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1、2014-2015学年高中英语同步练习与评测题【6】及答案：Unit1（人教新课标必修4）Women of achievement 同步练习(六)阅读理解 AMarie was born in Poland in 1867. She was given the name Marie Sklodowska by her parents. Her father was a teacher. Everyone soon saw that Marie had a quick mind. Marie s mother died when her youngest daughter was only te
2、n. This made Marie know that she must work hard at her lessons if she wanted to be successful in her life. So she did and won top honors at her school. Marie and her elder sister, Bronya, dreamed of studying in France. But their father did not have enough money to send them there. Then Marie made ou
3、t a plan: she would teach at home and send her money to Bronya. After her sister finished studying in Paris, she could get work and send Marie the money to study there in return. With tears in their eyes the girls said goodbye to each other, and Marie worked very hard for six years to pay for her si
4、ster s studies. At last it was Marie s turn, but by the time she got to France, her sister was married and could not give her much help. Again Marie worked. She studied in a small room without heat or light. She lived on bread and tea most of the time, but what she cared of most was her science, her
5、 study and her research work. This was her world and she liked her experiment most. In Paris she met and married Pierre Curie, a young famous scientist. Together they made their experiments in an old house shabbily equipped (设施简陋的). They knew that some element in the world gave off a strange power.
6、The power could go through other objects. They found more of this power in some elements than in any other elements. It made them believe that it must be a new element itself. For four years they tried experiments to separate this new powerful element. Finally they found something that they called r
7、adium. Its power of radiation was much greater than that of other elements. The Curies were awarded the Nobel Prize for their great contribution to science. They used the money for further experiments on the uses of radium. They found it could be used in treating diseases. Unfortunately Pierre died
8、suddenly just after he began to work as professor at the Sorbonne ( 巴黎大学). Marie Curie took his place. She thus became the first woman ever to teach there. She continued their research work and made many more important discoveries. In 1911 she received another Nobel Prize. It is the only time in his
9、tory that two Nobel Prize have been given to the same person, and this person was a woman. Marie Curie, an extraordinary woman scientist with extraordinary successes discovered a hidden power from which the world benefits much. It was this same power, however, that killed her in 1934. 1. Marie and h
10、er sister wished to_. A. study in FranceB. work at homeC. visit ParisD. travel around the world2. Pick out the right order for Maries plan. a. Bronya worked and earned money. b. Marie studied in France. c. Marie worked and earned money. d. Bronya studied in France. A. a, b, c, d B. c, d, a, bC. c, b
11、, a, d D. a, d, c, b3. What made Marie forget and overcome her hardship in Paris?A. Pierres help. B. Her love for scientific research. C. Six years hard work. D. Her sisters help. 4. The main character (特点. ) of the element radium is that it_. A. has a lot of usesB. is a strange elementC. sends out
12、more and greater power than other elementsD. has never existed in the world before5. Which of the following questions can NOT be answered by the information from the passage?A. Why couldnt the sister study in France together?B. How long did the elder sister study in France?C. What led the Curies to
13、believe that there was a new element in the world?D. What color is radium?BNellie Melba was Australia s Queen of Opera (歌剧). She was born in 1861 and her real name was Helen Porter Mitchell. She grew up in a musical family. When she was 20, Helen Mitchell married the manager of a Queensland sugar fa
14、rm. But she was not happy and the next year she went back to Melbourne to continue her music and singing lessons. She wanted to make a name for herself as an opera singer. She stayed in Melbourne for four years then left for London. But no one seemed interested in this young unknown singer from Aust
15、ralia. She went to Paris to have lessons from a well-known teacher. In December the same year she gave a concert in which she used the name Nellie Melba in honour of Melbourne, her home city. Nellie Melba was soon a star. She sang in London, Europe, Russia and America. She was paid well every time she sang. In 1902 she turned to Melbourne. The city was decorated (装饰) and thousands of people waited in the streets to wave and cheer as she drove by. From then on she divided her time between London and Australia. During World
