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— Because they were delayed by ______.
B. heavy traffics
C. crowded traffic
D. crowded traffics
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning 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.
【小题1】What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for a doctor?
A.She wrote too many letters. |
B.She was a woman. |
C.She couldn’t graduate from medical school. |
D.She couldn’t set up her hospital. |
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 States |
A.Nineteen years | B.Ten years | C.Eight years | D.Thirty-six years |
A.the United States | B.Paris | C.England | D.New York City |
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught in school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.
In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning 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.
【小题1】Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming 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 States |
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. |
A.Eight years | B.Ten years | C.Nineteen years | D.Thirty-six years |
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 women |
A.England | B.Paris | C.the United States | D.New York City |
As late as 1800, women’s only place was in the home. The idea of woman in the business world was unthinkable. Men were certain that no woman could do a good job outside her home. This was such a widely accepted idea that when the well-known Bronte sisters began writing books in 1864, they had to sign their books with men’s names instead.
Teaching was the first profession open to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an easy profession for women to enter because most schools and colleges were open only to men. Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to accept women.
Hospital nursing became respectable work for women only after Nightingale became famous. Seeing that she was not only a nurse but also a rich and well-educated woman, people began to believe it was possible for women to nurse the sick and still be “ladies”. Miss Nightingale opened England’s first training school for nurse in 1860.
The invention of the typewriter in 1867 helped to bring women out of the home and into the business world. By 1900, thousands of women were working at real jobs in schools, hospitals and offices in both England and America. Some women even managed to become doctors or lawyers. The idea that women could work in the business world had been accepted.
1. Why couldn’t women become teachers easily? Because___________
A.the first profession open to them was writing. |
B.most schools and colleges were open only to men. |
C.they wanted to be nurses instead. |
D.they had to work in the business world. |
2.The article is mainly about __________.
A.women are in the business world |
B.the famous Bronte sisters |
C.schools and colleges in America |
D.rights for American women |
3.Which fact does the article lead you to believe?
A.The Bronte sisters thought that they were men. |
B.England’s first training school for nurses was in Ohio. |
C.There are more men than women in professional jobs. |
D.Women find it necessary to work harder than before. |