Today many people say that women have the same chance as men in society. But this was not always so. In the past, women all over the world had to fight to get the same chance as men in education and jobs. Many people said that women should not receive much education because they would not do as well as men when they went to work.

One woman who showed that women should have the same chance was Marie, a scientist. In the 1800s scientists knew that a metal, uranium, gave off radiation. They also knew how much radiation came from his element. But they didn’t know what this radiation was like; they wondered why and how uranium gave off radiation. Marie Curie set out to answer these questions. In one of her experiments she was studying a certain material which, she knew, contained uranium, But it gave off 4 times as much radiation as usually does. What could explain this fact? Marie Curie thought that there must be another source of radiation in this material.

In 1898 Marie Curie set out to find out this new source of radiation, which she named “radium”. Her husband, who was also a scientist, helped her. They set up a laboratory in an old building behind a school. For four years Curies searched, doing many experiments, And one morning in 1902 Marie found the source of the radiation.

Marie Curie proved to the world that there was element that gave off radiation. And she also proved to the world that, if women are given truly equal chance, they can really help society.

1.The scientists of Marie Curie’s day knew .

A．that uranium gave off radiation

B．that radium gave off radiation

C．that there was some radium in uranium

D．that uranium and radium both gave off radiation

2.The Curies found the element radium .

A．with other scientists’ help	B．by asking some famous scientists
C．by doing many experiments	D．with their teachers’ help

3.In the past many people thought .

A．that women must get the same chance as men in education and jobs

B．that women should receive much education

C．that women should get good jobs

D．that women could not do the work well

4.Marie Curie proved to people .

A．that there was a new element uranium

B．that there was a new element radium

C．that women could do their work as well as men if they were really given the same conditions

D．both B and C

 

Introductory Chemistry was taught at Duke University for many years by professor Bonk. One year, two guys took the class and did pretty well on all the quizzes and mid-terms. They each had a solid A. These two friends were so confident in going into the final that the weekend before finals week, despite the Chemistry final being on Monday, they decided to go to the University of Virginia to party with some friends.
They had a great time there. However, with their hangovers（宿醉）and tiredness, they overslept all day Sunday and didn’t make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they found professor Bonk after the final and explained to him how they missed the final. They told him they went up to the University of Virginia for the weekend and had planned to come back in time to study, but they had a flat tire on the way back and didn’t have a spare. So they were late getting back to campus.
Bonk thought this over and agreed that they could take the final the following day. The two guys, happy and relieved, studied that night and went in the next day at the time that Bonk had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet. He told them to begin.
They looked at the first problem which was something simple about solution（溶解）. It was worth 5 points. “Cool,” they thought, “this is going to be an easy final”. They then turned the page. They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on it. The question contained only two words: (95 points) Which tire?
【小题1】 The two guys decided to go to the University of Virginia because ________.

A．they were afraid of the final	B．there was a party there
C．the final would be held there	D．they thought they can pass the final easily

【小题2】From the passage we know ________.

A．the two guys came back to campus late on purpose

B．Bonk wasn’t strict with the two guys

C．repairing the flat tire took the two guys a lot of time

D．Bonk didn’t believe the two guys’ explanation

【小题3】 After the final, they ________.

A．may apology to professor Bonk	B．must have the same scores
C．wouldn’t be confident in their Chemistry	D．would feel happy and relieved

【小题4】From the passage we can get a lesson that ________.

A．he who makes no mistakes makes nothing	B．he is wise that is honest
C．one never loses anything by politeness	D．think twice before you do

Fair Way

    The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as A 7. They were not the state prize winner; Woburn High had won. “No one would have known,” said Woburn’s instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn’t a difficult decision: “The prize wasn’t ours to take.”

Coin Stars

“College students are lazy, but they also want to help,” says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their homes. Her “Change for Change” effort has collected $40,000 for charities, which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

    A school in Massachusetts received a $9.5 million check from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he died, at age 89.

