完整版高一英语阅读理解专项练习

记叙文类作者：巩穹

（I）★★

Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was

ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission(录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schooling.

In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon(外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea.

Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 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 being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women.

1. Why couldn't Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?

A. She couldn't get admitted to medical school

B. She decided to further her education in Paris

C. A serious eye problem stopped her

D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States

2. What main obstacle(障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeth's chances for becoming for a doctor?

A. She was a woman.

B. She wrote too many letters.

C. She couldn't graduate from medical school.

D. She couldn't set up her hospital.

3. How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital?

A. Eight years

B. Ten years

C. Nineteen years

D. Thirty-six years

4. According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts”in the life of Elizabeth Blacekwell except that she ______.

A. became the first woman physician

B. was the first woman doctor

C. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children

D. set up the first medical school for women

5. Eilzabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _______.

A. England

B. Paris

C. the United States

D. New York City

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（II）★★★

Europe is now the biggest market for organic food in the world, having grown by 25 percent a year over the past 10 years. Denmark's agriculture minister is herself an organic farmer.

The UK market for organic food grew by 55 percent in 2000, while the food market as a whole

grew by only one percent. Yet only seven percent of British shoppers account for nearly 60

percent of organic sales. However popular the idea of organic farming may be, it is still an interest

for only a few people.

So what makes the idea of organic farming popular? Organic farming means farming with natural materials, rather than with man-made fertilizers or pesticides. Organic farmers rely on

many methods —such as crop rotation (农作物的轮作) and the use of resistant（有抵抗力的）varieties, because they are necessary for organic farmers to compensate for the shortage of

man-made chemicals.

Organic farming is often supposed to be safer than traditional farming for the environment.

Yet after a long research on organic farming worldwide for a number of years, science continues

to be against this opinion. The House of Commons committee on agriculture publicized that, even with complete research work, it would fail to find any scientific evidence to prove “that any of claims （宣称）made for organic farming is always true”.

However, the talk about the benefits of organic farming is going on. This is partly because

many people depend on their individual farm, the soil, the weather, and so on.

1. The first paragraph mainly tells us _____.

A. organic farming has been performed only in Europe over the past 10 years

B. governments of European countries have cared less about organic farming

C. organic farming is far from being as popular as expected

D. European countries need organic food more than the other countries in the world

2. The underlined words “compensate for”in the second paragraph probably mean “________”.

A. argue for

B. care for

C. struggle for

D. pay for

3. What can we know about organic farming?

A. It refers to farming with natural materials, instead of chemical fertilizers.

B. It refers to farming with chemical fertilizers rather than natural fertilizers.

C. It refers to farming with soil rather than any other thing.

D. It refers to growing crops with man-made fertilizers and pesticides.

4. According to the third paragraph, _____.

A. organic farming is safer than traditional farming for the environment

B. the idea that organic farming is safer has not been proven by science

C. organic farming is accepted by the UK's House of Commons committee

D. organic farming is preferred to traditional farming

5. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. The UK's agriculture minister is an organic farmer.

B. Organic farming is popular with young people.

C. Farmers make use of many different kinds of methods to improve the organic sales system.

D. Ninety-three percent of British shoppers don't buy organic products.

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