3.　　　 Which of the following statements about Madame Curie is Not True?

A． Madame Curie made great contributions to medical science.

B． Madame Curie was very smart and ambitious when she was a child.

C． Madame Curie received two Nobel Prizes in physics.

D．Madame Curie’s husband helped her a lot in her research.

2.　　　 Madame Curie was given the Nobel Prize in chemistry because_________.

A． she discovered radium

B． she separated pure radium and calculated its atomic weight

C． she discovered polonium

D．she didn’t patent methods of processing radium

1.　　　 What is the main idea of the passage?

A． To give us a general introduction to Madame Curie.

B． To show us how Madame Curie discovered radium.

C． To tell us how Madame Curie developed as a scientist.

D．To tell us how Madame Curie received two Nobel Prizes.

5.C本题为推理判断题。根据文中倒数第二段内容可知A项正确；根据最后一段第一句话可知B项正确；根据对各项文化艺术形式的叙述中可知D项正确。文章第四段第一句话提到The National Film Board is the primary producer of movies in Canada.以及后面的However…可知C项叙述错误。

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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, two radioactive elements that they extracted chemically from pitchblende ore) and studied the x-rays they emitted. She found that the harmful properties of x-rays were able to kill tumors. By the end of World War I, Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world. She had made a conscious decision, however, not to patent methods of processing radium or its medical applications.

Marie Curie was born 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 1901 with 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. She helped pay for her sister to study in Paris. Later, her sister helped Marie with her education. 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 Nobel prizes for her brilliant work, but died of leukemia, caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive material.

4.D本题为细节判断题。根据文中第二段可知native writers只是在加拿大本土名气增加；根据文中倒数第二段最后一句话可知Canadian photographers and painters现在并不是世界有名。再根据第二、三两段可知D项正确。

3.A本题为细节题。根据文中第四段第二句话可知在美国拍电影费用太高。

2.D本题为细节题。根据文中第一段第二句话可知答案为D项。

1. B 本题为加标题题目。根据全文所叙述内容可知答案为B项。A项范围太大；C项以偏概全；D项叙述错误。

5. Which of the statements about Canada is Wrong?

A. Canadian Arts has been much influenced by French people.

　 B. Canadian people love sports very much.

　 C. There are many big film-making companies in Canada.

　 D. Canadian Arts and artists are becoming better known.

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4. Which group of Canadian artists are well known all over the world today?

　A. Native writers and screen writers　　　 B. Photographers and actors

C. Painters and writers　　　　　　　　 D. Musicians and actors, directors