Question

【題目】The Early Life of Marie Curie

Marie Curie’s story is all about courage and persistence（堅(jiān)持）. She was born in Warsaw, Poland in l867. She finished her life as a w【1】of two Nobel Prizes, and as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th c【2】.

Marie learned to read at an early age. She read everything she c【3】: novels, history books, poems and even her father’s papers.

Marie had an u【4】 childhood. At age 8, her eldest sister died of illness. And two years later, her mother died of tuberculosis（肺結(jié)核）. At 15, she graduated from middle school. However, girls were not a【5】 to get further education. If they wanted to study more, girls had to go abroad.

Unluckily, her family couldn’t a【6】 it, so she had to make a living in Poland.

Marie left Warsaw when she was 16 and worked as a governess（家庭教師）in the countryside. She was patient enough and good at teaching children. She had to work long and lonely hours during the daytime, but at night she studied her father’s favourite subjects-physics and mathematics.

By 1891, Marie came to Paris for f【7】 study. But she couldn’t speak French. She could h【8】understand the lessons. To catch up, she studied French every evening and did all the work she had missed.

In 1894, she a【9】 her degree（學(xué)位）in mathematics. That year was even more important for Marie b【10】 she met a man who would be her partner in work and life: Pierre Curie, a young French scientist.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】winner

【2】century

【3】could

【4】unlucky

【5】allowed

【6】afford

【7】further

【8】hardly

【9】achieved

【10】because

【解析】

本文講述了居里夫人的故事，她于1967年出生在波蘭華沙，她是兩項(xiàng)諾貝爾獎得主和20世紀(jì)最偉大的科學(xué)家之一�，旣惖耐�年很不幸，女生不允許上學(xué)，要上學(xué)必須出國。到了1891年，瑪麗來到巴黎繼續(xù)深造。她認(rèn)真學(xué)習(xí)，取得了數(shù)學(xué)學(xué)位，認(rèn)識了她的丈夫。

【1】句意：她去世時，已經(jīng)是兩項(xiàng)諾貝爾獎得主和20世紀(jì)最偉大的科學(xué)家之一。

根據(jù)“a w____1____of two Nobel Prizes”可知是兩項(xiàng)諾貝爾獎得主，結(jié)合所給首字母，所以此處是“贏家”，故答案為winner。

【2】句意：她去世時，已經(jīng)是兩項(xiàng)諾貝爾獎得主和20世紀(jì)最偉大的科學(xué)家之一。

根據(jù)“the 20th c____2____.”可知此處缺名詞，結(jié)合常識及所給首字母，可推測出此處是“世紀(jì)”，故答案為century。

【3】句意：她讀能讀的一切東西。

根據(jù)“She read everything she c____3____”可知此處everything作定語從句的賓語，所以此處缺謂語動詞，結(jié)合句子可知是一般過去式，結(jié)合所給首字母，可推測出是“能”，故答案為could。

【4】句意：瑪麗的童年很不幸。

根據(jù)“childhood”可知此處缺單數(shù)名詞，結(jié)合“At age 8, her eldest sister…she graduated from middle school.”可知她的童年很不幸，故答案為unlucky。

【5】句意：然而，女孩不允許接受進(jìn)一步的教育。

be allowed to do sth表示“允許做什么”，結(jié)合“However,girls were not a____5____ to get further education. If they wanted to study more,girls had to go abroad.”可知此處是不允許上學(xué)，結(jié)合所給首字母，故答案為allowed。

【6】句意：不幸的是，她的家庭負(fù)擔(dān)不起。

根據(jù)“so she had to make a living in Poland.”可知她不得不在波蘭謀生，結(jié)合上文要上學(xué)，必須得出國，所以她家無法承擔(dān)，故答案為afford。

【7】句意：瑪麗來到巴黎繼續(xù)深造。

further study表示“深造”，結(jié)合“But she couldn’t speak French. She could h____8____understand the lessons. ”可知是去巴黎深造，故答案為further。

【8】句意：她幾乎聽不懂課程。

根據(jù)“But she couldn’t speak French”可知她不會說法語，所以她幾乎聽不懂課程，結(jié)合所給首字母，故答案為hardly。

【9】句意：她取得了數(shù)學(xué)學(xué)位。

根據(jù)“her degree”可知此處是取得，根據(jù)文章是一般過去時，結(jié)合所給首字母，所以此處是取得，故答案為achieved。

【10】句意：因?yàn)樗�遇到了一個男人。

根據(jù)“she met a man who would be her partner in work and life: Pierre Curie,a young French scientist.”可知是給出了“那一年對瑪麗來說更加重要”的原因，結(jié)合所給首字母，故答案為because。