【正文】 ng to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.1. Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of being a surgeon? A. She couldn’t get admitted to medical school B. She decided to further her education in Paris C. A serious eye problem stopped her D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States2. What main obstacle(障礙) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for being for a doctor? A. She was a woman. B. She wrote too many letters. C. She couldn’t graduate from medical school. D. She couldn’t set up her hospital.3. How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital? A. Eight years B. Ten years C. Nineteen years D. Thirtysix years 4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell, except that she ______. A. became the first woman physician B. was the first woman doctor C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children D. set up the first medical school for women5. Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _______. A. England B. Paris C. the United States D. New York CityKeys1C 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 CPassage 6In today’s age of fast travel, the world seems a smaller place and to some people, a less exciting place, Fifty years ago only a few English people and holidays abroad, People who didn’t travel thought of other countries as very far away and different. For example, people thought the French all eat garlic(大蒜), the Italians all eat spaghetti(細(xì)條實(shí)心面). and the Americans all drink Coca Cola, These definite(明確的) ideas of other nationalities are called stereotypes(陳規(guī)老套) . But do we have the same stereotypes today? People travel more, we all watch the same TV programmes, and ideas travel quickly too. Nowadays everyone eats garlic and spaghetti and drinks Coca Cola. Everyone listens to the same music. wears the same fashions(流行式樣) , buys the same cars. They just do it in a different language!1. Now the world seems to be exciting. A. bigger and more B. smaller and more C. smaller and less D. bigger and less2. Fifty years ago, English people travelled abroad. A. many B. few C. only some D. a few3. People thought of other countries as . A. near and different B. near and the same C. remote and very different D. remote and the same4. Nowadays, people’s ideas of other nationalities . A. have changed B. are the same C. are different D. are almost the same5. We don’t have the same stereotypes because people _______. A. travel more B. watch the same TV programmes C. watch different TV programmes D. travel more and watch the same TV programmesKeys 1C 2 B 3 C 4 C 5 DPassage 7We are used to the idea of aging in ourselves. We are so used to this that it es as a surprise to find that there may be some animals that do not age. Sea anemones(?？? are an example. Some have been kept for nearly a century without showing any signs of lifelessness. Some kinds of sea worms can even “grow backwards.” If kept in the dark and given nothing to eat, they get steadily smaller, They finally end as a ball of cells(細(xì)胞) looking rather like the egg from which they came. Under good conditions the ball will turn back to a worm and start growing again. One could probably keep them growing and ungrowing again and again.1. Some sea worms grow smaller when they ______. A. lose weight B. live in the darkness C. are under good conditions D. don’t eat and are kept in the dark2. According to the passage, some sea animals ________. A. will die when they bee a ball of cells B. do not grow old C. will die without food D. will stop growing any time they want3. According to the passage, which of the following statements in NOT true? A. We can keep certain kind of sea worm growing and ungrowing again and again. B. Human beings will grow old and die. C. An anemone is a king of sea worm that can grow backwards. D. Some anemones will live nearly a hundred years.4. The underlined word aging in the first sentence means ______. A. growing old B. the age of a person younger D. un growing5. This passage is mainly about ______. A. sea animals B. cells C. aging D. anemonesKeys 1D 2 B 3 D 4 A 5 CPassage 8When Dean Arnold got his first job, he was miserable (痛苦的), Each time he went to work, he coughed and he couldn’t breathe. Working in a bakery(面包房) when you are allergic to (對(duì)…過(guò)敏) flour can be painful. But Arnold stayed with the National Biscuit Company for ten years. He was a businessman and he helped them improve production. At last his health problems became too serious. He left and formed his own pany. With his wife and mother, he founded Arnold Bakery. They tried new recipes (配方). changing the kind and amount of flour used. This enabled Arnold to work there without too much pain. The bread, made with unbleached flour (標(biāo)準(zhǔn)粉), was baked in a brick oven (烘爐). They began by baking two dozen loaves. The bread was sold door to door for fifteen cents a loaf. Winning customers to his unusual, oldfashioned bread took time. But Arnold, struggling against his allergy, built his bakery into one of the largest in the United States.1. A good title for this passage would be . A. A