资料：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 （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 （外科医生） , but a serious eye problem forced he r 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 won hospital, she also set up the first medical school for women.How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?A.Ten yearsB.Nineteen yearsC.Eight yearsD.Thirty-six years
资料：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 （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 （外科医生） , but a serious eye problem forced he r 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 won hospital, she also set up the first medical school for women.
How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?
In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon （外科医生） , but a serious eye problem forced he r 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 won hospital, she also set up the first medical school for women.
How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?
A.Ten years
B.Nineteen years
C.Eight years
D.Thirty-six years
B.Nineteen years
C.Eight years
D.Thirty-six years
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解析：本题考查的是细节理解。
【关键词】How many years；graduation from medical school；the opening of her hospital
【主题句】第2自然段In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. 1849年，从医科学校毕业后，她决定去巴黎继续深造。
第3自然段By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, 1857年，伊丽莎白和她同为医生的姐妹，以及另一位女性医生，一同开办了一所新医院。
【解析】本题的问题是“自她从医科学校毕业到开办医院一共过了多少年？”根据主题句可知，1857-1849=8。
【关键词】How many years；graduation from medical school；the opening of her hospital
【主题句】第2自然段In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. 1849年，从医科学校毕业后，她决定去巴黎继续深造。
第3自然段By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, 1857年，伊丽莎白和她同为医生的姐妹，以及另一位女性医生，一同开办了一所新医院。
【解析】本题的问题是“自她从医科学校毕业到开办医院一共过了多少年？”根据主题句可知，1857-1849=8。
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阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。AGrandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States，yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies．As she once said of herself：“I would never sit back in a rocking-chair，waiting for someone to help me．”She was born on a farm in New York State．At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven，she married Thomas Moses，the tenant of hers．They farmed most of their lives．She had ten children，of whom five survived；her husband died in 1928．Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time．Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition，and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painteD．Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York．Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures：careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known，with a wonderful sense of color and form．Grandma Moses spent most of their life________．A.nursingB.paintingC.farmingD.embroidering
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。AGrandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States，yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies．As she once said of herself：“I would never sit back in a rocking-chair，waiting for someone to help me．”She was born on a farm in New York State．At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven，she married Thomas Moses，the tenant of hers．They farmed most of their lives．She had ten children，of whom five survived；her husband died in 1928．Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time．Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition，and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painteD．Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York．Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures：careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known，with a wonderful sense of color and form．Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to_______．A.make her home beautifulB.keep activeC.improve her salaryD.gain an international fame
阅读下列短文，然后根据短文的內容從每小题的四个选项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选择，并把它前面的大写字母填入左边括号里。AGrandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States，yet she had only just begun painting in her late seventies．As she once said of herself：“I would never sit back in a rocking-chair，waiting for someone to help me．”She was born on a farm in New York State．At twelve she left home and was in a service until at twenty-seven，she married Thomas Moses，the tenant of hers．They farmed most of their lives．She had ten children，of whom five survived；her husband died in 1928．Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as a hobby，but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time．Her pictures were first sold at an exhibition，and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painteD．Three of the pictures were shown in the Museum of Modern Art，and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York．Between the 1930‘s and her death she produced some 2，000 pictures：careful and lively pictures of the country life she had known，with a wonderful sense of color and form．（）Which of the following would be the best title for the passage A.Grandma MosesB.The Children of Grandma MosesC.Grandma Moses：Her Best PicturesD.Grandma Moses and Her First Exhibition
Where is Kate?（）A、She's in England.B、She's from LondonC、She's a nurse in England.D、She is English
问答题Practice 7 When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true, too. She had a little thin face and a little thin body, thin light hair and a sour expression. Her hair was yellow, and her face was yellow because she had been born in India and had always been ill in one way or another. Her father had held a position under the English Government and had always been busy and ill himself, and her mother had been a great beauty who cared only to go to parties and amuse herself with gay people. She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah, who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible. So when she was a sickly, fretful, ugly little baby she was kept out of the way, and when she became a sickly, fretful, toddling thing she was kept out of the way also. She never remembered seeing familiarly anything but the dark faces of her Ayah and the other native servants. And as they always obeyed her and gave her her own way in everything, because the Mem Sahib would be angry if she was disturbed by her crying, by the time she was six years old she was as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived. The young English governess who came to teach her to read and write disliked her so much that she gave up her place in three months, and when other governesses came to try to fill it they always went away in a shorter time than the first one. So if Mary had not chosen to really want to know how to read books she would never have learned her letters at all.