Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face, “What a long day this is going to be!”

Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off ____11____ hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.

“What a nice ____12____,” said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight. “It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up ____13____ smile.

George, the little boy, told his mother about that ____14____ girl when he got back home, “She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”

“Why not give her some ____15____?” said his mother. George agreed.

The next morning, as Jennie ____16___ at the window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said, “Can I come in?” Jennie told him _____17____ to get into the house.

Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle “Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

“Are they for me?” said Jennie ____18____. “How kind you are,” she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap. I’ve ____19___ received any flower since we moved to the town.”

“Did you live in the countryside?” asked George, ___20____ the old, small and empty room.

“Yes,” said Jennie.

Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She ____21____ walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick ___22____ so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.

George told his parents ____23____. They decided to help her. More and more people in the ____24___ gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.

A few months later, Jennie and her mother ____25____ a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on face.

1.A. her                    B. his                         C. your                      D. my

2.A. house       B. door                     C. smile                     D. schoolbag

3.A. and              B. but                       C. as                          D. or

4.A. rich                     B. lucky                        C. bad               D. poor

5.A. money           B. flowers                C. clothes                 D. food

6.A. danced    B. cried                       C. sat                          D. laughed

7.A. how                     B. who                     C. when                    D. why

8.A. angrily      B. easily                      C. sadly             D. happily

9.A. never                  B. usually                C. always                  D. sometimes

10.A. looking for   B. looking around    C. looking like         D. looking after

11.A. shouldn’t    B. needn’t                  C. couldn’t               D. mustn’t

12.A. for                    B. in                             C. at                            D. on

13.A. something   B. anything            C. everything            D. nothing

14.A. countryside  B. town                  C. village                    D. city

15.A. reached     B. left                     C. closed                    D. opened

 

　　 When Ali was young, all the men in the village wore red hats. Ali was not yet   1   to have one, and he was waiting for the day when his father would buy one   2   him.

    One day, Ali’s father told him that he could   3   him to the next village,   4   the big marketplace was.   5   they loaded a donkey with four sacks of grain, and soon they were walking down the road that   6   the east.

　　 When they got to the village, the market- place was   7   with people and animals. The people had come to the market to sell   8   they had made or raised, and to buy what they wanted．Ali’s father was   9  . He sold his grain   10   a good price soon after he and Ali arrived at the market.

    The father and son then went to buy things that were needed at home. Ali was happy that his father had brought him along. The market was full of   11   sights and sounds, and Ali enjoyed looking at   12  . He   13   the red hat, but his father had not. “Now, All,” he said, “there is   14   thing we have to buy.” They   15   in front of a hat shop. Ali’s father asked the assistant to   16   a hat for his son. Ali was so   17   that he could not speak. Ali’s father chose a hat and after discussing the   18   for quite a long time, he seemed   19   and paid the assistant. Then he   20   the red hat and placed it on his son’s head．“Ali,” he said, “now you are a man.”

1. A．rich enough

B．old enough

C．good

D．young

2. A．for

B．to

C．with

D．belonging to

3. A．go with

B．wait for

C．drive.

D．show

4. A．that

B．which

C．what

D．where

5. A．Yet

B．Together

C．Just then

D．Otherwise

6. A．led to

B．took

C．got to

D．is toward

7. A．crowded

B．surrounded

C．gathered

D．seated

8. A．animal

B．things

C．wheat

D．all that

9. A．pleasant

B．lucky

C．upset

D．proud

10. A．in

B．on

C．with

D．at

11. A．interested

B．interesting

C．tiresome

D．boring

12. A．pictures

B．nothing

C．everything

D．market

13. A．had forgotten about

B．had remembered

C．had bought

D．had got

14. A．one more

B．some

C．other

D．no more

15. A．walked

B．talked

C．looked

D．stopped

16. A．put on

B．made

C．bring out

D．try

17. A．pleased

B．angry

C．worried

D．frightened

18. A．quality

B．price

C．shape

D．color

19. A．excited

B．moved

C．satisfied

D．puzzled

20. A．took

B．picked

C．brought

D．snatched

 

　　 When Ali was young, all the men in the village wore red hats. Ali was not yet   1   to have one, and he was waiting for the day when his father would buy one   2   him.

