5.　 Which of the following best explains why Emma Willard was an important person?

A. She was the first American woman to get a college education.

B. She was the first American woman to become a college teacher.

C. She fought for equal rights for women in the US.

D. She was a pioneer in winning higher education for women in the US.

答：1. D 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. D

4.　 What do you suppose the US Hall of Fame is?

A. It is a building set up in memory of the great people of the US.

B. It is a grand hall where honored people receive prizes from the US govern-ment.

C. It is a place where honored people in the US are buried.

D. It is a house of representatives to which respected people are elected.

3.　 Choose the right order of the events given in the passage.

A. New York State granted women the right to attend public colleges and univer-sities.

B. The first women’s school of higher education was set up.

C. Emma Willard died.

D. Emma Willard ran classes in her home.

E. Emma Willard began teaching at school.

F. Emma Willard was elected to the Hall of Fame.

A. e,d,c,b,f,a 　B. d,e,a,c,b,f

C. d,e,a,b,f,c　 D. e,d,b,c,a,f

2.　 In what way did Emma’s father help her to do what she did?

A. He allowed her to run a school at home.

B. He urged her to become a school teacher.

C. He taught her college lessons himself.

D. He sent her to college.

1. During Emma Willard’s lifetime, women in the US ______.

A. were not allowed to receive higher education

B. went to separate colleges and universities

C. started to enjoy equal rights to education

D. began to fight for the right to higher education

4.　 According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A. h takes a traveler more than 48 hours to cross the country by fast car.

B. There are no mountains in the continental US.

C. America is in the Atlantic Ocean.

D. Hawaii is far away from the mainland of the US.

答：1. B 2. B 3. B 4. D

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Emma Hart Willard (1787-1870) was an American pioneer educator. In her time colleges and universities were for men, and women were not permitted to attend. Emma received advanced education at home from her father and became a school teacher at twen-ty. She continued to teach at school for several years after her marriage, then began of-fering eollege lessons in her home to women students. Later she founded a school in New York State, which was the first school of higher education in the US for women. Emma WiUard also tried to persuade New York State to pass a law to allow women to attend pub-lic colleges and universities, though that did not come about until after her death. Some years later people remembered her for her life-long efforts and elected her to the US Hall of Fame (荣誉) in 1905.

3.　 People who visit the United States are often surprised when they ________.

A. come to the east coast of the United States

B. know how far it is from the east coast to the west coast

C. are in a jet plane

D. travel in a fast train

2.　 This passage tells us the distance________.

A. from New York to Chicago

B. from the east coast to the west coast

C. from the Canadian border to the Mexican border

D. from Hawaii to the east coast

1.　 The main idea of this passage is ______.

A. the United States is smaller than most people think it is

B. the United States is a very big country

C. the new state of Hawaii has greatly increased the size of the United States

D. the United States is a very famous country

6.　 Which of the following is the most likely reply the doctor gave the woman patient at the end of the story?

A. “Yes, he does need help, your help, not mine.”

B. “Another accident? I’ve just had an accident myself!”

C. “I got your call and rushed over. I hope I’m not too late.”

D. “I didn’t get your call. But I’m here and hope I can help.”

答：1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. A

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Visitors to the United States are often surprised to learn the distance from the east coast to the west coast. It is more than 3500 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean on the east coast to the Pacific Ocean on the west. A jet plane crosses the continental United States in about five hours, but a traveler in a fast railroad needs more than forty-eight hours to cross the country.

The new state of Hawaii is very far from the states on the east eoast of the continent. Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean. It is more than 3000 kilometers from Hawaii to the main land of the United States.