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Dear Editor,

          Please publish more articles about women scientists. Women scientists have made outstanding contributions to the world. These women make excellent role models. More young women may choose science as a profession if women read featured articles on female scientists like Marie Curie and Rachel -Carson. Both women were encouraged to study science,and they both accomplished great things.

          With her father^，s encouragement,Marie Curie made the world a better place through her scientific accomplishments. She studied the emission(放射) gf rays from uranium(鈾) ，a feature she called “radioactivity(放射性) .” Later,Curie and her husband,also a scientist,processed the mineral pitchblende before separating two radioactive elements(元素). With this discovery,Marie Curie earned her doctorate,and shortly thereafter,both she and her husband were awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics. In 1911 Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for her work with the newly discovered elements; this work laid the foundation for X-rays and atomic physics.

           When Rachel Carson was young,her mother encouraged her to study nature. As an adult,she became known as the mother of the modem environmental movement. After studying marine biology and zoology in college,Carson worked as2.government scientist End wrote several books on how all living things relate to each other. In 1951 her book The Sea Around Us made scientific knowledge about the sea accessible to the general reader and remained on the best-seller list for eighty-six weeks. In 1962 Carson wrote Silent Spring,a book that helped lead to improvements in the use of chemical pesticides (農(nóng)藥) .

           Humans have benefited greatly from the work of Marie Curie and Rachel Carson. What if these women had not been encouraged to become scientists? I believe that we need to encourage young women to enter the field of science. With that goal in mind,I sincerely hope your magazine can publish more articles about the contributions that women make to science.

                               Sincerely,

                               Annie Bastien,Grade 7

                               Capistrano Middle School

24.According to the text,Marie Curie.

   A. achieved success with her fathers help

   B. separated two radioactive elements alone

   C. made contributions to the study of X-rays

   D. won the Nobel Prize twice with her husband

25.What can we learn about Rachel Carson?

   A. She was a physicist and chemist.

   B. Her books had a great influence on the public.

   C. She was inspired by her father to become a scientist.

   D. Her role as an environmentalist was rarely known by people.

26.What can we infer about the author?

   A. She aims to become a scientist.

   B. She likes reading and writing stories.

   C. She has a great interest in women scientists.

   D. She wants to publish articles in the magazine.

27.The letter was written to .

   A. introduce some women role models

   B. praise women scientists’ contributions

   C. offer the magazine editor some suggestions

   D. provide information about women scientists

Answer 1

24. C 25. B 26. C 27. C

B篇(社會)

本文是應用文。作者在信中建議雜志編輯多刊登一些關于女性科學家的文章。

24. C. 細節(jié)理解題。由舍二段中的this work laid the foundation for X-rays and atomic physics可知，瑪麗.居里病工作為研究X射線和原子物理奠定了基礎。

25. B. 細節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二段中的her book The Sea Around Us made scientifick nowledge about the sea…a book that helped lead to improvements in the use of chemical pesticides可知，雷切爾.卡遜所著的兩本書對大眾都產(chǎn)生了很大的影響。

26. C. 推理判斷題。由最后一段中的I believe that we need to encourage young  women to enter the field of science可知，作者對女性科學家的故事很感興趣。

27. C. 寫作目的題。由第一段中please  publish more articles about women scientists 及最后一段中的 I sincerely hope your magazine can publish more articles about the contributions that women make to science 可知，作者寫這封信是想建議雜志編輯多刊益一些關于女性科學家及她們對科學所做貢獻的文章。