What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

  A. Took photos of Doran.                B. Had a meeting with Doran.

C. Returned the prize to the organizer.      D. Apologized to Woburn High School.

Greg Rota’s decision shows that he was _____.

  A. honest           B. polite         C. careful        D. friendly

The underlined word “Change” in the second paragraph means _____.

  A. Idea            B. Decision       C. Cups          D. Coins

What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr. LeBermuth?

  A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because ____.

  A. the school asked for it

  B. he had no need for that much money

C. the school had helped him in the past

D. he wanted to be remembered by the students

Jenny went to visit her friends in New York last weekend. Her friends met her at the airport on Friday afternoon and drove her to the hotel. They had dinner at a Chinese restaurant and went to see a film after that.

　Jenny and her friends set out early on Saturday morning for a farm and stayed there until Sunday morning. During their stay, they went fishing and swimming in the small river on the farm. They played football in the field and enjoyed a big meal around a camp fire（篝火）, singing and dancing till late into the night.

　Nobody could get up early on Sunday morning. So when they got back to New York City, it was about three o’clock in the afternoon. They drove right to the airport because Jenny didn’t want to miss her plane back home. Jenny only stayed in New York for two nights but she had a great time with her friend.

1.Jenny went to New York________.

A．to do some shopping

B．to see her friends

C．to spend her summer holiday

D．to find a job

2.How did Jenny get to New York?

A．By train.

B．By bus.

C．By plane.

D．On foot.

3.Where did Jenny and her friends go on Saturday?

A．To the farm.	B．To the Chinese restaurant.
C．To the airport.	D．To the railway station.

4.When did Jenny go back home?

　 

A．On Saturday afternoon.	B．On Sunday morning.
C．On Saturday evening.	D．On Sunday afternoon.

 

A young student was one day taking a walk with a professor, who was commonly __36_ the students’ friend. As they went  37, they saw lying in the path a pair of old 38_, which they supposed to belong to  a poor man who was working in a 39 . The student turned to the professor, saying: “Let us play the man  40: we will hide his shoes, and 41ourselves behind those bushes, and wait to see his 42 when he cannot find them.”  

“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never  43  ourselvesat the 44of the poor. But you are  45, and may give yourself a much greater 46 by means of the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and 47 how the discovery affects him.” The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes. The poor man soon finished his work and came   48the field to the path  49 he had left his coat and shoes. While  50his coat he slipped his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 51, he bent down to feel  52 it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen upon his face. He then looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe; but his53was doubled on finding the other coin. He fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and said aloud a fervent(热烈的) thanksgiving, in which he  54 his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread. The student stood there deeply55, and his eyes filled with tears. 

1.                A．held           B．kept           C．named   D．called

 

2.                A．along          B．on             C．over D．back

 

3.                A．socks          B．gloves          C．shoes    D．trousers

 

4.                A．field           B．factory         C．company  D．shop

 

5.                A．a game         B．a trick          C．a joke    D．a word

 

6.                A．hide           B．have           C．let   D．make

 

7.                A．pleasure        B．sorrow         C．disappointment D．anxiety

 

8.                A．make          B．treat           C．amuse    D．laugh

 

9.                A．price          B．expense        C．value D．pay

 

10.               A．poor           B．kind           C．honest    D．rich

 

11.               A．pleasure        B．money         C．thought   D．good

 

12.               A．notice         B．watch          C．realize    D．find

 

13.               A．about          B．across          C．into  D．by

 

14.               A．where         B．that           C．there     D．which

 

15.               A．wearing        B．dressing        C．putting on D．pulling

 

16.               A．soft           B．terrible         C．strange    D．hard

 

17.               A．what           B．how           C．whether   D．why

 

18.               A．confidence      B．embarrassment   C．surprise   D．joy

 

19.               A．mentioned      B．remembered    C．recommended  D．reminded

 

20.               A．amazed        B．defeated       C．puzzled   D．affected