4. From summer to winter the greatest difference between the

　 maximum and minimum temperature is experienced in_______.

　 A. Auckland　　　　　　　 B. Wellington

　 C. Christchurch　　　　　 D. Queenstown

答案：D　 指导：从左、右两图表看：Q城夏季最高气温超过20℃， 而冬季最低气温近10℃左右，是四个城市中差别最大的。

3. The cities whose rainfall varies LEAST from summer to winter are_______.

　 A. Queenstown and Auckland

　 B. Auckland and Wellington

　 C. Wellington and Christchurch

　 D. Christchurch and Queenstown

答案：D　 指导：通过左、右两图表中各城市冬、夏两季降雨量的差别的比较可知：C城和Q城冬、夏两季降雨量的差别最小，即 变化最小，故选D.

2. The city whose temperature varies (变化) from about 4℃ to 11'C in winter is_______.

　 A. Auckland　　　　　　　 B. Wellington

　 C. Christchurch　　　　　 D. Queenstown

答案：C　 指导：从右表看，表示Christchurch最低气温口的顶点不到5℃。表示最高气温■顶点超过10℃．

1. The maximum temperature in Wellington in winter is about_________.

　 A. 12℃　　　　　 B. 14℃

　 C. 15℃　　　　　 D. 19℃

答案：A　 指导：图表左边的纵坐标表示气温，右边的纵坐标表示降雨量，四个城市Auckland，Welington，Christchurch和Queenstown夏季和冬季的最低气温、最高气温分别在两个图表中用□■从左到右依次表示。从右边图表可看出：表示Wellington冬天最高气温的■顶点在靠近10℃-15℃的中间位置偏下，即大约12℃．

5. Choose the best title for the passage from among the following.

　 A. The First Woman Doctor in the USA

　 B. Elizabeth Became a Doctor after Years of Hard Work

　 C. Elizabeth --Pioneer in the Study of Medicine in America

　 D. Women Should Have the Same Chance to Work as Men

答案：A　 指导：本文讲述的是美国第一个妇女医生的成长故事。所以A项是最理想的标题。

Passage 8

NEW ZEALAND WEATHER CHART

Temperatures and Rainfall for Summer and Winter

4. Elizabeth began to help treat sick poor people_________.

　 A. as soon as she graduated from the medical school

　 B. when she was still a medical student at that school

　 C. when the weather was very hot in the summer

　 D. as she found out that she had much more to learn

答案：B　 指导：由短文的第三段可知。

3. Some time later, no one in the school laughed at her because________.

　 A. she did an experiment to prove that she was quite right

　 B. she stopped telling jokes and began to work hard

　 C. they thought she was wrong to study medicine

　 D. Elizabeth proved to be a success as a medical student

答案：D指导：“And she proved it No one laughed at her．”由于她证明了自己与男人一样成功，没有人再取笑她了。

2. A small medical school in New York accepted Elizabeth because________.

　 A. she asked to be aeeepted many times

　 B. she was good at telling funny jokes

　 C. the school didn't take the matter seriously(严肃认真对待这件事)

　 D. the teachers and pupils wanted to have a try

答案：C　 指导：由第--段第二句，“Largely as a joke，the school accepted her。以及下面接下来的The teachers and pupils were all men．They waited for Elizabeth to make a fool Of herse“ and then go away”．可知学校并不是严肃认真地对待Elizabeth在医学院学习这件事。

1. At first it seemed that it was impossible for Elizabeth to find a school to attend because________.

　 A. there were no medical schools in her hometown in　 those days

　 B. Elizabeth wanted to teach herself medicine at home

　 C. a few doctors helped her to study medicine

　 D. most people of her day didn't think that women should　 have the same chance

答案：D　 指导：由第一段可知对于Elizabeth来说，进入一个医学院学习是不可能的，因为许多人认为妇女没有与男人同等的机会。

5. According to the passage, if we talk about a repairman, you may guess that he must be ________.

　 A. somebody who has regained (恢复) health

　 B. a person who can repair something

　 C. somebody who was good health

　 D. a person who can do only simple things

答案：B　 指导：repairman是合成名词，可解释为“A man who can repair something"。

Passage 7

　　 In 1847 she asked to be accepted at a small medical school in New York. Largely (主要的) as a joke, the school accepted her. The teachers and pupils were all men. They waited for Elizabeth to make a fool of herself (为了愚弄她) and then go away. But Elizabeth felt she could learn anything a man could learn. And she proved it. No one laughed at her. The jokes stopped, but none of the town's people would speak to her. They thought she was wrong to study medicine.

　　　 As a student, Elizabeth helped treat (医治) sick poor people during her summer holidays. She found out that she had much more to learn as she tried to help them. "I must learn more "she said "there is so much work to be done among the sick (病人). Somehow (以某种方式) I must get (劝说) other woman to help me!"

That autumn she returned to school. Elizabeth Blackweel became a doctor in 1849. She was the first woman in the United States to become a doctor.