单选题Why did the woman cook set up this restaurant?A To earn money.B To give children chances to learn to be useful to the public.C To attract customers.

资料：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 （外科医生） , but a serious eye problem forced he r 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 won hospital, she also set up the first medical school for women.

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

A.She wrote too many letters.
B.She couldn’t graduate from medical school.
C.She was a woman.
D.She couldn’t set up her hospital.

共用题干
第一篇

How to be a Successful Businessperson

Have you ever wondered why some people are successful in business and others are not? Here’s a story
about one successful businessperson.He started out washing dishes and today he owns 168 restaurants.
Zubair Kazi was born in Bhatkal,a small town in southwest India. His dream was to he an airplane
pilot,and when he was 16 years old,he learned to fly a small plane.
At the age of 23 and with just a little money in his pocket,Mr. Ka2i moved to the United States.He
hoped to get a job in the airplane industry in California. Instead,he ended up working for a company that
rented cars.
While Mr. Kazi was working at the car rental（租赁的）company, he frequently ate at a nearby KFC res-
taurant.To save money on food,he decided to get a job with KFC.For two months,he worked as a cook’s
assistant. His job was to clean the kitchen and help the cook. "I didn't like it." Mr. Kazi says." but I
always did the best I could."
One day,Mr. Kazi’s two co-workers failed to come to work.That day,Mr. Kazi did the work of all
three people in the kitchen.This really impressed the owners of the restaurant.A few months later,the own-
ers needed a manager for a new restaurant.They gave the job to Mr. Kazi.He worked hard as the manager
and soon the restaurant was making a profit.
A few years later,Mr. Kazi heard about a restaurant that was losing money.The restaurant was dirty in-
side and the food was terrible.Mr. Kazi borrowed money from a bank and bought the restaurant.For the first
six months,Mr. Kazi worked in the restaurant from. 8 a. m.to 10 p.m.,seven days a week.He and his wife
cleaned up the restaurant,remodeled the front of the building,and improved the cooking. They also tried
hard to please the customers.If someone had to wait more than ten minutes for their food,Mrs.Kazi gave
them a free soda. Before long the restaurant was making a profit.
A year later Mr. Kazi sold his restaurant for a profit. With the money he earned,he bought three more
restaurants that were losing money.Again,he cleaned them up,improved the food,and retrained the em-
ployces.Before long these restaurants were making a profit,too.
Today Mr. Kazi owns 168 restaurants,but he isn't planning to stop there.He’s looking fur more poorly
managed restaurants to buy."I love it when I go to buy a restaurant and find it's a mess,"Mr. Kazi says.
"The only way it can go is up."

Mr. Kazi decided to work with KFC to_______.
A:learn how to cook
B:save money for a car
C:save money on food
D:learn how to run a restaurant

资料：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 （外科医生） , but a serious eye problem forced he r 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 won hospital, she also set up the first medical school for women.

According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, except that she ________ .

A.was the first woman doctor
B.and several other women founded the first hospital for women children
C.became the first woman physician
D.set up the first medical school for women

共用题干
第一篇

How to be a Successful Businessperson

Have you ever wondered why some people are successful in business and others are not?Here's a story
about one successful businessperson.He started out washing dishes and today he owns 168 restaurants.
Zubair Kazi was born is Bhatkal,a small town in southwest India.His dream was to be an airplane pilot
and when he was 16 years old he learned to fly a small plane.

At the age of 23 and with just a little money in his pocket,Mr. Kazi moved to the United States.He
hoped to get a job in the airplane industry in California. Instead,he ended up working for a company that
rented cars.
While Mr. Kazi was working at the car rental（租赁的）company, he frequently ate at a nearby KFC
restaurant. To save money on food,he decided to get a job with KFC.For two months,he worked as a cook's
assistant. His job was to clean the kitchen and help the cook."I didn't like it,"Mr. Kazi says,"but I always
did the best I could."
One day,Mr. Kazi's two co-workers failed to come to work.That day,Mr. Kazi did the work of all three
people in the kitchen.This really impressed the owners of the restaurant.
A few months later,the owners needed a manager for a new restaurant. They gave the job to Mr. Kazi.
He worked hard as the manager and soon the restaurant was making a profit.
A few years later,Mr. Kazi heard about a restaurant that was losing money.The restaurant was dirty in-
side and the food was terrible.Mr. Kazi borrowed money from a bank and bought the restaurant.For the first
six months,Mr. Kazi worked in the restaurant from 8 a. m.to 10 p.m,seven days a week.He and his wife
cleaned up the restaurant,remodeled the front of the building,and improved the cooking. They also tried
hard to please the customers.If someone had to wait more than ten minutes for their food,Mrs.Kazi gave
them a free soda. Before long the restaurant was making a profit.
A year later,Mr. Kazi sold his restaurant for a profit.With the money he earned,he bought three more
restaurants that were losing money.Again he cleaned them up,improved the food and retrained the employees.
Before long these restaurants were making a profit,too.
Today Mr. Kazi owns 168 restaurants,but he isn't planning to stop there.He's looking for more poorly
managed restaurants to buy."I love it when I go to buy a restaurant and find it's a mess."Mr. Kazi says.
"The oniy way it can go is up."

Mr. Kazi decided to work with KFC to______________.
A:learn how to cook
B:save money for a car
C:save money on food
D:learn how to run a restaurant

These______did unusually well in the contest,so the judges didn’t know whom to give prize to.

A.woman singers
B.women singers
C.women singer
D.womans singers