“Lizzie, there’s a letter for you!” Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Elizabeth looked down. “Is it from Harvard? They refused my application once.” Emily answered, “No, it’s from Yale.” Quickly, Elizabeth walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. “Rejected again,” Elizabeth said unhappily. “Who says women can’t be doctors?”
“They are fools not to accept you. You can’t let them stop you, Lizzie,” Emily said.
“I won’t. I’ll apply to Geneva Medical College,” Elizabeth told her sister. As it turned out, the professors at Geneva Medical College were not fools. They allowed Elizabeth Blackwell to study medicine.
In 1848, a year before Elizabeth would graduate, a typhoid epidemic (伤寒流行病) broke out in New York. Elizabeth wrote to Emily. “There’s an outbreak of typhoid, and I am going to help. It is dangerous, so if I should not survive, please do me the honor of studying medicine yourself.”
Emily replied, “Encouraged by your dream and success, I have decided to study in medical school, as well.”
Having survived the disease, Elizabeth tried to set up a private medical practice. “I graduated first in my class but no one believes a woman can be a good doctor,” she said to Emily one day. “All I hear is that doctors should be men, while women should stay home to cook and clean.”
Emily said worriedly, “I will graduate in June with my medical degree. What shall we do?” Elizabeth thought for a while and replied, “There’s a big house in the poor part of our town. We can practice medicine there for people who couldn’t afford care.”
Soon with the help of some friends, Elizabeth and Emily bought the house and opened a hospital for poor women and children. “We’ll have an all-women staff ,” Elizabeth said. “And later, we’ll add a medical college for women!” Emily added. At last, Elizabeth realized her dream of being a doctor.
1.The underlined word “Rejected” in the first paragraph can be best replaced by _____.
A. Refused B. Praised
C. Changed D. Accepted
2.Hearing Elizabeth’s words about the letter from Yale, Emily felt _____.
A. excited B. calm
C. satisfied D. angry
3. In 1848, Elizabeth wrote to Emily to _____.
A. persuade Emily to come to help the sick
B. ask Emily to study medicine if she died
C. warn Emily the danger of typhoid epidemic
D. tell Emily she would graduate from college
4.We can learn from the text that Elizabeth _____.
A. received strong support from her sister
B. refused to go to study at Yale University
C. founded a medical college after graduation
D. was finally accepted by Harvard after her efforts
5.Which of the following can best be used to describe Elizabeth?
A. Humorous. B. Honest.
C. Determined. D. Careful
Animals, including insects, don't have a "language" like ours. They do not 'talk' to each other in words and sentences. But if we watch them, we can see that they do have their ways of communicating with each other.
Can you see the rabbit's tail? When rabbits see this white tail moving up and down, they run away. They know that they are in danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.
Many other animals use this kind of "language". When a cobra is angry, it raises its head and makes itself look powerful . This warns other animals. When a bee has found food, it goes back to its home. It cannot 'tell' the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little dance. This tells the bees where the food is.
Some animals "say" things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger comes near. A cat purrs when it is pleased. Some birds make several different sounds, each with its own meaning. Sometimes we human beings speak in the same way. We make sounds like "Oh" or "Ah" when we are frightened or pleased or when we drop something on our toes.
1.Which one is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Animals have languages like human beings.
B. Bees communicate with each other by dancing.
C. Animals can use words.
D. Animals are brave.
2.A rabbit uses its tail to ______.
A. warn other rabbits when they are in danger
B. tell other rabbits where food is
C. make itself look powerful
D. help it to run fast
3.When a cobra is angry, it ______.
A. makes a loud noise B. raises its head
C. moves up and down D. does a little dance
4.Several different sounds can be made by a _ _
A. rabbit B. bee C. bird D. fish
5.From the passage, we know that _____ use words and sentences to express ideas and thoughts.
A. all living things B. all animals
C. some birds D. human beings
根据句子结构的语法性，在下面空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为1~15的相应位置上。
1.Asimov had _____ extraordinary imagination that gave him ability to explore future worlds.
2.The website is (benefit) to the disabled people.
3.He has never been (absence) from school this term.
4.______ was then that Claire realized that Tony had opened the curtains of the front window.
5.Just accept the disabled，and give them _______(encourage) to live as rich and full a life as you.
6.When you go to a new country，you must adapt ___ new manners and customs.
7.I try to set _____a few minutes each day to read English aloud.
8.As we drew closer，I could see a whale __________(attack) by a pack of about six other killers.
9.The robot ______(rebuild)next week by the expert is named Tony.
10.Please don’t feel sorry for the disabled or make fun ____ them.
11.A large wise-looking turtle was passing so close to me ______ I could have touched it.
12.It was a time _____ the killer whales helped the whalers catch the baleen whales.
13.The whale _______ (drag)swiftly by the killers down into the depths of the sea yesterday.
14.I hope my suggestions will meet ________ your approval.
15._____________(unfortunate)，the doctors don’t know how to make me better.
As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to a little pocket money.
One day I on the door of an elderly woman and asked if she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in and I showed her my worn coat, which no longer kept me warm. She me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be now.” She then took out a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to me with your report card and I will you when I see you have worked hard and have some good . Now reach out your little hands and take out as much as you can.”
I put my hands in the jar and grabbed so much money that it was for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she . She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time showed her that I had an “A”.
I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighborhood. I will never forget the huge this wonderful lady made over my life with her . This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.
1.A. save B. give C. earn D. change
2.A. turned B. knocked C. worked D. looked
3.A. school B. time C. trouble D. bed
4.A. allowed B. forced C. helped D. stopped
5.A. punished B. tested C. praised D. paid
6.A. boring B. new C. fine D. terrible
7.A. keep B. buy C. remove D. make
8.A. visit B. forgive C. welcome D. serve
9.A. recognize B. reward C. understand D. protect
10.A. goals B. stories C. marks D. ideas
11.A. room B. money C. food D. time
12.A. rare B. enough C. simple D. special
13.A. promised B. discovered C. knew D. admitted
14.A. decision B. progress C. mistake D. difference
15.A. courage B. kindness C. honesty D. happiness
请根据下面的英文短诗，展开适当的想象，写一篇标题为“My Teacher Mr. Moore的短文。
There’s a teacher Mr. .Moore.
Who is lovely and thirty-four.
Always encouraging us to try.
He leads us to a world of “why”.
We all admire him more and more.
注意： 1. 不得照抄短诗原文。
2. 必须结合短诗的内容，发挥想象，适当展开。
3.必须突出短诗的主题，结构完整，语意连贯。
4. 短文不能写成诗歌形式。
5. 词数：120左右。
My Teacher Mr. Moore
阅读下面短文，根据下列提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在试题下方相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
You will never imagine that such a small invention as a kite can1. （有益） us so much! Flying kites is a popular hobby in many countries of the Far East where
2. （漂亮） decorated kites appear3. different colors．In China there is a special Kites Day on which children and4. a fly kites together happily．A flat kite is the oldest and 5. (简单的) type of kite．It flies6. b air flows over and under the kite's wing．The pressure under the wing helps the kite lift into the air．Kites have also7. used in experiments．Early scientists 8. s kites up into the air to measure temperature at different9. （高度）. Kites were also used to develop airplanes．10. is known to us that the Wright Brothers experimented with kites before they flew the first airplane．
