In the years after the Civil War most American painters received their training in Europe, the majority studying in the French schools at Paris or Barbizon,

A.No, I didn’t

B.Yes, of course

C.I traveled around the world

D.For 2 years

A.Well

B.Then

C.However

D.After all

The sentence" Museum is a slippery word" in the first paragraph means that______.

A．the meaning of the word didn't change until after the 15th century

B．the meaning of the word had changed over the years

C．the Greeks held different concepts from the Romans

D．princes and merchants added paintings to their collections

A.To help her father with business.

B.To escape from school life.

C.To experience social life early.

D.To achieve her dream.

A、They lived out a natural life

B、They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride

C、They weren’t accustomed to the change in weather

D、They died due to lack of care by family members

11. A. what be studied B. what should study C. what to study D. what studied

12. A. In three years B. For three years C. After three years D. Three years

13. A. never would be B. would be never C. would not be ever D. would never be

14. A. I didn't either B. Nor I did C. So didn't I D. Also didn't I

15. A. Not al1 B. Neither C. Nor D. Both

16. A. since B. while C. before D. whereas

17. A. understand B. recognize C. suggest D. inform

18. A. speaking B. to say C. to speak D. saying

19. A. a lot B. much C. a bit D. more

20. A. as B. being C. to be D. but

In 1849, after graduation from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师), 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.

(1) Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon？

A.She couldn’t get admitted to medical school.

B.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.

(2) What main obstacle almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming for 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.

(3) How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital？

A.Eight years B.Ten years

C.Nineteen years D.Thirty-six years

(4) According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell,

A.became the first woman physician.

B.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.

(5) Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in_______.

A.England

B.Paris

C.the United States

D.New York City

experimenting on mice. They are studying the relationship between diet and health. At this time, over one hundred experiments are being done in this laboratory.

In one of these experiments, the scientists are studying the relationship between the amount of food the mice eat and their health. The mice are in three groups. All three groups are receiving the same healthy diet. But the amount of food that each group is receiving is different. The first group is eating one cup of food each day, the second group is eating two cups, and the third group of mice is eating three cups.

After three years, the healthiest group is the one that is only eating one cup of food each day. The mice in this group are thinner than normal mice. But they are more active. Most of the day, they are running, playing with one another, and using the equipment in their cages. Also, they are living longer. Mice usually live for two years. Most of the mice in this group are still alive after three years.

The second group of mice is normal weight. They are healthy, too. They are active, but not as active as the thinner mice. But they are only living about two years, not the three years or more of the thinner mice.

The last group of mice is receiving more food than the other two groups. Most of the day, these mice are eating or sleeping. They are not very active. These mice are living longer than the scientists thought - about a year and a half. But they aren't as healthy. They're sick more often than the other two groups.

(1)、The scientists in the laboratory are studying the relationship between the amount of food and diet.

A：T

B：F

(2)、The first two groups are receiving the most food.

A：T

B：F

(3)、The first group is the thinnest because they do not have a healthy diet.

A：T

B：F

(4)、Normal mice usually live for two years.

A：T

B：F

(5)、The text tells us that people who eat less and exercise more will live longer.

A：T

B：F

Language is always changing. In a society where life continues year after year with few changes, the languages do not change either. The earliest known languages had difficult grammar but a small, limited vocabulary. Over the century, the grammar changed, and the vocabulary grew. For example, the English and Spanish people who came to America during the sixteenth century gave names to all the new plants and animals they found. In this way, hundreds of new words were introduced into English and Spanish vocabularies. Today life is changing very fast,and language is changing fast too.

There are several major language families in the world. Some scientists say there are nine main families, but other scientists divided them differently. The languages in each family are connected, and scientists think that they came from the same parent language. About 3% of the people in the world speak languages that are not in these major families.

1. The early language had many words and easy grammar.

A. T B. F

2. In the next few hundred years we can expect language to change a great deal.

A. T B. F

3. This article shows that language changes with changes in society.

A. T B. F

4. From this article we can know that language will become easier and easier.

A. T B. F

5. The first English and Spanish people arrived in America more than 400-500 years ago.

A. T B. F

What is the real relationship between education and economic development We have to suspect that continuing economic growth promotes the development of education even when governments don’t force it. After all, that’s how education got started. When our ancestors were hunters and gatherers 10,000 years ago, they didn’t have time to wonder much about anything besides finding food. Only when humanity began to get its food in a more productive way was there time for other things. The author quotes the example of our ancestorsto showthat education emerged ______. （）

A．when people had enough time

B．prior to better ways of finding food

C．when people on longer went hungry

D．as a result of pressure on government

Gladys Holm was a secretary (秘书). She worked in an office all her life. Gladys earned (挣) about $ 15,000 a year. She died when she was 86 years old. And she left a big surprise–$ 18 million! She gave the money to a children’s hospital.

Gladys Holm never got married or had any children. But she always liked children, and she wanted to help them. When her friend ’s daughter was ill in hospital, Gladys brought her a teddy bear. After that, she visited the hospital many times. Every time she visited, she brought teddy bears for those children. After that, people started to call Gladys the “Teddy Bear Lady”.

Gladys always gave toys and presents to her friends and family but no one knew she had a lot of money. She lived in a small house outside Chicago. Everyone was very surprised when they learned she was a millionaire. A family friend said, “She always gave us nice presents and things, but we didn’t know she was rich.

How did Gladys get so much money？ She asked her boss how to earn more money,and she listened to what he said. She bought the stocks (股票) that he told her to buy,and she got very rich. Before she died, she talked to her friends about“giving something to the children’s hospital”. No one knew that the “something” was $ 18 million!

1. Gladys Holm often visited the hospital and gave children teddy bears because she had a lot of teddy bears.

A. T B. F

2. People started to call Gladys the “Teddy Bear Lady”after she died.

A. T B. F

3. Everyone was surprised that Gladys had so much money.

A. T B. F

4. Gladys did what the boss told her to do, so she got rich.

A. T B. F

5. When Gladys Holm became a millionaire, she stopped working.

A. T B. F