    One day, Ali’s father told him that he could   3   him to the next village,   4   the big marketplace was.   5   they loaded a donkey with four sacks of grain, and soon they were walking down the road that   6   the east.

　　 When they got to the village, the market- place was   7   with people and animals. The people had come to the market to sell   8   they had made or raised, and to buy what they wanted．Ali’s father was   9  . He sold his grain   10   a good price soon after he and Ali arrived at the market.

    The father and son then went to buy things that were needed at home. Ali was happy that his father had brought him along. The market was full of   11   sights and sounds, and Ali enjoyed looking at   12  . He   13   the red hat, but his father had not. “Now, All,” he said, “there is   14   thing we have to buy.” They   15   in front of a hat shop. Ali’s father asked the assistant to   16   a hat for his son. Ali was so   17   that he could not speak. Ali’s father chose a hat and after discussing the   18   for quite a long time, he seemed   19   and paid the assistant. Then he   20   the red hat and placed it on his son’s head．“Ali,” he said, “now you are a man.”

1. A．rich enough

B．old enough

C．good

D．young

2. A．for

B．to

C．with

D．belonging to

3. A．go with

B．wait for

C．drive.

D．show

4. A．that

B．which

C．what

D．where

5. A．Yet

B．Together

C．Just then

D．Otherwise

6. A．led to

B．took

C．got to

D．is toward

7. A．crowded

B．surrounded

C．gathered

D．seated

8. A．animal

B．things

C．wheat

D．all that

9. A．pleasant

B．lucky

C．upset

D．proud

10. A．in

B．on

C．with

D．at

11. A．interested

B．interesting

C．tiresome

D．boring

12. A．pictures

B．nothing

C．everything

D．market

13. A．had forgotten about

B．had remembered

C．had bought

D．had got

14. A．one more

B．some

C．other

D．no more

15. A．walked

B．talked

C．looked

D．stopped

16. A．put on

B．made

C．bring out

D．try

17. A．pleased

B．angry

C．worried

D．frightened

18. A．quality

B．
price

C．shape

D．color

19. A．excited

B．moved

C．satisfied

D．puzzled

20. A．took

B．picked

C．brought

D．snatched

 

Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821 in Bristol, England. Her father was a rich sugar businessman at the time. Because her parents thought boys and girls should be equal, Elizabeth received the same education as her brothers.

In 1832, her father’s business was destroyed by fire, so her family moved to New York City. But her father’s business there failed. Then in 1837, the family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. Not long after, her father died. After her father’s death, Elizabeth, at the age of 16, had to go to work.

When she was 24, she visited her dying friend Mary. Her friend said, “You’re young and strong, you should become a doctor.” That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. But she knew this was what she was going to do.

After several rejections from medical schools, she finally was accepted by Geneva Medical College. By studying hard, she graduated successfully in 1849.

After graduating from medical school, she went to Paris to learn more about medicine. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

When she returned to America in 1851, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. In 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides, she also set up the first medical school for women in 1868, where she taught the women students about disease prevention. It was the first time that the idea of preventing disease was taught in a medical school.

Elizabeth Blackwell started the British National Health Society in 1871, which helped people learn how to stay healthy. In 1889, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman doctor in the United States. Most importantly, she fought for the admission of women to medical colleges.

Elizabeth Blackwell died on May 3, 1910, when she was 89.She opened a world of chances for women. She always fought for what was right in all her life. In 1949 the Blackwell medal was established. It’s given to women who have excellent achievements in the field of medicine. She’ll always be remembered as a great woman.

1.According to the passage, Elizabeth Blackwell ________.

A．received bad education in her childhood

B．spent a happy and lucky childhood

C．moved to America with her family at eleven

D．decided to be a doctor due to her father’s death

2.Elizabeth Blackwell could not become a surgeon because ________.

A．she was a woman

B．she had a serious eye problem

C．she went to Paris for further education

D．she didn’t go to medical school

3.Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her life in ________.

A．the U.S.           B．Paris             C．England           D．Geneva

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Elizabeth Blackwell?

A．She built the first hospital for women and children with others.

B．She became the first woman doctor in the U.S.

C．She set up the first medical school for women in the world.

D．She built a medal for women with excellent achievements in medicine.