Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 1867---1934.

Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered two new elements (radium and polonium) and studied the x-rays. She found that the harmful properties of x-rays were able to kill tumors(肿瘤). By the end of World WarⅠ, Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world. She had made a conscious decision, however, not to patent（申请专利）methods of processing radium or its medical applications.

    Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867, in Poland and died on July 4, 1934.

Her co-discovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and polonium represents one of the best known stories in modern science for which they were recognized in 1901with the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1911, Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radium’s atomic weight.

As a child, Marie Curie amazed people with her great memory. She learned to read when she was only four years old. Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie. She dreamed of becoming a scientist, but that would not be easy. Her family became very poor, and at the age of 18, Marie became a governess(家庭教师). In 1891, Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie, a well-known physicist.

Marie Curie contributed greatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of x-rays. She received two Noble Prizes for her brilliant work, but died of leukemia, caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive material.

1.What does the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

   A. To give us a general introduction of Marie Curie.

   B. To show us how Madame Curie discovered radium.

   C. To tell us how Madame Curie received the Noble Prize.

   D. To let us know something about Madame Curie’s childhood.

2.In this passage the underlined word “isolating” probably means________.

   A. discovering      B. inventing      C. separating     D. comparing

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. Marie Curie could learn things by heart very easily as a child.

   B. Marie Curie had a great ambition when she was young.

   C. Marie Curie found it hard for her to receive high education.

   D. Marie Curie received two Noble Prizes in physics.

4.Which is the right order of happenings in this passage?

   a. married Pierre Curie            b. attended University 

c. discovered radium             d. determined radium’s atomic weight

e. won the Noble Prize in physics

A. b, c, a, d, e                           B. b, a, c, d, e   

C. b, a, c, e, d                           D. b, c, a, e, d    

.

Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 1867---1934.

Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered two new elements (radium and polonium) and studied the x-rays. She found that the harmful properties of x-rays were able to kill tumors(肿瘤). By the end of World WarⅠ, Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world. She had made a conscious decision, however, not to patent（申请专利）methods of processing radium or its medical applications.

    Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867, in Poland and died on July 4, 1934.

Her co-discovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and polonium represents one of the best known stories in modern science for which they were recognized in 1901with the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1911, Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radium’s atomic weight.

As a child, Marie Curie amazed people with her great memory. She learned to read when she was only four years old. Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie. She dreamed of becoming a scientist, but that would not be easy. Her family became very poor, and at the age of 18, Marie became a governess(家庭教师). In 1891, Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie, a well-known physicist.

Marie Curie contributed greatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of x-rays. She received two Noble Prizes for her brilliant work, but died of leukemia, caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive material.

64. What does the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

   A. To give us a general introduction of Marie Curie.

   B. To show us how Madame Curie discovered radium.

   C. To tell us how Madame Curie received the Noble Prize.

   D. To let us know something about Madame Curie’s childhood.

65. In this passage the underlined word “isolating” probably means________.

   A. discovering      B. inventing      C. separating     D. comparing

66. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. Marie Curie could learn things by heart very easily as a child.

   B. Marie Curie had a great ambition when she was young.

   C. Marie Curie found it hard for her to receive high education.

   D. Marie Curie received two Noble Prizes in physics.

67. Which is the right order of happenings in this passage?

   a. married Pierre Curie            b. attended University 

c. discovered radium             d. determined radium’s atomic weight

e. won the Noble Prize in physics

A. b, c, a, d, e        B. b, a, c, d, e    C. b, a, c, e, d         D. b, c, a, e, d    

C

Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 1867---1934.

Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered two new elements (radium and polonium) and studied the x-rays. She found that the harmful properties of x-rays were able to kill tumors(肿瘤). By the end of World WarⅠ, Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world. She had made a conscious decision, however, not to patent（申请专利）methods of processing radium or its medical applications.

    Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867, in Poland and died on July 4, 1934.

Her co-discovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and polonium represents one of the best known stories in modern science for which they were recognized in 1901with the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1911, Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radium’s atomic weight.

As a child, Marie Curie amazed people with her great memory. She learned to read when she was only four years old. Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie. She dreamed of becoming a scientist, but that would not be easy. Her family became very poor, and at the age of 18, Marie became a governess(家庭教师). In 1891, Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie, a well-known physicist.

Marie Curie contributed greatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of x-rays. She received two Noble Prizes for her brilliant work, but died of leukemia, caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive material.

64. What does the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

   A. To give us a general introduction of Marie Curie.

   B. To show us how Madame Curie discovered radium.

   C. To tell us how Madame Curie received the Noble Prize.

   D. To let us know something about Madame Curie’s childhood.

65. In this passage the underlined word “isolating” probably means________.

   A. discovering      B. inventing      C. separating     D. comparing

66. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. Marie Curie could learn things by heart very easily as a child.

   B. Marie Curie had a great ambition when she was young.

   C. Marie Curie found it hard for her to receive high education.

   D. Marie Curie received two Noble Prizes in physics.

67. Which is the right order of happenings in this passage?

   a. married Pierre Curie            b. attended University 

c. discovered radium             d. determined radium’s atomic weight

e. won the Noble Prize in physics

A. b, c, a, d, e       B. b, a, c, d, e    C. b, a, c, e, d        D. b, c, a, e, d    

Mr Smith was the manager of a hotel in Springfield. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. Late in the evening three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Smith explained that because of the meeting, there were no rooms ready for use. The men were very unhappy because they had no place to stay in.

Mr Smith wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 414, a very small room, was empty. He asked them if they would share a room. The three men agreed. Mr Smith told them that the room would cost $30: $10 for each. Each of them gave Mr Smith $10, and they went up to the room.

Mr Smith soon began to feel sorry. “Thirty dollars is too much for that small room,” he thought. He called one of his men over and said, “Here is $ 5. Bring it to the man in Room 414. I’ve asked too much money for their room.”

The worker took the money from his manager. While he was on his way to Room 414, he started to think, “How can I divide $5? Well, I’ll give each of them only $1 and I keep $2. The men will be happy to get anything back. I’ll make a little money and Mr Smith will never know.” So he returned $1 to each man.

You see, there come a problem, each man had at first paid $10. After the worker returned them $1 each, each man had paid 9. There were three men, $9 x 3 = $27. The worker kept $2 —$27+$2=29. Where is the missing dollar?

Which of the following is True?

A. The large meeting was held in this hotel. B. The three men stayed together in one room.

C. Each of the three men got a small room.        D. Room 414 was the office for Mr Smith.

Where was the missing dollar?

A. There wasn’t any missing dollar at all.    B. It was taken by the worker too.

C. It was taken by the manager Mr Simith.  D. It was taken by the three men themselves.

Put the following sentences in correct order.

a. Three men went into the hotel for a room.      b. Mr Smith felt sorry to have asked for too much.

c. They paid 30 dollars altogether for one room.   d. The worker gave one dollar back to each of them.

e. Mr Smith thought of a small room, still empty.  f. The worker was given 5 dollar to return to them.

A. c→b→e→a→d→f    B. c→d→f→e→a→b  C. a→c→b→e→f→d   D. a→e→c→b→f→d      

What is the best title of this text?

A. The Kind Manager.          B. Three Men Came to the Hotel

C. A Strange Maths Problem  D. $27 + $2 = $29

______ (W)word came that three Chinese astronauts had been successfully sent into ______ space.

A. The; a                               B. /; /                                     C. A; /                        D. /; the