Question

 Women have been making scientific discoveries since ancient times. Twelve women have won the Nobel Prize for science, one of the highest honors in the world. Some women scientists never married,some worked with their husbands, and others raised large families. It has been difficult for women to be successful scientists.

 In the early 1800s in England, Mary Anning became one of the first women recognized for her discoveries about the ancient history of the earth. Mary and her father collected fossils(4匕石) in their village on the south coast of Great Britain. Fossils are parts of plants or animals that have been saved in rocks for millions of years.

 When she was only twelve years old，Mary became the first person to find the almost com?plete skeletons(骨架) of several animals that no longer existed on earth. She didn't become fa?mous for her discoveries at that time because she often sold her fossils to get money to support her family.

In 1891 ，a young Polish woman named Marie Sklodowska traveled to Paris to study phys?ics. She did so because she could not get a college education inPoland. She began working in the laboratory of a man named Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre Curie got married and made many discoveries together. They received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 along with another sci?entist. Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Nobel Prize in 1911，this time for Chemistry. Marie Curie was one of the few women at the time who became famous as a scientist.

(   ) 1. Mary Anning was one of the first women to         .

   A.win the Nobel Prize for Science after getting married

   B.make achievements in the study of ancient Earth

   C.research animals and their bones

   D.study the mystery of all kinds of plants

(   ) 2. What can we learn about Marie Sklodowska?

   A.She studied physics inPolandand got a college education.

   B.She received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 on her own.

   C.She only got one Nobel Prize during her lifetime.

   D.She made many discoveries together with her husband after she got married. 

(   ) 3. What's the passage mainly about?

   A. Ancient discoveries.   B. Women scientists.

   C.  Successful marriages.   D. Different prizes.

Answer 1

1-3 BDB      

A篇文章主要谈到女性也能在科学上取得成就，然后以Mary Arming和居里夫人的事迹来论证。

1.B细节理解题。由第二段第一句话可知Mary Aiming由于她在研究地球古代历史方面的发现而得到公认。所以她在研究地球古代历史取得很大成就。

2.D事实判断题。由最后一段中第四句话可知。

3.B主旨大意题。文章第一段提到自古代以来女性一直都为科学发现做出贡献，下文又举到Mary  Aiming和居里夫人的事迹，是为了说明一个话题：女性也能在科学上做出重大发现。所以文章主要是关于女科学家的。