5．Marie Curie was born in Poland in 1876．Her parents both taught at school with small salaries．Marie led a hard life as a girl，especially after her mother stopped teaching to raise five children and take care of her poor health．Marie's mother suffered from tuberculosis（肺结核） and died of it when Marie was ten．
When Marie was young，she showed great interest in science．She loved to study and hoped to become a scientist when she grew up．Her parents encouraged her interest in science．Excellent as she was in her studies，she couldn't go on with the advanced education she needed because Poland was then ruled by Russia and women were not permitted to go to college．
In order to continue her education，she overcame many difficulties and entered Paris University，where she lived a simple life and studied hard，so she graduated with the highest grades in her class．
After graduation she took up scientific research in Paris University．There she met Pierre Curie，whom she married later．Pierre joined her in her research into an unknown phenomenon called radiation，which a certain scientist had declared that uranium（铀） gave off．The Curies spen several years trying their best to find the element that produced radiation．Finally they succeeded in 1902．
Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes，one for physics in 1906，together with her husband and another scientist，the other for chemistry herself in 1911．Madame Curie was a scientist of great achievement，and the first woman ever to be honored in the Nobel Prize history．
21．Why did Marie's family become poorer when she was young？C
A．Because her country was poor．
B．Because her father got small salary as a teacher．
C．Because her mother gave up her job．
D．Because both of her parents were teachers．
22．Marie couldn't continue the advanced education becauseD．
A．she wanted to help her father to support the family
B．her father couldn't afford to send her to college
C．her grades were very poor
D．colleges in Poland would not take women as students then
23．The underlined words"overcame"in Paragraph 3could be replaced by"C"．
A．came across
B．cured
C．cleared up
D．avoided
24．In 1906，a certain scientist shared the Nobel Prize with the Curies becauseB．
A．he depended upon the Curie's discovery
B．he made some contribution to the discovery
C．he persuaded the Curies to take up the research
D．the Curies were greatly encouraged by him．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了玛丽居里传奇的一生，她热爱科学研究，并且深具真正的品格和精神．
解答 21．C．细节理解题．根据第一段Marie led a hard life as a girl，especially after her mother stopped teaching to raise five children and take care of her poor health可知玛丽的家庭在她年轻的时候变得更穷因为她妈妈放弃了她的工作；故选C．
22．D．细节理解题．根据第二段she couldn't go on with the advanced education she needed because Poland was then ruled by Russia and women were not permitted to go to college可知玛丽不能继续高等教育，因为波兰大学不会以女性作为学生；故选D．
23．C．词义猜测题．根据文章In order to continue her education，she overcame many difficulties and entered Paris University，where she lived a simple life and studied hard为了继续她的教育，她克服了许多困难；可知意为克服；故选C．
24．B．推理判断题．根据最后一段Marie Curie won two Nobel Prizes，one for physics in 1906，together with her husband and another scientist，the other for chemistry herself in 1911可知1906，有一位科学家共同获得诺贝尔奖因为他的发现作出了一定的贡献；故选B．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
