How Women Were Freed From Their Homes
As late as 1800, a woman’s only place was in her home. Women in business were unheard of. No respectable woman would dream of entering what was strictly a “man’s world”. Even if she would, what could she do? Men were sure that no woman could do a job well outside her home. This was a widely accepted idea. When the famous Bronte sisters began writing books in 1846, they had to resort to using men’s names as aliases.
Teaching was the first profession opened to women, soon after 1800. But even that was not easy for women to take because most high schools and colleges were open only to men. Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to take in women.
Nursing was regarded as a respectable profession for women only after Florence Nightingale won high credit for her nursing career and became famous. Miss Nightingale opened the first training school for nursing in 1860 in England.
The invention of typewriters in 1867 helped to bring women out of their homes to join the business world. Because women are careful and have nimble fingers, businessmen found that they were well suited to this kind of work.
By 1890, tens of thousands of women were working in schools, hospitals, shops, offices, and factories both in England and the States. Some even managed to become doctors or lawyers. The idea of women working in business and other circles was accepted.
小題1:Oberlin College was the first college in America _______.
A．where teaching was a profession only open to women
B．where girls could get advanced education
C．to train women to be teachers and nurses
D．to accept women only as professors and students
小題2: It can be inferred from the text that besides nursing, Florence Nightingale was also ______.
A．a(chǎn) doctor B．a(chǎn) lawyerC．a(chǎn) teacherD．a(chǎn) businessman
小題3:Quite a lot of women entered the business world _______
A．soon after 1800B．when Nightingale became famous
C．a(chǎn)t the beginning of this centuryD．a(chǎn)fter the typewriter came into being
小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:D
1. 細(xì)節(jié)考查。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to take in women.可以得出B;
2. 推測題。 根據(jù)文章第三段最后一句Miss Nightingale opened the first training school for nursing in 1860 in England.可以推測她也是一名教師。
3. 推測題。從文章第四段第一句可推出。故選D
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