“Lizzie, there’s a letter for you!” Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Lizzie looked down. “Is it from Harvard? They refused my application（申请）once.” Emily answered, “No, it’s from Yale.” Quickly, Lizzie walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. “Rejected again,” Lizzie 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,” Lizzie told her sister. As it turned out, the professors at Geneva Medical College were not fools. They allowed Lizzie Blackwell to study medicine.

In 1848, a year before Lizzie would graduate, a typhoid epidemic (伤寒流行病) broke out in New York. Lizzie wrote to Emily. “There’s an outbreak (爆发) of typhoid, and I am going to help. It is dangerous, so if I die, 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, Lizzie 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?” Lizzie thought for a while and replied, “There’s a big house in the poor part of our town. We can provide medicine there for people who couldn’t afford care.”

Soon with the help of some friends, Lizzie and Emily bought the house and opened a hospital for poor women and children. “We’ll have an all-women staff (员工),” Lizzie said. “And later, we’ll set up a medical college for women!” Emily added. At last, Lizzie realized her dream of being a doctor.

46. Which of the following can be used in place of the underlined word “Rejected”?

A. Refused.　　　　　　　　 B. Praised　　　　　　　　　　 C. Changed.　　　　　　　　 D. Accepted.

47. How did Emily feel when she heard Lizzie’s words about the letter from Yale?

A. Excited.　　　　　　　　　 B. Happy.　　　　　　　　　　 C. Satisfied.　　　　　　　　 D. Angry.

48. Who thought women could be doctors according to the passage?

A. Professors at Harvard.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Professors at Yale.

C. Professors at Geneva Medical College.　　　　　 D. All of the above.

49. In 1848, Lizzie 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

50. Which of the following can best be used to describe Lizzie?

A. Humorous.　　　　　　　　 B. Honest.　　　　　　　　　 C. Determined.　　　　　　 D. Careful.

The first day of school our teacher let us know someone. Looking out, we found an old woman  1  at the door. She said, "Hi, my name is Susan. I am seventy years old". While we were  2  what made her take this  3  at her age. She said with a smile. "I'm here to meet a rich husband, get  4  , have two children and travel together. " Hearing this, all of us laughed. "In fact, "she went on," I always  5  of having a college education, and now I'm getting  6  !"
After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good   7  . I often listened to this "time machine" as she shared (分享) her  8  with me. At the end of the term we invited Susan to give us a   9  . When she was stepping up to the podium (讲台), suddenly she found she took the wrong paper. She felt a little 10   and said, "I am sorry. I am so nervous. I can't get my ready talk  11  , so I have to tell you  12  I know. "
In her speech she told us" We don't stop playing as we are old, we grow old  13  we stop playing. The secret of staying  14  , being happy and getting success is that we should laugh and find something 15   every day. I think there is a great 16  between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I 17   in bed for one full year and never do anything, I'll become seventy-one. Since anybody can grow older, my  18 is to grow, up by always finding the chance in change. Growing older can't be avoided (避免) ,growing up can be 19   . It's never too late to be all you can possibly be. "
       During the four years' study, it was so easy for Susan to make friends  20  she went. In the end, the wonderful woman got the college degree (学位).
 1. A. escaped        B. appeared       C. reached      D. hurried
 2. A. finding        B. getting        C. wanting      D. wondering
 3. A. success        B. activity       C. challenge    D. work
 4. A. married        B. worried        C. excited      D. relaxed
 5. A. realized       B. made           C. knew         D. dreamed
 6. A. one            B. each           C. some         D. much
 7. A. teachers       B. friends        C. students     D. neighbours
 8. A. news           B. study          C. hope         D. experience
 9. A. lesson         B. present        C. talk         D. story
 10. A. frustrated    B. frightened     C. serious      D. painful
 11. A. again         B. back           C. down         D. away
 12. A. which         B. how            C. what         D. why
 13. A. until         B. before         C. though       D. because
 14. A. old           B. young          C. clear        D. awake
 15. A. natural       B. difficult      C. interesting  D. possible
 16. A. difference    B. change         C. pleasure     D. confidence
 17. A. lie           B. hide           C. leave        D. turn
 18. A. plan          B. mind           C. decision     D. idea
 19. A. noticed       B. chosen         C. thought      D. mentioned
 20. A. whenever      B. however        C. wherever     D. whether

