题目内容
She finds ＿＿＿＿＿＿ boring ＿＿＿＿＿＿ at home.
A.it； staying B.that； being stayed C.this； to stay D.it； stayed
My mother-in-law, Dorothy, is showing me the red notebook that’s almost as precious to her as my husband’s baby pictures. Inside the notebook is a list of the books she has read since 2007. For some people waking up in the middle of the night is a terrible thing. But for my mother-in-law, that time is a gift. At 87, she is getting the education she never had by working her way through great literature. She has now read close to 100 books, including every single novel by Anthony Trollope, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Edith Wharton, Henry James and Thomas Mann.
My mother-in-law discusses her passion with the enthusiasm of a young girl, although she can also be a very tough critic, writing “VG’ for “ very good” in the margins next to her favorites. So far, only a handful of books have received the top prize.
Born in Ridgefield, Conn, Dorothy was the youngest daughter of an Italian gardener. She taught herself English by reading The New York Times. Eager to come to Manhattan, she became a nurse, married a dentist and spent the next several decades keeping the house and raising a family. In her later years, she put her nursing skills to good use by taking care of my father-in-law, who had lung cancer. There were many trips to the emergency room in the middle of the night and then a long hospital stay. She stayed awake to watch over him for 15 hours a day. Always a light sleeper, she developed sleeplessness as a result of the stress.
It worsened after he died. Deeply sad and lonely for the first time in her life, she began waking up around 2am. Julian and Sylvia, the elderly couple next door suggest she read literature. And so Julian, a great lover of literature, became her “professor”, providing books from his large library. Suddenly the terrifying hole turned onto a world of amazing characters.
Why is Dorothy considered a tough critic?
A. Because no books are inspiring enough in her eyes.
B. Because only a few books are thought highly of by her.
C. Because she only reads books by famous writers.
D. Because she finds fault with every book she reads.
It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A. the books Dorothy has read were bought by her husband.
B. the couple next door are college professors.
C. the author loves literature too.
D. Dorothy was a great wife.
The underlined part “the terrifying hole” in the last paragraph refers to _____.
A. the frightening death
B. Dorothy’s lack of education
C. waking up in the middle of the night
D. a hole in a book that Dorothy read
What helped Dorothy get over the sadness and loneliness of losing her husband?
A. Living with her son.
B. Reading literature.
C. Seeing her son’s baby pictures.
D. Talking with neighbors.
Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years．What makes Mrs．Hanson different from her classmates is her age-----73 years．She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years．
When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education．The banker gave her no encouragement．He didn’t think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college．He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm．So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college．Mrs．Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education．When her children were grown, she tried again．
She finds that it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to sit in class for long periods of time．Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs．Hanson often gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff（不灵活）．At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were．
Mrs．Hanson couldn’t go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because ____
A．she hadn’t got enough money
B．she was a country girl
C．the banker ordered her not to borrow any money
D．the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children
The computer students welcomed Mrs．Hanson warmly because ______．
A．she had got an excellent result in the exam
B．she was good at telling funny stories
C．they wanted to get her help in their studies
D．they were deeply moved by her spirit
Mrs．Hanson is the sort of person who ________．
A．cares for study very much
B．likes to borrow money from the bank
C．never misses a chance to talk
D．tries to save any money for her family
In which order did Mrs．Hanson do the following things?
a．she began her studies at college．
b．She finished high school．
c．She got married and gave birth of nine children．
d．She had her 73 rd birthday．
e．She went to the bank to borrow money．
A．a c b e d B．b e c a d C．b c e d a D．e d a c b
C I don’t ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes. At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement--- jobs, research papers, awards --- was viewed through the lens of gender（性别）politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus right brain, or nature versus nurture（培育, I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind. Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations: I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory. Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.72. Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields.She is not good at telling stories of the kind.She finds space research more important.She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination.73. From Paragraph 2, we can infer that people would attribute the author’s failures to ______.her over-confidence as a female astrophysicistthe very fact that she is a womanher involvement in gender politicsthe burden she bears in a male-dominated society74. Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?Her students’ performance has brought back her confidence.Her female students can do just as well as male students.More female students are pursuing science than before.Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.75. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?A. Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation. Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career.Women can balance a career in science and having a family.
1.Why is Dorothy considered a tough critic?
2. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
3.The underlined part “the terrifying hole” in the last paragraph refers to _____.
4. What helped Dorothy get over the sadness and loneliness of losing her husband?
