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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 (录取) 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
医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.
Upon retuming 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.
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.
B. She wrote too many letters.
C. She couldn"t graduate from medical school.
D. She couldn"t set up her hospital.
her hospital?
B. Ten years.
C. Nineteen years.
D. Thirty-six years.
that she _____ .
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
B. Paris
C. the United States
D. New York City
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试题【阅读理解。 Elizabeth Blackwell was bom in England in 1821, and movedto New York C】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century.
Miller" s father had moved to the USA from Austria. Hungary,
drawn like so many others by the "Great American Dream".
However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family
business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early l930s.
Millers" s most famous play, Death of a Salesman, is a
powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of
doing business and its insistence on money and social status as
indicators of worth.In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a
man who has got into trouble with his worth. Willy is "burnt out"
and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if
he can"t do the work, then he is no good to his employer, the
Wagner Company, and he must go. Willy is painfully aware of this,
and at loss as to what to do with his lack of success. He refuses to
face the fact that he has failed and kills himself in the end.
When it was first staged in 1949, the play was greeted with
enthusiastic reviews, and it won the Tony Award for Best Play, the
New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for
Drama.It was the first play to win all three of these major awards.
Miller died of heart failure at his home in Roxbury,
Connecticut, on the evening of February 10, 2005, the 56th
anniversary of the first performance of Death of a Salesman on
Broadway.
B. He was attracted by the "Great American Dream".
C. He hoped to make his son a dramatist.
D. His family business failed.
B. discusses the ways to get promoted in a company
C. talks about the business career of Arthur Miller
D. focuses on the skills in doing business
B. He runs the Wagner Company.
C. He is a victim of the American system
D. He is regarded as a hero by his colleagues
B.won the first Tony Award
C. was warmly welcomed by salesmen
D. was severely attacked by dramatists
B.The awards Arthur Miller won
C.The hardship Arthur Miller experienced.
D. Arthur Miller and his best-known play.
Charles Handy
In his book The Age of Unreason Professor Handy describes the dramatic changes that are taking
place in our lives today and warns that we must adapt to these changes if we want to survive in the
future.
Handy believes that in the future less than 50% of the workforce will be employed full-time by an
organization. These full-time employees will be the qualified professionals, technicians, and managers
who are essential to an organization. Their working lives will be a lot more demanding than today, but in
return they will be well-paid and they will retire earlier. The rest of the workforce will Be self-employed
or will work part-time, providing organizations with the products and services they require on a
contract basis. Handy forecasts a big increase in the number of working mothers in future and believes
there will be a large number of unemployed.
Handy gives us plenty of figures to worry about. He estimates that by the year 2040, one person in
five will retire, and one in ten will be over seventy-five years old. There will be one retiree to every three
people of working age, and even more than that in countries such as Germany and Switzerland, where
the proportion will be as much as one to two. Retirees will remain healthy and active for longer than
they do today and many will live to be a hundred years old, a fact which leads Handy to suggest that the
term retirement will no longer be appropriate. He suggests the third age is a more appropriate
description, since it will be as important a part of our lives as the first age of learning and the second age
of working are for us today.
B. predict the leading professions in the coming years
C. describe the effect of unemployment on society
D. suggest a better term for future retirement
B. be mainly self-employed
C. have fewer full-time workers than today
D. work on a contract basis
B. ageing will be a common and serious problem
C. 10% of the population will live to be 100 years old
D. the third age will be the most important part of our lives
performances and interview her for my newspaper.
I went to a nightclub in New York and watched the stage lights go up. After the band played an
introduction, Wesla Whitfield wheeled herself onstage in a wheelchair. As she sang, Whitfield"s voice was
so powerful and soulful that everyone in the room forgot the wheelchair was even there.
At 57, Whitfield is small and pretty, humorous and modest. Raised in California, Whirfield began
performing in public at age 18, when she took a job as a singing waitress at a pizza shop. After studying
classical music in college, she moved to San Francisco and went on to sing with the San Francisco
Opera Chorus.
Walking home from rehearsal (排练) at age 29, she was caught in a random shooting that left her unable
to move her body from the waist down. I asked how she dealt with the realization that she"d never walk
again, and she admitted that at the beginning she didn"t want to face it. After a year of depression she
tried to kill herself. She was then admitted to a hospital for treatment, where she was able to recover.
