2．．．．her father could not have made such a mistake．(NCE)--她父亲不可能犯这样的错误.——青夏教育精英家教网—

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     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 the ir husbands, and othe rs 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 fathe r collected fossils (化石) in the ir 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 complete skeletons
(骨架) of several animals that no longer existed on earth. She didn't become famous 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 physics. She did so
because she could not get a college education in Poland. She began working in the laboratory of a man named
Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre Curie got married and made many discoveries together. the y received the
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 along with anothe r scientist. 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. the author believes that women scientists ______.

A. have more opportunities to become successful
B. can not get the highest honors in the world
C. go through difficulties to be successful
D. had better pay more attention to the ir families

2. 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 the ir bones
D. study the mystery of all kinds of plants

3. Mary Anning failed to be famous for her discoveries of fossils when she was 12 because ______.

A. nobody recognized them
B. the y weren't worth studying
C. she didn't want to be known to anyone
D. she sold the m for money

4. What can we learn about Mary Sklodowska?

A. She studied physics in Poland and 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 after she got married.

5. What's the passage mainly about?

A. Ancient discoveries.
B. Women scientists.
C. Successful marriages.
D. Different prizes.

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     When I was a boy of twelve, something stopped me forever from putting any wild creatures in a cage.
     We lived in a village. Every evening the mockingbirds (仿声鸟) would come and   1 in the trees and sing.
No musical instruments can produce a more   2 sound than the songs of the mockingbird.
     I decided to   3 a young bird and keep it in a cage so that I would have my own private   4 .
     Finally I managed to catch   5 and put it in a cage. At first, the bird moved wildly about in the cage, but at
last it   6   in its new home. I felt very pleased   7 myself and looked forward to some beautiful   8   from my
little musician.
     On the second day, my new pet's   9   flew to the cage with something in her mouth. the baby bird  10
everything she brought to it. I was pleased to see this.   11 , the mothe r knew better than I about how to  12
her baby. the following morning   13 I went to see how my bird was doing, I was shocked to find it on the
floor of the cage,  14   I had taken good care of it, but  15  had happened?
     Arthur Wayne, a famous scientist, happened to be visiting my fathe r at the time. Hearing me crying over
the death of my bird, he  16  what had happened."A mothe r mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will
sometimes bring it   17  food. She thinks it better for her young to 18 than to live in a cage."
        19 the n I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living creatures have a   20 to
live free.

(     )1. A. laugh
(     )2. A. healthy
(     )3. A. change
(     )4. A. musician
(     )5. A. it
(     )6. A. settled down
(     )7. A. to
(     )8. A. looking
(     )9. A. sister
(     )10. A. refused
(     )11. A. Fortunately
(     )12. A. feed
(     )13. A. when
(     )14. A. crying
(     )15. A. how
(     )16. A. asked
(     )17. A. delicious
(     )18. A. grow
(     )19. A. After
(     )20. A. right

B. rest
B. beautiful
B. steal
B. gardener
B. that
B. dressed up
B. with
B. dancing
B. friend
B. found
B. Particularly
B. love
B. after
B. dead
B. why
B. talked
B. dangerous
B. die
B. Before
B. chance

C. sleep
C. meaningful
C. catch
C. actress
C. this
C. set up
C. by
C. singing
C. mother
C. drank
C. Probably
C. teach
C. before
C. mad
C. when
C. explained
C. poisonous
C. give
C. Until
C. mother

D. jump
D. funny
D. buy
D. doctor
D. one
D. turned down
D. for
D. talking
D. daughter
D. ate
D. Surely
D. visit
D. until
D. dying
D. what
D. spoke
D. serious
D. sleep
D. Since
D. friend

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Condoleezza Rice is used to standing out. It is not only because she holds the position as U.S. Secretary of State. Her youth, gender and skin color have 　36　 a lot of attention throughout her political career.

Condoleezza Rice,　37　 as Condi to her close friends, was born in 1954 in Birmingham. During 1950s,blacks were not treated as 　38　 citizens in the south. Although slavery was　39　 in 1865,the southern states passed their own laws to continue the 　40　of blacks and whites. Despite the discrimination 　41　 black people, her parents told her she could become? 42　 she wanted. They taught her to believe that great things were 　43　 for her.

Rice was a gifted student with a 　44　 for the piano and she entered college at the age of 15 with the 　45　 of becoming a concert pianist. Along the way she was　46　 by political? scientist Josef Korbel, the father of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Rice 　47　 her plans and studied international politics, and in the 1980s she was teaching at Stanford University,　48　 her career developed quickly. She　49　 on George H. Bush's national security council(顾问) in 1989.Later she 　50　 to Stanford, and became its youngest, first female and first 　51　 provost after two years.

In 2001,Rice re-entered the political world,　52　 George W. Bush's national security advisor. She has drawn international 　53　 in this position, and has been the most powerful national security advisors in American 　54　.

She held this position until 2005,when 　55　 Secretary of State.

36.A. directed B. turned C. paid D. attracted?

37.A. known B. Considered C. Seen D. accepted?

38.A. respectful B. equal C. different D. noble?

39.A. finished B. Stopped C. Prevented D. ended?

40.A. difference B. disagreement C. separation D. division?

41.A. against B. to C. with D. towards?

42.A. whoever B. whomever C. whatever D. whichever?

43.A. desiring B. waiting C. preparing D. longing?

44.A. talent B. interest C. hobby D. favourite?

45.A. purpose B. goal C. intention D. attention?

46.A. effected B. affected C. impressed D. influenced?

47.A. changed B. postponed C. cancelled D. exchanged?

48.A. which B. where C. when D. that?

49.A. acted B. waited C. served D. called?

50.A. paid a visit B. showed concern C. attended D. returned?

51.A. black B. white C. capable D. efficient?

52.A. turning B. holding C. becoming D. taking?

53.A. praise B. approval C. criticism D. attention?

54.A. politics B. history C. culture D. government?

55.A. elected B. invited C. appointed D. succeeded??

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How ____ the music sounds and how _____ her voice is!

　 A. sweet; good 　 B. sweetly; well

　 C. sweet; well 　 D. sweetly; good

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Being too much fat, Cathy was advised to reduce her food for each meal, yet she would ____ that.

A. have none of B. accept

C. listen to D. take care of

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