甘肃省武夷市民勤县2017-2018学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题阅读理解 （30分） A The Early Life of Marie Curie Marie Curies story is one of courage and determination. She began life in a country where,at the time,women were only given a basic education. She finished her life as a Doctor of Science,as a winner of the twentieth century. Marie Curie was born as Marya Sklodowska in Warsaw,Poland on 7th November 1867. She had three older sisters and one older brother. Her mother was a school principal and her father worked as a professor of mathematics and physics at a high school. They did not have much money. Marie learned to read fluently at an early age. She read everything she could; novels,history books,poetry and even her fathers technical papers. Tragedy struck the family twice in Maries childhood. First her oldest sister,Sofia,died of typhus and two years later,Maries mother died from tuberculosis. Marie was then ten years old. During that time,Marie continued with her studies. By the time she was 15,she had graduated top of her class from her secondary school. However,girls were not allowed to move on to further education. If they wanted to study more,girls had to go abroad. Unfortunately,Maries family did not have enough money to send her away,so she had to earn a living in Poland. Marie left Warsaw when she was16 and went to work as a governess in the countryside . She had to work long and lonely hours,but at night she studied her fathers favorite subjects physics and mathematics.She saved money too. By 1885,Maries sister Bronya had saved enough money to go to Paris to study medicine.She promised Marie that she would bring her to Paris once she was settled there. It was five years before Marie was finally asked to go. Marie was 24 when she arrived in Paris.Alongside 12000 other students,she entered the Sorbolme (an ancient and famous university) where she studied mathematics. Marie couldnt speak French,so she could hardly understand the lectures. Soon she realized she was far behind the other students in her class. To catch up,she studied French every evening after her lectures and did all the work she had missed. In July 1893,a year and a half after arriving in France,she took her first exams-she got the highest score in her year.One year later,in 1894,she obtained her degree in mathematics.That year was even more important for Marie because she met a man who would be her partner in work and life;Pierre Curie, a young French scientist.1、Marie Curie was born in ( )A. France B. Warsaw C. Paris D. the countryside2、By the time Marie was 10, ( )A. She had graduated from secondaryB. her sister Bronya had gone to ParisC. her mother and elder sister had died D. she could not read3、At age 16,Marie became a governess to( )A. study mathematics B.help her fatherC.forget about her mother and sister D.earn some money to go abroad4、When Marie went to Paris,she ( )A. couldnt find a job B.was already the best studentC.was not very good at French D.felt very old5、In 1894,Marie()A. left FranceB.met Pierre CurieC.became a partner at the universityD.gave up her studies B SYDNEY:As they sat sharing sweets beside a swimming pool in 1999,Shane Gould and Jessicah Schipper were simply getting along well,chatting about sport,life and “anything else that came up”. Yet in Sydney next month,they will meet again by the pool,and for short time the friends will race against each other in the 50-meter butterfly (蝶泳）in the Australian championships at Homebush Bay. Gould ,now a 47-year-old mother of four,has announced she will be making a return to elite competition(顶级赛事）to swim the one event,having set a qualifying(合格的）time of 30.32seconds in winning gold at last years United States Masters championships.Her comeback comes 32 years after she won three golds at the Munich Olympics. Shipper,now a 17-year-old from Brisbane with a bright future of going to Athens for her frist Olympics,yesterday recalled（回忆）her time with Gould five years ago. “I was at a national youth came on the Gold Coast and Shane had come along to talk to us and watch us train.”Schipper explained.“It seemed as if we had long been good friends.I dont know why.We just started talking and it went from there.” “She had a lot to share with all of us at that camp.She told us stories about what it was like at big meets like the Olympics and what its like to be on an Australian team.It was really interesting.” Next time ,things will be more serious.“I will still be swimming in the 50m butterfly at the nationals,so there is a chance that I could actually be competing against Shane Gould.”said Shipper,who burst onto the scene at last years national championships with second places in the 100m and 200m butterfly.6、What is the passage mainly about？