ElizabethBlackwellwasborninEnglandin1821.Herfathergavehisdaughtersasgoodeducationashissons.HeencouragedhisdaughterstolearnLatinandGreek,readbooks,learnmaths,andstudyscience.Thiswasaveryuthingtodoat

Question

　　Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821. Her father gave his daughters as good education as his sons. He encouraged his daughters to learn Latin and Greek, read books, learn maths, and study science. This was a very u____thing to do at a time when few women had any education at all. Women only learned such s____as music, painting, and sewing. Because of her father, Elizabeth grew up to be much more independent than most women of her time.
　　When she was eleven, Elizabeth, and her family moved to the United States. Her father started several businesses, but he was never a____to do very well. When Elizabeth Blackwell was seventeen, her father died, leaving no money for his family. For several years Elizabeth taught school to help support the family. She became more and more interested in movements for women's r____.
　　In the early 1800s, women could not have their own houses or money. They belonged to their fathers and brothers before getting married and l____they belonged to their husbands. If a woman did not marry, the only thing for her to do was to live with her parents or one of her relatives, doing housework and helping with the children in return for her food and shelter. Women were not expected to do work o____the home or to support themselves.
　　Elizabeth Blackwell did not marry. She did not want to live with any of her brothers. She h____the idea of depending on anyone else. She thought and thought about how she could make a living by doing something useful.

Answer 1

【分析】1. 在当时几乎没有妇女接受任何教育的时代，这是一件不同寻常的事情。unusual 不寻常的。
\n2. 后面的music, painting, and sewing都是学科名，故填subjects。
\n3. be able to do sth. 能够做某事。故填able。
\n4. 她对女权运动越来越感兴趣了。women's rights 女权。
\n5. 婚前所有财产属于父亲和兄弟，婚后属于丈夫。故填later“后来”。
\n6. 妇女不被指望能外出工作或者养活自己。outside the home 外出。
\n7. 她讨厌依靠其他任何人的想法。hate 憎恨，讨厌。