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Women have been making scientific discoveries since ancient times. Twelve women have won the Nobel
Prize for science, one of the highest honors in the world. Some women scientists never married, some worked with the ir husbands, and othe rs raised large families. It has been difficult for women to be successful scientists.
In the early 1800s in England, Mary Anning became one of the first women recognized for her discoveries
about the ancient history of the earth. Mary and her fathe r collected fossils (化石) in the ir village on the south
coast of Great Britain. Fossils are parts of plants or animals that have been saved in rocks for millions of years.
When she was only twelve years old, Mary became the first person to find the almost complete skeletons
(骨架) of several animals that no longer existed on earth. She didn't become famous for her discoveries at that
time because she often sold her fossils to get money to support her family.
In 1891, a young Polish woman named Marie Sklodowska traveled to Paris to study physics. She did so
because she could not get a college education in Poland. She began working in the laboratory of a man named
Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre Curie got married and made many discoveries together. the y received the
Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 along with anothe r scientist. Marie Curie became the first person to be
awarded a second Nobel Prize in 1911, this time for Chemistry. Marie Curie was one of the few women at the
time who became famous as a scientist.
1. the author believes that women scientists ______.
A. have more opportunities to become successful
B. can not get the highest honors in the world
C. go through difficulties to be successful
D. had better pay more attention to the ir families
2. Mary Anning was one of the first women to ______.
A. win the Nobel Prize for Science after getting married
B. make achievements in the study of ancient Earth
C. research animals and the ir bones
D. study the mystery of all kinds of plants
3. Mary Anning failed to be famous for her discoveries of fossils when she was 12 because ______.
A. nobody recognized them
B. the y weren't worth studying
C. she didn't want to be known to anyone
D. she sold the m for money
4. What can we learn about Mary Sklodowska?
A. She studied physics in Poland and got a college education.
B. She received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 on her own.
C. She only got one Nobel Prize during her lifetime.
D. She made many discoveries after she got married.
5. What's the passage mainly about?
A. Ancient discoveries.
B. Women scientists.
C. Successful marriages.
D. Different prizes.
