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Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 1867---1934.

Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered two new elements (radium and polonium) and studied the x-rays. She found that the harmful properties of x-rays were able to kill tumors(肿瘤). By the end of World WarⅠ, Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world. She had made a conscious decision, however, not to patent（申请专利）methods of processing radium or its medical applications.

    Marie Curie was born on November 7, 1867, in Poland and died on July 4, 1934.

Her co-discovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and polonium represents one of the best known stories in modern science for which they were recognized in 1901with the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1911, Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize, this time in Chemistry, to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radium’s atomic weight.

As a child, Marie Curie amazed people with her great memory. She learned to read when she was only four years old. Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie. She dreamed of becoming a scientist, but that would not be easy. Her family became very poor, and at the age of 18, Marie became a governess(家庭教师). In 1891, Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie, a well-known physicist.

Marie Curie contributed greatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of x-rays. She received two Noble Prizes for her brilliant work, but died of leukemia, caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive material.

64. What does the author’s purpose of writing the passage?

   A. To give us a general introduction of Marie Curie.

   B. To show us how Madame Curie discovered radium.

   C. To tell us how Madame Curie received the Noble Prize.

   D. To let us know something about Madame Curie’s childhood.

65. In this passage the underlined word “isolating” probably means________.

   A. discovering      B. inventing      C. separating     D. comparing

66. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. Marie Curie could learn things by heart very easily as a child.

   B. Marie Curie had a great ambition when she was young.

   C. Marie Curie found it hard for her to receive high education.

   D. Marie Curie received two Noble Prizes in physics.

67. Which is the right order of happenings in this passage?

   a. married Pierre Curie            b. attended University 

c. discovered radium             d. determined radium’s atomic weight

e. won the Noble Prize in physics

A. b, c, a, d, e       B. b, a, c, d, e    C. b, a, c, e, d        D. b, c, a, e, d    

Answer 1

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