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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.

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

2. What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming 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. Thirty-six years

4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, 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 women

5. Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in _______.

A. England B. Paris

C. the United States D. New York City

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析:这是一篇人物生平事迹记叙文。记叙了Elizabeth Blackwell从出生到成为世界上第一位女性内科医师及设立了世界上第一所女子医疗学校期间的事迹。

1. wanted to be a surgeon,but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea”她想成为一名外科医师,但是严重的眼疾迫使她放弃了这个想法。故选C。

2. day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor.That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century.”一天她决定她要成为一名医生,但在19世纪中叶女人成为医生几乎不可能。故选A。

3.

4. 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.”可排除A、C、D选项。故选B。

5. Blackwell十岁就移居纽约,随后一直待在美国。由于New York是the United States的一座城市,因此选the United States更佳。故选C。

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