Marie Curie was a Polish physicist and chemist who lived between 1867—1934.Together with her husband，Pierre，she discove red two new elements (radium and polonium，two radioactive elements that they extracted chemically from pitch­blended ore) and studied the x­rays they emitted.She found that the harmful properties of x­rays were able to kill tumors.By the end of World War Ⅰ，Marie Curie was probably the most famous woman in the world.She had made a conscious decision，however，not to patent methods of processing radium or its medical applications.
Marie Curie was born on November 7,1867 in Poland and died on July 4,1934.Her co­discovery with her husband Pierre Curie of the radioactive elements radium and polonium represents one of the best­known stories in modern science for which they were recognized in 1901 with the Nobel Prize in Physics.In 1911，Marie Curie was honored with a second Nobel Prize，this time in Chemistry，to honor her for successfully isolating pure radium and determining radium’s atomic weight.
As a child，Marie Curie a mazed people with her great memory.She learned to read when she was only four years old.Her father was a professor of science and the instruments that he kept in a glass case fascinated Marie.She  dreamed of becoming a scientist，but that would not be easy.Her family became very poor，and at the age of 18，Marie became a governess.She helped pay for her sister to study in Paris.Later，her sister helped Marie with her education.In 1891，Marie attended the Sorbonne University in Paris where she met and married Pierre Curie，a well­known physicist.
Marie Curie contributed greatly to our understanding of radioactivity and the effects of x­rays.She received two Nobel Prizes for her brilliant work，but died of leukaemia，caused by her repeated exposure to radioactive materials.
36．What is the main idea of the passage?
A．To give us a general introduction to Madame Curie.
B．To show us how Madame Curie discovered radium.
C．To tell us how Madame Curie developed as a scientist.
D．To tell us how Madame Curie received two Nobel Prizes.
37．Madame Curie was given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry because ________.
A．she discovered radium
B．she separated pure radium and calculated its atomic weight
C．she discovered polonium
D．she didn’t patent methods of processing radium
38．Which of the following statements about Madame Curie is NOT true?
A．Madame Curie made great contributions to medical science.
B．Madame Curie was very smart and ambitious when she was a child.
C．Madame Curie received two Nobel Prizes in Physics.
D．Madame Curie’s husband helped her a lot in her research.
39．We can infer from the third paragraph that ______.
①Madame Curie got married when she was at college.
②Madame Curie had a great ambition when she was young.
③Madame Curie loved teaching more than anything else.
④Madame Curie must have met a lot of difficulties to get high education.
⑤Her father had a great influence on Madame Curie’s future career.
⑥Madame Curie was very smart when she was a child.
A．①②④⑤⑥         B．②④⑤⑥
C．②③④⑤⑥          D．①②③④⑤
40．Which is the right order about Madame Curie according to the passage?
a．married Pierre
b．attended university
c．discovered radium
d．determined radium’s atomic weight
e．won the Nobel Prize in Physics
A．b，c，a，d，e           B．b，a，c，d，e
C．b，a，c，e，d           D．b，c，a，e，d
36．A　[主旨大意题。通读全文可知。]
37．B　[细节理解题。根据文中第二段最后一句话可知答案。]
38．C　[根据第二段内容可知居里夫人两次获得诺贝尔奖，第二次是诺贝尔化学奖。]
39．B　[推理判断题。根据第一、二句话可知居里夫人非常聪明；第三句可知居里夫人的父亲对她有很大影响；第四句可知她有很大的抱负；根据第五句话可知她所遇到的困难。她当家庭教师只是由于家庭贫穷；根据最后一句话可知她在上大学期间遇到了其丈夫，但结婚不一定是在求学期间。]
40．C　[细节理解题。根据全文可知 答案为C项。]