Question

17．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（錄�。� 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（外科醫(yī)師），but a serious eye problem forced her 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 own hospital，she also set up the first medical school for women．
32．What main obstacle（障礙） almost destroyed Elizabeth's chances for becoming for a doctor？A
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 passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital？A
A．Eight years      
B．Ten years       
C．Nineteen years           
D．Thirty-six years
34．According to the passage，all of the following are"firsts"in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell，except that sheB．
A．became the first woman physician
B．was the first woman doctor
C．a(chǎn)nd 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 inC．
A．England       B．Paris      C．the United States      D．New York City．

Answer 1

分析 文章介紹了Elizabeth Blackwell，她創(chuàng)辦了世界上第一個(gè)女子醫(yī)院以及相關(guān)情況．

解答 32．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段第三句話That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century．可知最大的障礙是性別．故選A
33．A 推理計(jì)算題．根據(jù)第2段In 1849，after graduation from medical school．可知她是1849年畢業(yè)，根據(jù)第三段By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister，also a doctor，along with another woman doctor，managed to open a new hospital，可知在1857年她們成立自己的醫(yī)院，那么是畢業(yè)8年以后，故A正確．
34．B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容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．由該句可知，她是第一個(gè)女物理學(xué)家、和其他幾個(gè)女性朋友一起開辦了第一家婦女兒童醫(yī)院、開辦了第一家女性醫(yī)務(wù)學(xué)校，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，故選B
35．C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第3段Upon returning to the United States，she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman可知她是在美國開始自己的事業(yè)，并進(jìn)一步發(fā)展自己的事業(yè)的．故選C．

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