“Lizzie, there’s a letter for you!” Emily called up the stairs to her sister. Lizzie looked down. “Is it from Harvard? They refused my application（申请）once.” Emily answered, “No, it’s from Yale.” Quickly, Lizzie walked downstairs. She took the letter and opened it. “Rejected again,” Lizzie 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,” Lizzie told her sister. As it turned out, the professors at Geneva Medical College were not fools. They allowed Lizzie Blackwell to study medicine.
In 1848, a year before Lizzie would graduate, a typhoid epidemic (伤寒流行病) broke out in New York. Lizzie wrote to Emily. “There’s an outbreak (爆发) of typhoid, and I am going to help. It is dangerous, so if I die, 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, Lizzie 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?” Lizzie thought for a while and replied, “There’s a big house in the poor part of our town. We can provide medicine there for people who couldn’t afford care.”
Soon with the help of some friends, Lizzie and Emily bought the house and opened a hospital for poor women and children. “We’ll have an all-women staff (员工),” Lizzie said. “And later, we’ll set up a medical college for women!” Emily added. At last, Lizzie realized her dream of being a doctor.
46. Which of the following can be used in place of the underlined word “Rejected”?
A. Refused. B. Praised C. Changed. D. Accepted.
47. How did Emily feel when she heard Lizzie’s words about the letter from Yale?
A. Excited. B. Happy. C. Satisfied. D. Angry.
48. Who thought women could be doctors according to the passage?
A. Professors at Harvard. B. Professors at Yale.
C. Professors at Geneva Medical College. D. All of the above.
49. In 1848, Lizzie 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
50. Which of the following can best be used to describe Lizzie?
A. Humorous. B. Honest. C. Determined. D. Careful.
名校课堂系列答案科目：初中英语 来源：考前百天点拔与千题解答（中考阅读） 题型：050
It shook, rattled (嗄嗄作响), and groaned (呻吟). It wasn't pretty. It looked like a black box sitting on high, skinny wheels. But it could go anywhere, and it was cheap.
What was it? It was Henry Ford's Model-T ca－better known as the Tin Lizzie. This car was the most popular of all for nearly 20 years. It changed the American way of life forever.
Model T's were sold as fast as they were made. Eleven thousand were sold in 1908. They cost $850 each. Of course, you can't buy a new car for $850 any longer. The prices of new cars keep changing.
The line graph below shows how the average prices of American cars have been changing.
A line graph shows how something has changed. This kind of graph uses a simple line to show changes. If the line goes up, that means things have gone up in some way. If the line goes down, then something has gone down.
Suppose you want to find the average price of cars for 1977. Find 1977 at the bottom of the graph. Find the dot over the year. Then find the price across from the dot.
Use the line graph to answer the questions below.
1．What was the average price of a car in 1979?
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2．What does the line graph show about car prices?
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3．In what year did cars cost more than $4000 but less than $6000?
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4．Suppose you were looking for a new car in 1981. What would the average price have been?
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5．How did the average price of cars change from 1977 to 1979?
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