary served as Arkansas's First Lady for 12 years, balancing family, law,and public service. Shechaired the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee.co-founded the Arkansas Advocates forChildren and Families, and served on the boards of the Arkansas Children's Hospital, LegalServices, and the Children's DefenseFund.

　　As the nation's First Lady, Hillary continued to balance public service with private life. Her activerolebegan in 1993 when the President asked her to chair the Task Force on National Health CareReform. She continued to be a leading advocate for expanding health insurance coverage,ensuring children are properly immunized, and raising public awareness of health issues. Shewrote a weekly newspaper column entitled "Talking It Over," which Focused on her experiencesas First Lady and her observations of women, children, andfamilies she has met around theworld.Her 1996 book It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Uswas a bestseller,and she received a Grammy Award for her recording of it.

　　在1992年的總統(tǒng)大選中，[1]希拉里·羅德姆·克林頓曾經(jīng)說過：“我們的生命是不同角色的混合體。我們大多數(shù)人都在盡力尋找最佳的平衡……對我來說.這種平衡就是家庭、工作和服務(wù)。”

　　[2]還是在韋爾斯利學(xué)院讀本科的時候，希拉里就不僅成績優(yōu)異。而且還參與學(xué)校的管理。她在畢業(yè)典禮上說：“如今的挑戰(zhàn)就是把政治當(dāng)作一門讓看起來不可能的事情變得可能的藝術(shù)來操作。”

　　畢業(yè)后，希拉里在坎布里奇的兒童保護(hù)基金會任顧問，并加入了對眾議院的司法委員會提出建議的彈劾質(zhì)詢組。在完成這些職責(zé)后，她“跟隨內(nèi)心的指引來到阿肯色州”，在這里，克林頓已經(jīng)開始了自己的從政之路。

　　他們于1975年結(jié)婚。這一年她開始在阿肯色州州立大學(xué)法學(xué)院任教，并于1976年進(jìn)入羅斯律師事務(wù)所。1978年，吉求·卡特總統(tǒng)任命她為法律服務(wù)公司的董事，而比爾·克林頓則成了阿肯色州的州長。他們的女兒切爾西于l980年出生。

　　希拉里做了12年的阿肯色州第一夫人，兼顧著家庭、法律事務(wù)和公共服務(wù)等各個方面。[3]她出任過阿肯色州教育標(biāo)準(zhǔn)委員會主席，與他人共同創(chuàng)建了阿肯色州兒童、家庭促進(jìn)會，還是阿肯色州兒童醫(yī)院、法律服務(wù)委員會以用兒童保護(hù)基金委員會的董事。

　　作為國家的第一夫人，希拉里繼續(xù)在公共服務(wù)和私人生活之間保持著平衡。1993年，[4]克林頓總統(tǒng)請她負(fù)責(zé)管理國家醫(yī)療服務(wù)改革特別工作組的事務(wù)，她開始積極履行職責(zé)。她繼續(xù)作為主要的倡導(dǎo)者主張擴(kuò)大健康保險的范圍，確保兒童得到適當(dāng)?shù)拿庖撸⑻岣吖妼】祮栴}的關(guān)注。她執(zhí)筆一個周報專欄“詳談”，主要談她作為第一夫人的經(jīng)歷以及她對在世界各地遇到的婦女、兒童和家庭的觀察。[5]1996出版了她的《建造孩子快樂的家園》，該書成了暢銷書，他還因為給該書錄音而獲得了格萊美獎。

　　1.Hillary Rodham clinton once said that the balance in life she tried io seekwas____________________________.

　　2.When Hillary was at Wellesley College, she not only did exceedingly well in herstudies butalso______________________.

　　3.As Arkansas's First Lady, Hillary became______________________of the ArkansasEducational Standards Committee.

　　4.When Hillary was asked to be in charge of the Task Force on National Health CareReform, she began playing________________in public service.

　　5.What did Hillary get for her recording of It Takes a Village and Other LessonsChildren Teach Us?

　　1.[family,work,and service]

　　[定位]根據(jù)Hillary Rodham Clinton和the balance查找到文章首段。

　　解析：首段中希拉里的話表明她盡力尋找的生活中的平衡就是家庭、工作和服務(wù)。對比該句與題目可以知道，本題答案為family，work, and service。

　　2.[took part in/participated in school government]

　　[定位]根據(jù)Wellesley College查找到第2段首句。

　　解析：題目中的not only... but also對應(yīng)原文中的mixed... with，本題空白處應(yīng)填入謂語，所必在原文school government前加上相應(yīng)的動詞(短語)即可，故本題答案為took part in/participated in schoolgovernment。

　　3.[the chairwoman]

　　[定位]根據(jù)the Arkansas Educational Standards Committee查找到第5段第2句。

　　解析：原文該句中說到她出任過阿肯色州教育標(biāo)準(zhǔn)委員會主席，但用的是動詞chaired，題目空白處應(yīng)填入名詞，且應(yīng)注意希拉里是女性，因此答案為chaired的名詞形式the chairwoman。

　　4.[an active role]

　　[定位]根據(jù)the Task Force on National Health Care Reform查找到第6段第2句.

　　解析：原文該句提到，克林頓總統(tǒng)請她負(fù)責(zé)管理國家醫(yī)療服務(wù)改革特別工作組的事務(wù)，她開始積極履行職責(zé)。題目中的incharge of對應(yīng)原文中的chair，因此本題答案為an active role。

　　5.[A Grammy Award.]

　　[定位]根據(jù)It Takes a Village and Other Lessons Children Teach Us查找到原文末句。

　　解析：原文末尾的it指1996年出版的那本書，同時get是received的同義替換，所以received的賓語aGrammy Award為本題答案。