13．Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman doctor in the United States．Her success opened the way for other women who wanted to do more than nursing．She was born in England in 1821and her family moved to America when she was eleven years old．
The Blackwell girls received the same education as their brothers．This was most unusual in those days．Their father died young and they had very little money to live on．Elizabeth and her sisters taught at school．Then a woman dying of cancer urged Elizabeth to study medicine，saying that a woman doctor would have saved her from her worst sufferings．Nearly everyone said a girl should not go to medical school，but she managed to enter Geneva College in New York State．She graduated in 1849at the head of her class and received the first medical degree ever given to a woman．
Next，Dr．Blackwell went to Paris．Her only chance of training was in a hospital where women came to have their babies．Four months later，while she was working in the French hospital，her left eye became dangerously infected （感染）．She lost the eye．She was very disappointed．But she was soon back at work again，this time in London，England．There she met many famous scientists．
In 1859，Elizabeth Blackwell was officially recognized as a doctor in Great Britain-the first woman to be honored．She was the inspiration of Elizabeth Garrett，who began the women's medical movement in England．Florence Nightingale，founder of the practice of nursing by women，was another of her friends．
Dr．Blackwell died in 1910at the age of 89．
49．Elizabeth and her sisters taught at school probably toA．
A．help support the family
B．become women doctors
C．get practical experience
D．earn money for their education
50．What made Elizabeth decide to study medicine？C
A．The education she received．
B．The death of her father．
C．The sufferings of a cancer patient．
D．The encouragement from a patient．
51．Which of the following is the correct order of events according to the passage？B
a．Elizabeth Blackwell lost one eye．
b．Elizabeth Blackwell received a doctor's degree．
c．Elizabeth Blackwell entered Geneva College．
d．Elizabeth Blackwell was recognized as a doctor．
e．Elizabeth Blackwell went to work in London．
A．cabed
B．cbaed
C．acbed
D．bcade
52．What can we infer from the last two paragraphs？D
A．Elizabeth Blackwell was more famous in Britain．
B．Elizabeth Blackwell learned from other women．
C．Elizabeth Garrett gave Elizabeth Blackwell much help．
D．Florence Nightingale was encouraged by Elizabeth Blackwell．
分析 本文主要介紹了Elizabeth Blackwell的生平以及她一生對于醫(yī)學的貢獻．
解答 49．A，推理判斷題，根據句子Their father died young and they had very little money to live on可知，Elizabeth Blackwell 和她姐姐在學校教書是因為要支撐整個家庭，故答案為A．
50．C，細節(jié)理解題，根據句子Then a woman dying of cancer urged Elizabeth to study medicine，saying that a woman doctor would have saved her from her worst sufferings可知，Elizabeth Blackwell 決定從醫(yī)是看到了一個癌癥病人所遭遇的痛苦，故答案為C．
51．B，細節(jié)理解題，根據短文的描述，首先Elizabeth Blackwell 進入日內瓦大學，獲得博士學位，接著她失去了一只眼睛，后來回倫敦工作，最后被認可為醫(yī)生，因此文章的順序應是B選項．
52．D，推理判斷題，最后兩段提到Elizabeth Blackwell 是Elizabeth Garrett的靈感，又根據句子Florence Nightingale，founder of the practice of nursing by women，was another of her friends，可以推斷Florence Nightingale 也被Elizabeth Blackwell鼓勵過的，故答案為D．
點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題，首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過程中，應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細讀題材，各個擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時，要有較強的針對性．對于捕獲到的信息，要做認真分析，仔細推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準．
