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Michelle Howard received her fourth star at a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery with her family and fellow servicemen looking on.

"If you don't believe today was the first - when I called to order, a four-star shoulder board for women - they didn't exist. [A] special contract was let and you folks are seeing the first set in the history of the United States Navy," said Howard.

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus was the promoting officer.

"The Navy picked the best officer to be the VCNO. That's the only thing that happened here today," said Mabus.

Since 1982, when she graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, Howard has achieved many historic "firsts" in her career. She was the first African-American woman to achieve three-star rank in the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as being the first woman to achieve the rank of admiral in the Navy. She also was the first African-American woman to command a naval ship.

Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Greenert said the honors mean extra obligations.

“She will bear the burden of a role model, and she is ready to bear that very well, and I am very excited about that because we need lots more women in the Navy,” said Greenert.

Howard was in the Pentagon during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack, and in 2009 participated in the naval task force dispatched to rescue the U.S.-flagged merchant vessel Maersk Alabama and its captain Richard Phillips, who had been kidnapped by Somali pirates.

"I was just three days in the job when we got word that Captain Philips had been kidnapped," recalled Howard.

American women serving in the military have broken many barriers in recent years, and can compete for positions that were once were closed to them. Howard said her promotion can serve as further encouragement.

"My rank today lets them know that they can go from junior enlisted to MCPON (master chief petty officer) in the Navy or from ensign to admiral," said Howard.

Howard is the third woman in the U.S. military to reach a four-star rank. One is in the Army and the other in the Air Force.

“We, as a Navy and as a nation, have just got to quit wasting the talent and the ability based on race or gender or anything else," said Mabus.

Officials from all military service branches have announced plans to open combat positions to women who meet physical or performance standards by 2016.

Nature has supplied every animal except man with some covering for his body such as fur, feathers, hair, or a thick hide. But man has nothing but a thin skin, and for thousands of years human beings must have 　1 　the world with no other covering--though the earliest men may perhaps have been hairier than modern man.

It is only when we begin to think about it a little that we　 2 　that clothes are worn for a great many reasons that have nothing to do with the 　3 　, or with our need for warmth. For instance, we wear clothes to some extent in order to　 4 　to make ourselves, if possible, look more　 5 　than we are. Even the plainest clothes worn by civilized people have their buttons, collars and so forth arranged in such a way that they form a kind of decoration, and the 　6　 itself is of a kind and color that we think suits us, and is cut or 　7 　in a way that we think looks nice--though ideas about what looks nice change very much from time to time. Besides decorating us, our clothes have to link us up with the people amongst whom we live. We feel 　8　 if they do not "look right" or if they are not 　9 　to those which other people of our age, sex, country andp eriod are wearing. Sometimes, even in civilized countries, people wear some article of clothing, or some jewel of charm. These are because they believe that it will bring them luck or 10　 evil or illness, or because it is connected with their religious beliefs.

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ered about。【精解】空格处缺少一个动词或动词短语，并且是过去分词形式。wandered about表示“四处游荡”，说明早期人类的生活状态。

ize。【精解】空格处缺少一个动词。本句为强调句型，空格后面的that引导的是一个宾语从句，空格前半句意为“只有当我们开始多多少少地考虑这件事时……”。由此不难得知，空格处应填一个表示“认识，意识”的动词。

ate。【精解】空格处缺少一个名词。climate“天气”与后面的“我们保暖的需要”相呼应。

rate ourselves。【精解】空格处需要填入一个动词短语。decorate ourselves表示“打扮自己”，decorate与下文中的look及decoration相对应。

eful。【精解】空格处需要填入一个形容词。9raceful表示“优雅的，漂亮的”。

rial。【精解】空格处需要填入一个名词。根据下文中的of a kind and color以及and is cut可知，这里应填人material“(制衣)材料”。

nged。【精解】空格处需要填入一个动词的过去分词形式，表示被动。arranged表示“排列，布置”。

mfortable。【精解】空格处需要填入一个形容词。根据后半句的'if they do not“look right”可推测，这里应填入uncomfortable“不舒服的”。

lar。【精解】空格处需要填入一个形容词。根据句意可知，这里应该表示与其他人穿的类似。similar表示“类似的，相似的”。

ect them from。【精解】空格处应该填入一个动宾短语。根据后面的evil or illness可知，这里应该填入protect them from，表示“使他们远离邪恶与疾病”。