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A
Elizabeth had great trouble in finding a school to attend. No medical school
would accept
a woman student. So she studied by herself at first. She was helped by a few
doctors who did believe that women should have the same chance to work as men
did. In 1847 she asked to be accepted at a small medical school in New York.
Largely as a joke, the school accepted her. The teachers and pupils were all
men.They waited for Elizabeth to make a fool of herself and then go away. But
Elizabeth felt she could learn anything a man could learn. And she proved it.
No one laughed at her. The jokes stopped. But none of the towns- people would
speak to her. They thought she was wrong to study medicine. As a
student,Elizabeth helped treat sick poor people during her summer holidays. She
found out that she had much more to learn as she tried to help them. "I
must learn more," she said, "there is so much work to be done among
the sick. Somehow I must get other women to help me!" That autumn she
returned to school. Elizabeth Blackwell became a doctor in 1849. She was the
first woman in the United States to become a doctor.
1. At first it seemed that it was impossible for Elizabeth to find a school to
attend because __.
a. there were no medical schools in her hometown in those days
b. Elizabeth wanted to teach herself medicine at home
c. a few doctors helped her to study medicine
d. most people of her day didn‘t think that women should have the same chance
to work as men did
2. A small medical school in New York accepted Elizabeth because ___.
a. she asked to be accepted many times
b. she was good at telling funny jokes
c. the school didn’t take the matter seriously
d. the teachers and pupils wanted to have a try
3. Some time later, no one in the school laughed at her because ___.
a. she did an experiment to prove that she was quite right
b. she stopped telling jokes and began to work hard
c. they thought she was wrong to study medicine
d. Elizabeth proved to be a success as a medical student
4. Elizabeth began to help treat sick poor people ___.
a. as soon as she graduated(毕业) from the medical school
b. when she was still a medical student at that school
c. when the weather was very hot in the summer
d. as she found out that she had much more to learn
5. Choose the best title for the passage from the following.
a. The First Woman Doctor in the USA
b. Elizabeth Became a Doctor after Years of Hard Work
c. Elizabeth---Pioneer in the Study of Medicine in America
d. Women Should Have the Same Chance to Work as Men
B
Small children often laugh at a lame(跛子) or blind person, or at someone who isn‘t dressed as well as they
are. But as they grow up, they learn not to hurt people’s feelings by laughing
at their problems. They learn to laugh at other things. Most important, they
learn to laugh at themselves. Suppose you‘re playing a game. You make a silly(愚蠢) mistake and lose. Do you become
angry? Or can you laugh at yourself and hope to do better next time? Suppose
you’re at a special dinner. You break a dish. Why keep worrying about how
clumsy(笨拙) you
looked?Why not laugh it off andenjoy yourself anyway? If you can, it‘s a good
sign you’ve really grown up.
1. This article is mostly about ___.
a. why laughter is good for your body
b. what you should laugh at
c. when babies learn to laugh
d. where you may laugh
2. The most important thing is to learn how to laugh at ___.
a. jokes b. picture c. children d. yourself
3. The writer shows how laughter could help you not to ___.
a. make a mistake b. lose a game c. become angry d. try again
4. Next the writer shows how laughter could stop you from ___.
a. breaking dishes b. worrying c. enjoying yourself d. growing
5. If you find a new skill(技术) hard to learn, you should probably ___.
a. laugh at your own slowness b. keep trying till you learn it
c. give up and never try again d. Both a and b
C
It was during a weekend. Mum gave me two tickets for a film and told me she was
too busy with the endless housework to go with me. She told me to keep the
money if I could sell the extra ticket. I was very happy, of course. At
that time, a ticket only cost 20 fen. But to me, a little girl of 12,20 fen
seemed quite a lot. I reached the cinema in a great hurry. Holding the ticket
in my hand. I began to look for buyer.A handsome young man noticed me and the
ticket in my hand. He came towards me with a big smile."You‘ve got an
extra ticket?" "Yes," I nodded. "That’s great. Say, how
much?" "Twenty fen." "Oh," he thought for a while and
then took out a ten-yuan note from his wallet. "I‘m very sorry, but I’ve
only got this note." Seeing I was confused(迷惑), he added, "Then, how about waiting for a while and I‘ll give
you the money after I have changed it in the cinema’s store?" Without much
thinking, I agreed. Then we went to the cinema together. He walked fast. I
could hardly keep up with him. By and by, he left me farther and farther
behind. Soon he disappeared in the crowd. I stood there without knowing what to
do.Suddenly I seemed to realize( 意识到 ) the handsome young fellow had cheated(欺骗) me. He had saved twenty fen, but
lost his honour. It seemed to be a funny or even ridiculous(可笑的) experience(经历).But it did cast a dark shadow(影子) on my young mind.
1. When do you think the story probably happened?
a. On Monday. b. On Tuesday. c. On Saturday. d. On Thursday.
2. The sentence "20 fen seemed quite a lot to me" suggests(暗示) that ___.
a. the writer did not have much pocket money
b. the writer cared much for the money
c. 20 fen could buy a lot of things
d. the writer had never had as much money as that
3. The man took out a ten-yuan note from his wallet, for ___.
a. he thought the writer would be happy at the sight of the note
b. he really had nothing but the ten-yuan note
c. he was not sure if the writer would sell him the ticket
d. He knew the writer was not able to give him back the change
4. How did the writer realize that she was cheated?
a. The man walked too fast for her to keep up with.
b. The man went to the crowd and was not seen again.
c. The man asked her to wait for a while.
d. The man said that he only had a ten-yuan note.
5. Which is the best title for this passage?
a. An Unpleasant Experience.
b. An Interesting Experience.
c. A Sad Experience.
d. A Terrible Experience.
D
In old days divers used to go down into the sea looking for ships that had sunk
because they hoped to find gold and jewels. Now divers still search for
valuable things in sunken ships, but they also try to bring to the surface the
ships themselves ot parts of them. The value of different kinds of metals(金属) has increased greatly over the
past twenty or thirty years and even though a ship has been under the sea for
many years, it may be worth a great deal. One famous sunken ship is the
"Lusitania", which sank off the southern coast of Ireland in 1915
with a l