Whitfield said she came to understand that the only thing she had lost in this misfortunate event was
the ability to walk. She still possessed her most valuable asset--her mind. Pointing to her head, she said,
"Everything important is in here. The only real disability in life is losing your mind. "When I asked if she
was angry about what she had lost, she admitted to being annoyed from time to time, "Especially when
everybody"s dancing, because I love to dance.
But when that happens I just remove myself so I can focus instead on what I can do. "
B. A hospital.
C. A pizza shop.
D. A news agency.
B. It made her sad and depressed at first.
C. It seriously affected her singing career.
D. It happened when she was a college student.
B. When Wesla is singing on the stage.
C. When Wesla goes out in her wheelchair.
D. When Wesla sees other people dancing.
B. Be modest and hard-working to earn respect from other people.
C. Acquire a skill so that you can still be successful and famous.
D. Try to sing whenever you feel upset and depressed.
frontier state, and life there was hard. Men and women shared the difficult outdoor work. But young
Jeanette noticed men and women were not equal in many ways. For instance, at election time, women
were not allowed to vote. Jeanette thought this was not fair, and several years later, after graduating from
college, she realized how to help change the situation.
First, she joined with other women. and gave speeches through the state. Thanks to their years of
efforts, Montana women were finally allowed to vote. This experience changed Jeanette"s life. She
wanted do work for the welfare of women and children everywhere. She was now well-known
throughout Montana, so she decided to run for the US Congress. In 1916,she became the first woman
in the Congress of the United Staters.
Just six days after Rankin first attended Congress in 1917,American President Wilson called for a
vote to go to war against Germany, as German submarines (潜水艇) attacked American ships during
World War I. When Jeanette was called upon to vote, she said, "I want to stand by my country, buy I
cannot vote for war. I vote no." Forty-nine other congress members also voted no, but she was the
person who was criticized most. Newspapers said her decision came from weakness and she was
anti-American.
In the Second World War, Japanese warplanes attacked the American base at Pearl Harbor in
1941.The time came again for the US Congress members to vote for or against going to war. Everyone
was waiting for Jeanette Rankin to vote, who rose and said, "As a woman, I can"t go to war, so I refuse
to send anyone else". Out of 471 members, she was the only member who voted against war. After
that, she received thousands of letters. Most people criticized her, but some praised her for her courage.
Shortly before she died in 1973, she was asked if she regretted voting "no" to the two wars. "Never,"
she answered. "If you are against war, you"re against war regard less of what happens."
Today, in the US Congress Building, there is a statue of Jeanette Rankin. On the base of the statue
are her words:"I cannot vote for war."
B. women had no right to vote
C. women could not go to college
D. women could not deliver speeches in public
B. She hated was
C. She wanted to help more women and children
D. She was a born politician
B. Jeannette voted no to the wars because she was weak.
C. Everyone in the USA hated her when she voted no to the war against Japan.
D. Jeanette believed that no war was right.
B. Very fair
C. Very intelligent
D. very stubborn.
B. her being the first American woman Congress member
C. her fighting against war
D. her efforts to help women get the voting right
rich and famous and doing meaningful work for charity. All who work with her admire and respect her.
But Heather"s life hasn"t always been so easy. When Heather was only 9 years old, her mother
abandoned her and her two brothers. At the age of 13, she ran away from home and ended up living on
the streets in London. Eventually, however, her exceptional beauty led to a career in modeling. At that
time, Heather also began helping with the war relief efforts in former Yugoslavia. Through her modeling
and relief work, she soon became famous.
But in August 1993, at age 25 her life changed once again. She was crossing the street in London
when a motorcycle crashed into her. She was so badly injured that the doctors had to cut off her left leg.
After that, she discovered she frequently needed to change her artificial limbs. It was expensive and she
felt it was a waste to just throw away the old one. It occurred to her to set up an organization that could
deliver used artificial limbs to Yugoslavia and other war-torn countries. It was through her charity work
that she met her husband Paul McCartney.
Throughout her life, Heather has risen above problems and focused on helping others. Her work with
artificial limbs even earned her a nomination (提名) for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996. Heather"s
persistence and determination are what impresses anyone who knows her. Heather believes anyone can
make a positive difference in the world.
B. Heather"s contribution to the world
C. Heather"s success in her work
D. Heather"s belief in life
B. after her brothers abandoned her
C. because of her excellent intelligence and performances
D. because she was especially beautiful
B. Heather began her charity work while working as a model.
C. Her artificial limbs had to be replaced continuously.
D. Heather lost her left leg due to an accident.
B. she was a world-famous model
C. she is determined and never gives in
D. she made the greatest difference in the world
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