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     Lisa was running late. Lisa,25,had a lot to do at work,plus visitors on the way: her parents were
coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started
to feel uncomfortably warn. By the time she got to the platform,Lisa felt weak and tired--maybe it hadn't
been a good idea to give blood the night before,she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the
tracks.
     Several yards away,Frank,43,and his girlfriend,Jennifer,found a spot close to where the front of the
train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying.
     But when he heard the scream,followed by someone yelling,"Oh,my God,she fell in!" Frank didn't
hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. "No!
Not you! "his girlfriend screamed after him.
     She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa,he could feel the tracks shaking and
see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.
     It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so
that bystanders could hold her by the grins and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly
regained consciousness,felt herself being pulled along the ground,and saw someone else holding her purse.
     Lisa thought she'd been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the
blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn't,and that was when she realized how
much pain she was in.
     Police and fire officials soon arrived,and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend
was calm on their 40-minute train ride downtown-just as he had been seconds after the rescue,which
made her think about her reaction at the time. "I saw the train coming and 1 was thinking he was going to
die,"she explained.

1. What was the most probable cause for Lisa's weakness?

A. She had run a long way.              
B. She felt hot in the subway.
C. She had done a 1ot of work.            
D. She had donated blood the night before.

2. Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?

A. Because they would miss their train.        
B. Because he didn't see the train coming.
C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift.  
D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him.

3. How did Frank save Lisa?

A. By lifting her to the platform.          
B. By helping her rise to her feet.
C. By pulling her along the ground.        
D. By dragging her away from the edge.

4. When did Lisa become conscious again?

A. When the train was leaving.            
B. After she was back on the platform.
C. After the police and fire officials came.  
D. When a man was cleaning the blood from her head.

5. The passage is intended to _____________

A. warn us of the danger in the subway      
B. show US how to save people in the subway
C. tell US about a subway rescue          
D. report a traffic accident
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　　It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland's oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education．A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers．Written by Sophia Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women's Day．

　　The document was discovered buried in the university archives(檔案)by part-time history student Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research．She said：“We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus(校評(píng)議委員會(huì))at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn't know documentary evidence existed．While searching the archives for information about the university's higher certificate for women, I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote．”

　　In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St Andrews．Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women．The qualification, which ran from 1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted as students．It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St Andrews in 1892．

　　Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874．She was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877．Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice．

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Sophia wrote a letter to St Andrews University because she wanted ________．

[　　]

A．

to carry out a research project there

B．

to set up a medical institute there

C．

to study medicine there

D．

to deliver lectures there

(2)

Lis Smith found Sophia's letter to St Andrews University ________．

[　　]

A．

by pure chance

B．

in the school office

C．

with her supporters'help

D．

while reading history books

(3)

Sophia's letter resulted in the establishment of ________．

[　　]

A．

the London School of Medicine for Women

B．

a degree programme for women

C．

a system of medical education

D．

the University of Berne

(4)

When did St Andrews University begin to take full-time women students?

[　　]

A．

In 1873．

B．

In 1874．

C．

In 1877．

D．

In 1892．

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     It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland's oldest university which helped start a
revolution in higher education. A 140-year-old letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to
study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers. Written by Sophia
Jex-Blake in 1873, the seven-page document, which urged the university to allow women to study
medicine at the institution, was released yesterday on International Women's Day.
     The document was discovered buried in the university archives (檔案) by part-time history student
Lis Smith, who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research. She said: "We knew that Sophia Jex-Blake and her supporters, in their effort to open up university medical
education for women, had written to the Senatus Academicus (校評(píng)議委員會(huì)) at St Andrews in an
attempt to gain permission to attend classes there, but we didn't know documentary evidence existed.
While searching the archives for information about the university's higher certificate for women, I was
astonished to come across what must be the very letter Jex-Blake wrote."
     In the letter, Sophia and her supporters offered to hire teachers or build suitable buildings for a
medical school and to arrange for lectures to be delivered in the subjects not already covered at St
Andrews. Although her letter was not successful, it eventually led to the establishment of the Ladies
Literate in Arts at St Andrews, a distance-learning degree for women. The qualification, which ran from
1877 until the 1930s, gave women access to university education in the days before they were admitted
as students. It was so popular that it survived long after women were admitted as full students to St
Andrews in 1892.
     Ms Jex-Blake went on to help establish the London School of Medicine for Women in 1874. She
was accepted by the University of Berne, where she was awarded a medical degree in January 1877.
Eventually, she moved back to Edinburgh and opened her own practice.
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A. to carry out a research project there
B. to set up a medical institute there
C. to study medicine there
D. to deliver lectures there
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A. by pure chance
B. in the school office
C. with her supporters' help
D. while reading history books
3. Sophia's letter resulted in the establishment of _______.
A. the London School of Medicine for Women
B. a degree programme for women
C. a system of medical education
D. the University of Berne
4. When did St Andrews University begin to take full-time women students?
A. In 1873.
B. In 1874.
C. In 1877.
D. In 1892.

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