57.The underlined word “paralyzed”(in Para.5) is closest in meaning to“______”.
A.displayed
B.justified
C.ignored D.ruined
58.Which means of transportation does the writer probably disapprove of?
A.Airplane.
B.Subway.
C.Tram.
D.Car.
C
(2012湖北高考,C)
It was a simple letter asking for a place to study at Scotland's oldest university which helped start a revolution in higher education.A 140yearold letter written by a lady calling for her to be allowed to study medicine at St Andrews University has been discovered by researchers.Written by Sophia JexBlake in 1873,the sevenpage document,which urged the university to allow women to study medicine at the institution,was released yesterday on International Women's Day.
The document was discovered buried in the university archives(档案)by parttime history student Lis Smith,who is completing her PhD at St Andrews Institute of Scottish Historical Research.She said: “We knew that Sophia JexBlake and her supporters,in their effort to open up university medical education for women,had written to the Senatus Academicus(校评议委员会) at St Andrews in an attempt to gain permission to attend classes there,but we didn't know documentary evidence existed.While searching the archives for information about the university's higher certificate for women,I was astonished to come across what must be the very letter JexBlake wrote.”
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