Question

The Early Life of Marie Curie

Marie Curie’s story is all about courage and persistence（坚持）. She was born in Warsaw, Poland in l867. She finished her life as a w1.of two Nobel Prizes, and as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th c2..

Marie learned to read at an early age. She read everything she c3.: novels, history books, poems and even her father’s papers.

Marie had an u4. childhood. At age 8, her eldest sister died of illness. And two years later, her mother died of tuberculosis（肺结核）. At 15, she graduated from middle school. However, girls were not a5. to get further education. If they wanted to study more, girls had to go abroad.

Unluckily, her family couldn’t a6. it, so she had to make a living in Poland.

Marie left Warsaw when she was 16 and worked as a governess（家庭教师）in the countryside. She was patient enough and good at teaching children. She had to work long and lonely hours during the daytime, but at night she studied her father’s favourite subjects-physics and mathematics.

By 1891, Marie came to Paris for f7. study. But she couldn’t speak French. She could h8.understand the lessons. To catch up, she studied French every evening and did all the work she had missed.

In 1894, she a9. her degree（学位）in mathematics. That year was even more important for Marie b10. she met a man who would be her partner in work and life: Pierre Curie, a young French scientist.

Answer

1.winner

2.century

3.could

4.unlucky

5.allowed

6.afford

7.further

8.hardly

9.achieved

10.because

【解析】

本文讲述了居里夫人的故事，她于1967年出生在波兰华沙，她是两项诺贝尔奖得主和20世纪最伟大的科学家之一。玛丽的童年很不幸，女生不允许上学，要上学必须出国。到了1891年，玛丽来到巴黎继续深造。她认真学习，取得了数学学位，认识了她的丈夫。

1.句意：她去世时，已经是两项诺贝尔奖得主和20世纪最伟大的科学家之一。

根据“a w____1____of two Nobel Prizes”可知是两项诺贝尔奖得主，结合所给首字母，所以此处是“赢家”，故答案为winner。

2.句意：她去世时，已经是两项诺贝尔奖得主和20世纪最伟大的科学家之一。

根据“the 20th c____2____.”可知此处缺名词，结合常识及所给首字母，可推测出此处是“世纪”，故答案为century。

3.句意：她读能读的一切东西。

根据“She read everything she c____3____”可知此处everything作定语从句的宾语，所以此处缺谓语动词，结合句子可知是一般过去式，结合所给首字母，可推测出是“能”，故答案为could。

4.句意：玛丽的童年很不幸。

根据“childhood”可知此处缺单数名词，结合“At age 8, her eldest sister…she graduated from middle school.”可知她的童年很不幸，故答案为unlucky。

5.句意：然而，女孩不允许接受进一步的教育。

be allowed to do sth表示“允许做什么”，结合“However,girls were not a____5____ to get further education. If they wanted to study more,girls had to go abroad.”可知此处是不允许上学，结合所给首字母，故答案为allowed。

6.句意：不幸的是，她的家庭负担不起。

根据“so she had to make a living in Poland.”可知她不得不在波兰谋生，结合上文要上学，必须得出国，所以她家无法承担，故答案为afford。

7.句意：玛丽来到巴黎继续深造。

further study表示“深造”，结合“But she couldn’t speak French. She could h____8____understand the lessons. ”可知是去巴黎深造，故答案为further。

8.句意：她几乎听不懂课程。

根据“But she couldn’t speak French”可知她不会说法语，所以她几乎听不懂课程，结合所给首字母，故答案为hardly。

9.句意：她取得了数学学位。

根据“her degree”可知此处是取得，根据文章是一般过去时，结合所给首字母，所以此处是取得，故答案为achieved。

10.句意：因为她遇到了一个男人。

根据“she met a man who would be her partner in work and life: Pierre Curie,a young French scientist.”可知是给出了“那一年对玛丽来说更加重要”的原因，结合所给首字母，故答案为because。