Dr. James Barry was the first woman in England to go to medical school. When she was grow-ing up, women could not go to medical school. (77) So how did she become a doctor? She simply pretended that she was a man.

No one knows Dr. Barry' s real name, her birth date, of her family' s background. Some re-cords show that she was born in 1795 in London. Some people say she was the daughter of a rich man or a royal prince. One fact we know is that in 1810, James Barry became a medical student at the University of Edinburgh.

James Barry' s classmates made fun of her because she didn' t have a beard and she was only five feet tall. But no one thought she was a girl. At the age of 20, James Barry graduated from the University of Edinburgh as a Doctor of Medicine. She was one of the youngest students to complete her studies. Dr. Barry then went to work in a London hospital and studied surgery. A year later,she entered the army and became a hospital assistant. We will never know how she avoided the ar-my physical examination.

For the next 45 years, Dr. James Barry was a British officer and a successful surgeon. Every-one admired her. She began to do a lot of important work for the army. ( 78 ) At that time, Eng-land had many colonies around the world. Dr. Barry spent a lot of time in foreign countries. She travelled to India, Corfu, Malta, and Jamaica. In 1856 she went to South Africa, and she was sooL known as the best doctor and surgeon in the colony. She saved the life of the governor' s daughter, and later she became the governor' s personal doctor. People admired Dr. Barry, but she also had a reputation as a troublemaker. If people talked about her high voice or tiny figure, she became very angry. She was an excellent swordsman, and she started fights often.

第6题 According to the passage, Dr. Barry was made fun of because she__________.

A.had a low voice

B.had a funny beard

C.was tall

D.was shol

答案：D

解析：【内容概要】

本文介绍了英国位女医生詹姆斯?巴瑞的求学和从医经历。为了求学，她假扮成男性。从医之后，作为军医，她赢得了人们的尊重但也常有人对她不同的外表表示异议。

【译文】

詹姆斯?巴瑞医生是英国位上医学院的女性。在她生活的年代，女性是不允许上医学院的。她是如何成为一名医生的呢?她的选择很简单：假扮成一个男人。

没人知道巴瑞医生的真名和生日，或者她的家庭背景。有记录显示她是1795年出生于伦敦。有人说她是一个有钱人或一个王子的女儿。我们所知的一个事实就是在1810年，詹姆斯?巴瑞成为了爱丁堡大学的一名学医的学生。

詹姆斯?巴瑞的同班同学会取笑她，因为她没有胡子而且身高只有5英尺。但是没人想到她是一个女孩子。20岁的时候，詹姆斯?巴瑞作为一名医学博士从爱丁堡大学毕业。她是年轻的毕业生之一。之后，巴瑞医生在伦敦一家医院工作并学习了外科知识。一年后，她加入了军队成为了一名医院助理。我们永远无法得知她是如何避开军队身体检查的。

在接下来的45年里，詹姆斯?巴瑞医生成为了一名英国军官和一名成功的外科医生。所有人都很崇拜她。她为军队做了很多重要的工作。那时，英国在全球有很多殖民地。巴瑞医生在国外生活了很多年。她曾经去过印度，科孚，马耳他和牙买加。1856年，她去了南非，很快就成了南非殖民地上的医生。她曾经救过殖民地长官的女儿，后来成了长官的私人医生。

人们崇拜她，但她也以制造麻烦出名。如果有人谈论她尖利的声音和矮小的身材，她就会很生气。她也是一个出色的剑客，经常挑起争斗。

【精解精析】

【定位】第三段句话“James Barry’s classmates made fun of her because she didn’t have a beard and she was only five feet tall.”。

【答案详解】细节题。题干问的是“根据文章，巴瑞医生是因为什么被人取笑的?”根据定位句“詹姆斯?巴瑞的同班同学会取笑她，因为她没有胡子而且身高只有5英尺。”可知原因是没有胡子和身高只有5英尺。A项“声音低沉”;B项“有可笑的胡子”;C项“很高”;D项“身高矮”。故选D。

第7题 Which of the following about James Barry is a fact?

A.She had a rich father.

B.She became a medical student in 1810.

C.She was born in Edinburgh.

D.She was a royal princess.

答案：B

解析：【定位】第二段全部。

【答案详解】综合分析题。题干问的是“下列哪项关于詹姆斯?巴瑞的是事实?”第二段提到没人知道她的真名和生日，或者她的家庭背景。有记录显示她是1795年出生于伦敦(C项)。有人说她是一个有钱人(A项)或一个王子(D项)的女儿。我们所知的一个事实就是在1810年，詹姆斯·巴瑞成为了爱丁堡大学的一名学医的学生(B项)。A，C，D项要么是传言，要么是猜测，和原文不符，只有B项确定是一个fact(事实)。故选B。

第8题 Which of the following about James Barry is NOT TRUE?

A.She was a troublemaker.

B.She worked in many foreign countries.

C.She made great contributions to the British Army.

D.She was the best doctor in London.

答案：D

解析：【定位】第四段第三句话“She began to do a lot of important work for the army.”;第五句“Dr.Barry spent a lot of time in foreign countries.”;第七句“In 1856 she went to South Afri-ca，and she was soon known as the best doctor and surgeon in the colony.”;第九句“…but she also had a reputation as a troublemaker.”。

【答案详解】综合分析题。题干问的是“下列哪项关于詹姆斯?巴瑞的不是真实的?”根据定位句“她为军队做了很多重要的工作。”(C项);“巴瑞医生在国外生活了很多年。”(B项);“1856年，她去了南非，很快就成了南非殖民地上的医生。”(D项);“…但她也以制造麻烦出名。”(A项)可知，A，B，C项都是真实的，只有D项“她是伦敦的医生”与文章不符。故选D。

第9题 Dr. Barry was not happy when people talked about her__________.

A.family

B.job

C.university

D.voice

答案：D

解析：【定位】后一段倒数第二句话“If people talked about her high voice or tiny figure，she became very angry.”。

【答案详解】细节题。题干问的是“当人们谈论她的时，巴瑞医生会不开心”。定位句“如果有人谈论她尖利的声音和矮小的身材，她就会很生气。”表明在别人谈论她的声音和身高的时候，巴瑞医生会不开心。A项“家庭”;B项“工作”;C项“大学”;D项“声音”。 故选D。

第10题 The word swordsman in Paragraph 4 probably means__________.

A.someone who is skilled at fighting with a sword

B.someone who is skilled at fighting with a gun

C.someone who often fights with other people

D.someone who often makes trouble for other people

答案：A

解析：【定位】后一段后一句话“She was an exceHent swordsman，and she started fights of-ten”。

【答案详解】词汇题。题干问的是“第四段中的swordsman意思是什么?”根据定位句“她也是一个出色的swordsman，经常挑起争斗。”可知，这个词是sword和man的合成词。如果知道sword的意思是“剑”，那么就很容易选了。A项“擅长用剑战斗的人”;B项“擅长用枪战斗的人”;C项“经常和人打架的人”;D项“经常找别人麻烦的人”。故选A。

【高频词汇】

1.grow up成长，生长 2.pretend v.假装，假扮 3.make fun of开玩笑，取笑

4.surgery，1.外科 5.colony，1.殖民地 6.admire v.崇拜，钦佩

7.reputation，1.名声，名誉8.troublemaker，1.制造麻烦的人

【难句解析】

Some records show that she was born in l795 in London.Some people say she was the daugh-ter of a rich mail or a royal prince.

排比句式。中文中三句以上形式类似的句子即构成排比，英文中，两句以上即可。排比(parallel structure)是一种修辞手法(figurative method)。它的使用可以丰富句式，活跃文风。