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Passage 15
Marie Curie was the first female professor at Sevres, a college for girls who wanted to teach higher education. These twenty-year-olds would _1_ become professors. Marie was not liked by her pupils during her first year as a professor. By her second year, the students loved her. One student reported that the courses taught by Marie were “the _2_ reference during the entire length of my career. She didn’t dazzle us, she _3_ us, attracted us, held us with her simplicity, her desire to be useful to us, the sense she had of both our ignorance and our _4_ She was the first to take her students into the laboratory to physically manipulate their newly-learned theories. She also taught by example, and invited the physics class to hear the _5_ of her dissertation (论文). Marie argued for the elimination of additional, difficult tests given only to the female students. She also _6_ the dean to provide calculus classes to the female students. Marie wanted the girls to have the tools to succeed in academia and fought tooth and nail to provide every _7_.
This woman is known for her scientific discoveries and the progress _8_ from them. Of course her scientific discoveries are _9_ and usefull.It is also important to understand the kind of woman that she was.She was stubborn, and she hated to lose, but it was her goal to use science to help the world in whatever way possible. Her stubbornness led to persistence and _10_. These qualities promoted the use of her brilliance. The love and support of her family taught Marie to never question the possibilities that stood before her.
A) trivial B) convinced C) possibilities D) merely
E) reassured F) impressive G) opportunity H) dispensable
I) derived J) adaptabilities K) eventually L) defense
M) confused N) determination O) essential
