Question

 “Lizzie, there’s a letter for you!” Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Elizabeth looked down. “Is it from Harvard? They refused my application once.” Emily answered, “No, it’s from Yale.” Quickly, Elizabeth walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. “Rejected again,” Elizabeth said unhappily. “Who says women can’t be doctors?”

“They are fools not to accept you. You can’t let them stop you, Lizzie,” Emily said.

“I won’t. I’ll apply to (申請) Geneva Medical College,” Elizabeth told her sister. As it turned out, the professors at Geneva Medical College were not fools. They allowed Elizabeth Blackwell to study medicine.

In 1848, a year before Elizabeth would graduate, a typhoid epidemic (傷寒流行病) broke out in New York. Elizabeth wrote to Emily. “There’s an outbreak (爆發) of typhoid, and I am going to help. It is dangerous, so if I should not survive, please do me the honor of studying medicine yourself.”

Emily replied, “Encouraged by your dream and success, I have decided to study in medical school, as well.”

Having survived the disease, Elizabeth tried to set up a private medical practice. “I graduated first in my class but no one believes a woman can be a good doctor,” she said to Emily one day. “All I hear is that doctors should be men, while women should stay home to cook and clean.”

Emily said worriedly, “I will graduate in June with my medical degree. What shall we do?” Elizabeth thought for a while and replied, “There’s a big house in the poor part of our town. We can practice medicine there for people who couldn’t afford care.”

Soon with the help of some friends, Elizabeth and Emily bought the house and opened a hospital for poor women and children. “We’ll have an all-women staff (員工),” Elizabeth said. “And later, we’ll add a medical college for women!” Emily added. At last, Elizabeth realized her dream of being a doctor.

1.The underlined word “Rejected” in the first paragraph can be best replaced by _____.

A．Refused          B．Praised           C．Changed          D．Accepted

2. Hearing Elizabeth’s words about the letter from Yale, Emily felt _____.

A．excited           B．calm             C．satisfied           D．angry

3. In 1848, Elizabeth wrote to Emily to _____.

A．persuade Emily to come to help the sick      B．ask Emily to study medicine if she died

C．warn Emily the danger of typhoid epidemic    D．tell Emily she would graduate from college

4.We can learn from the text that Elizabeth _____.

A．received strong support from her sister      B．refused to go to study at Yale University

C．founded a medical college after graduation    D．was finally accepted by Harvard after her efforts

5.Which of the following can best be used to describe Elizabeth?

A．Humorous.        B．Honest.           C．Determined.       D．Careful.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章講述Elizabeth被哈佛大學，耶魯大學拒絕，但是不放棄，學習醫學后，努力成為一名醫生，通過自己的努力最終實現自己的夢想。

1.猜詞題：從第一段的句子：They refused my application once.” Emily answered, “No, it’s from Yale.”和“Rejected again,”，可知reject是“拒絕”的意思。選A

2.細節題;從第二段的句子：“They are fools not to accept you. You can’t let them stop you, Lizzie,” Emily said. 可知Emily聽到Elizabeth 的話感到生氣。選D

3.細節題：從第四段的句子：so if I should not survive, please do me the honor of studying medicine yourself.” 可知Elizabeth寫信給Emily讓她在她死后學習醫學。選B

4.細節題：從第五段的句子：Emily replied, “Encouraged by your dream and success, I have decided to study in medical school, as well.” 可知Emily是鼓勵Elizabeth，選A

5.推理題：這篇文章講述Elizabeth被哈佛大學，耶魯大學拒絕，但是不放棄，學習醫學后，努力成為一名醫生，通過自己的努力最終： realized her dream of being a doctor. 說明她很有決心。選C。

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