Question

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(錄取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科醫(yī)師) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

1. Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A. She couldn’t get admitted to medical school

B. She decided to further her education in Paris

C. A serious eye problem stopped her

D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

2. What main obstacle(障礙) almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor?

A. She was a woman.

B. She wrote too many letters.

C. She couldn’t graduate from medical school.

D. She couldn’t set up her hospital.

3. How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A. Eight years B. Ten years

C. Nineteen years D. Thirty-six years

4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, except that she ______.

A. became the first woman physician

B. was the first woman doctor

C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

D. set up the first medical school for women

5. Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in _______.

A. England B. Paris

C. the United States D. New York City

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這是一篇人物生平事跡記敘文。記敘了Elizabeth Blackwell從出生到成為世界上第一位女性內科醫(yī)師及設立了世界上第一所女子醫(yī)療學校期間的事跡。

1. wanted to be a surgeon，but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea”她想成為一名外科醫(yī)師，但是嚴重的眼疾迫使她放棄了這個想法。故選C。

2. day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor.That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century.”一天她決定她要成為一名醫(yī)生，但在19世紀中葉女人成為醫(yī)生幾乎不可能。故選A。

3.

4. 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.”可排除A、C、D選項。故選B。

5. Blackwell十歲就移居紐約，隨后一直待在美國。由于New York是the United States的一座城市，因此選the United States更佳。故選C。

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