Question

Maria Mitchell was born in 1818 during a time when many people thought that woman did not need to learn . But , Mitchell’s father thought that both boys and girls should go to school . ___________, he tutored her at home as well as sent to her to school .

Mitchell’s father , recognizing her interest in astronomy (天文学) at early age , encouraged her interest and taught her how to use a telescope . As an ________, she worked as the first librarian at the Nantucket Atheneum library from 1836to 1856 , all the while still looking at the sky at night , studying the stars and the planets.

In October 1847, Mitchel saw a bright star through the telescope . She was sure that she had _______seen that star before. Excited , she ran to tell her father . She carefully wrote notes about the star. The next night , it looked as if the” star” had _________. It also seemed to have a tail (尾巴)！Now , Mitchell was sure that she had found a comet , not a star.

At eh time , the king of Denmark was offering a prize to the first person to find a comet that could only be seen through a telescope . Mitchell won the prize! It was a gold medal . But , she won something else too . She won people’s respect when they saw that she was _______ her work . Later , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences voted her in as its first female member .

In 1856, a new college just for women opened . It was called Vassar College , and Mitchell became a professor there . She was the first female professor to teach astronomy , or the science of stars and planets . Because of her , female students learned that they could be scientists too . Women could make valuable _______to help understand our world .

1.A. Instead B. In addition C. So D. After all

2.A. adult B. agent C. astronaut D. audience

3.A. once B. never C. probably D. certainly

4.A. disappeared B. fallen C. moved D. grown

5.A. famous for B. honest about C. responsible for D. serious about

6.A. decisions B. discoveries C. mistakes D. connections

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