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 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 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 ,” 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

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

【解析】

試題分析:這是一篇記敘文。伊麗莎白在女性不準當醫生的年代，堅持自己的夢想，克服重重困難，在妹妹的支持下，終于實現了自己當一名醫生的夢想。

1.A 詞義猜測題。根據第一段“They refused my application once.”可知rejecte和refuse意思相近，都表示拒絕。選A。

2.D推理判斷題。根據第二段““They are fools not to accept you. You can’t let them stop you, Lizzie,” Emily said.”可知艾米麗很生氣。故選D。

3.B 細節理解題。根據第三段“It is dangerous, so if I should not survive, please do me the honor of studying medicine yourself.”可知如果伊麗莎白發生意外，她希望艾米麗可以替她完成學業。故選B。

4.A 判斷推理題。根據全文內容可知，艾米麗不僅支持姐姐伊麗莎白幫助別人，還和她建立專門醫治窮人的醫院，一起幫助別人。由此可見應該選A。

5.C判斷推理題。由全文內容可知，伊麗莎白一直堅持自己的夢想，克服重重困難，最終實現了自己當醫生的夢想。可以推測她是有決心的。故選C。

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