Question

【题目】阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

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.

【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

【2】It can be inferred from the text that besides nursing, Florence Nightingale was also ________.

A．a doctor

B．a lawyer

C. a teacher

D. a businessman

【3】Quite a lot of women entered the business world ________.

A. soon after 1800

B. when Nightingale became famous

C. at the beginning of this century

D. after the typewriter came into being

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【解析】本文讲述了妇女是如何一步步从家庭生活中解放出来，开始外出工作的。

【1】 B细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句Oberlin College in Ohio was the first college in America to take in women. 可知，B项正确。

【2】C推理判断题。 根据文章第三段最后一句Miss Nightingale opened the first training school for nursing in 1860 in England. 可以推测，她也是一名教师。

【3】D推理判断题。根据文章第四段第一句The invention of typewriters in 1867 helped to bring women out of their homes to join the business world. 可推出，妇女大规模进入商业领域是在打字机发明之后，故D项正确。