The first day of school our teacher let us know someone. Looking out, we found an old woman  1  at the door. She said, “ Hi, my name is Susan, I’m seventy years old.” While we were   2  what made her take this challenge (挑战) at her age, she said with a smile, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get  3  , have two children and travel together.” Hearing this, all of us laughed. “In fact,” she went on, “I always 4   of having a college education, and now I’m getting  5   !”

After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good  6  . I often listened to this “time machine” as she shared her study with me.

At the end of the term we invited Susan to give us a  7  . When she was stepping up to the front, suddenly she found she took the wrong paper. She felt a little frustrated (沮丧的) and said, “I’m sorry. I am so nervous I can’t get my ready talk   8  , so I have to tell you   9  I know.”

In her speech she told us, “We don’t stop playing as we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. The secret of staying   10  , being happy and getting success is that we should laugh and find something   11  every day. I think there is a great  12  between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I  13   in bed for one full year and never do anything. I’ll become seventy-one. Since anybody can grow older, my idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. Growing older can’t be avoided (避免), growing up can be  14   . It’s never too late to be all you can be possibly.”

During the four years’ study, it was so easy for Susan to make friends 15    she went. In the end, the wonderful woman got the college degree.

1. A. escaped     B. appeared     C. reached        D. hurried  

2. A. finding      B. getting       C. wanting       D. wondering 

3. A. married      B. worried      C. excited        D. relaxed 

4. A. realized      B. made        C. knew         D. dreamed  

5. A. one         B. each         C. some         D. much 

6. A. teachers     B. friends        C. students      D. neighbors  

7. A. lesson       B. present       C. talk          D. story 

8. A. again       B. back          C. down        D. away  

9. A. which       B. how         C. what         D. why  

10. A. old         B. young        C. clear         D. awake 

11. A. natural      B. difficult       C. interesting    D. possible

12. A. difference    B. change       C. pleasure      D. confidence

13. A. lie          B. hide         C. leave         D. turn 

14. A. noticed      B. chosen       C. thought       D. mentioned

15.A. whenever     B. however     C. wherever      D. whether

On the first day of school our teacher let us know someone. Looking out, we found an old woman 16 at the door. She said, “Hi, my name is Susan, I’m seventy years old.” While we were  17 what made her take this challenge (挑战) at her age, she said with a smile, “I'm here to meet a rich husband, get  18 , have two children and travel together.” Hearing this, all of us laughed. “In fact,” she went on, “I always    19 of having a college education, and now I’m getting  20 !”

After class we had chocolate and milk together. We became good  21 . I often listened to this “time machine” as she shared her study with me.

At the end of the term we invited Susan to give us a  22 . When she was stepped up to the front, suddenly she found she took the wrong paper. She felt a little frustrated（沮丧的） and said, “I'm sorry. I’m so nervous that I can’t get my ready talk    23 , so I have to tell you  24 I know .”

In her speech she told us, “We don’t stop playing as we are old, we grow old because we stop playing. The secret of staying  25 , being happy and getting success is that we should laugh and find something  26 every day. I think there is a great  27 between growing old and growing up. I am seventy now. If I  28 in bed for one full year and never do anything. I’ll become seventy – one. Since anybody can grow older, my idea is to grow up by always finding the chance in change. Growing older can’t be avoided(避免的), growing up can be  29 . It’s never too late to be all you can be possible.”

During the four years’ study, it was so easy for Susan to make friends  30 she went. In the end, the wonderful woman got a college degree.