大一英语阅读理解试题怎么写?( 四 )


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.
31.Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
A.She couldn’t get admitted to medical schoolB.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
32.What main obstacle(障碍) 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.
33.How many years paed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?
A.Eight yearsB.Ten yearsC.Nineteen yearsD.Thirty-six years
34.According to the paage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell, except that she ______.
A.became the first woman physicianB.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
35.Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in _______.
A.EnglandB.ParisC.the United StatesD.New York City
C
Have you ever wondered why birds sing? Maybe you thought that they were just happy.After all, you probably sing when you are happy.
Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are happy.However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason.Their singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.
Do you know what a “” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims (声称) as its own.Only he and his family are welcome there.No other families of the same species are welcome.Your house is your territory where only your family and friends are welcome.If a stranger should enter your territory and threaten you, you might shout.Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.
If so, you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight him.A bird does the same thing.But he expects an outsider almost any time, especially at nesting (筑巢) season.So a bird’s song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.
36.Some scientists believe that most of the time bird’s singing is actually ________.
A. an expreion of happineB.a way of warning
C.an expreion of angerD.a way of greeting
37.What is a bird’s “territory”?
A.A place where families of other species are not accepted.
B.A place where a bird may shout at the top of its voice.
C.An area for which birds fight against each other.
D.An area which a bird considers to be its own.