Today many people say that women have the same chance as men in society. But this was not always so. In the past, women all over the world had to fight to get the same chance as men in education and jobs. Many people said that women should not receive much education because they would not do as well as men when they went to work.
One woman who showed that women should have the same chance was Marie, a scientist. In the 1800s scientists knew that a metal, uranium, gave off radiation. They also knew how much radiation came from his element. But they didn’t know what this radiation was like; they wondered why and how uranium gave off radiation. Marie Curie set out to answer these questions. In one of her experiments she was studying a certain material which, she knew, contained uranium, But it gave off 4 times as much radiation as usually does. What could explain this fact? Marie Curie thought that there must be another source of radiation in this material.
In 1898 Marie Curie set out to find out this new source of radiation, which she named “radium”. Her husband, who was also a scientist, helped her. They set up a laboratory in an old building behind a school. For four years Curies searched, doing many experiments, And one morning in 1902 Marie found the source of the radiation.
Marie Curie proved to the world that there was element that gave off radiation. And she also proved to the world that, if women are given truly equal chance, they can really help society.
【小题1】The scientists of Marie Curie’s day knew .

Today many people say that women have the same chance as men in society. But this was not always so. In the past, women all over the world had to fight to get the same chance as men in education and jobs. Many people said that women should not receive much education because they would not do as well as men when they went to work.

One woman who showed that women should have the same chance was Marie, a scientist. In the 1800s scientists knew that a metal, uranium, gave off radiation. They also knew how much radiation came from his element. But they didn’t know what this radiation was like; they wondered why and how uranium gave off radiation. Marie Curie set out to answer these questions. In one of her experiments she was studying a certain material which, she knew, contained uranium, But it gave off 4 times as much radiation as usually does. What could explain this fact? Marie Curie thought that there must be another source of radiation in this material.

In 1898 Marie Curie set out to find out this new source of radiation, which she named “radium”. Her husband, who was also a scientist, helped her. They set up a laboratory in an old building behind a school. For four years Curies searched, doing many experiments, And one morning in 1902 Marie found the source of the radiation.

Marie Curie proved to the world that there was element that gave off radiation. And she also proved to the world that, if women are given truly equal chance, they can really help society.

1.The scientists of Marie Curie’s day knew .

A．that uranium gave off radiation

B．that radium gave off radiation

C．that there was some radium in uranium

D．that uranium and radium both gave off radiation

2.The Curies found the element radium .

A．with other scientists’ help               B．by asking some famous scientists

C．by doing many experiments               D．with their teachers’ help

3.In the past many people thought .

A．that women must get the same chance as men in education and jobs

B．that women should receive much education

C．that women should get good jobs

D．that women could not do the work well

4.Marie Curie proved to people .

A．that there was a new element uranium

B．that there was a new element radium

C．that women could do their work as well as men if they were really given the same conditions

D．both B and C

词组填空：根据所提供的语境，从方框中选择正确的短语填空完成句子：（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1. Her mother died when she was two years old and he was ________ by her grandma.

2.They are talking so warmly and it looks ________ they were old friends.

3.The fact is that I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand,which ________ my appearance.

4.We don’t know whether he did it ____________ or on purpose.

5.They said the weather there was hot;_____________ it was cold.

6.If you cheat in the exam,you’ll never _________ it.

7.They set up a monument _________ those who died in the great earthquake.

8.The doctor advised him to _________ the fat and increased the fibre in his meal because of his heart disease.

9.She said she would be there at seven o’clock,and he thought she would _________.

10.If the neighbours do not give any sweets,the children might _________ them.

第二节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

I once heard the story of a grown bear that lived in a cage and traveled with a circus ever since he was young. The bear spent every day of his life   16   back and forth in his cage while lots of   17   looked on. When the keepers weren’t   18  , some visitors would throw pieces of food   19  broken glass into the cage. When the great bear would eat what he thought was a(n)   20   meal, the broken glass   21  cut his throat and stomach.

One day an animal lover visited the circus and saw the   22   , things that the people were doing. He felt so   23   for the animal that he decided to buy the bear. The circus   24   to sell the bear to him and they set up a   25   to send it.

When the day arrived for the bear to be   26   , everyone was waiting to see what would happen. To everyone’s   27  , when the door of the cage was opened for the first time, the bear      28   paced back and forth as usual. The bear didn’t seem to   29   that the cage door was open. Finally the keepers got the bear out of the cage and rolled it   30  . What they saw next shocked everyone. The bear   31   at his new home. Then to everyone’s surprise and   32  , the bear began his pacing again. Back and forth he would go as if he was in a(n)   33   cage. In the end, he had to be put to sleep.

I hope and   34   that you are not living a life like the bear described above. I heard a(n)   35    recently, “Don’t let your past dictate who you are, but do let it influence who you become.”

16. A. bending              B. confusing                        C. removing                        D. pacing

17. A. activists                  B. visitors                         C. keepers                        D. bears

18. A. tidying           B. contacting                      C. looking                           D. existing

19. A. made up             B. kept up                            C. made of                      D. filled with

20. A. wonderful                B. simple                        C. unforgettable                     D. frustrating

21. A. should                 B. will                                  C. may                         D. would

22. A. terrible               B. strange                           C. amusing                      D. endless

23. A. promising            B. silent                         C. pity                                D. fair

24. A. refused                B. thrilled                          C. agreed                        D. inspired

25. A. rule                      B. date                             C. company                     D. calendar

26. A. sold                   B. delivered                       C. presented                     D. shot

27. A. surprise                 B. sadness                     C. comment                        D. entertainment

28. A. originally               B. anxiously            C. simply                           D. enjoyably

29. A. bother                  B. dream                       C. desire                           D. care

30. A. in                         B. up                                    C. out                                         D. away

31. A. traveled around           B. looked into                     C. checked in                     D. looked around

32. A. excitement            B. disappointment            C. eagerness                   D. imagination

33. A. lovely            B. precious                       C. imaginary                      D. similar

34. A. advise                    B. pray                              C. explain                            D. educate

35. A. statement                    B. announcement                    C. method                          D. quote

六、完成句子

1. Don’t ________ ________ _______ (瞧不起) a person only because he has failed in an exam.

2. He’s giving her French lessons _____ _______ _______(交换) her teaching him Chinese.

3. We must ______ our attention _______ efficiency(集中).

4. They were wet to the skin because they _____ ______ ______(遇上) a shower on the way.

5. He has got a big room so he is not too ______ ______(贫穷).

6. Which driver was ______ _______ (负责) for the accident?

7. The picture ______ ______ _______(使我想起) my childhood.

8. They set up a monument ____ ________ _______(纪念) the soldiers who died in the Anti-Japanese War.