Mother Teresa was born in Yugoslavia, on August 27th, 1910. She attended the government school near her home until she was eighteen. At that time, some doctors and nurses from Yugoslavia were working in India, and they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.
When she finished school, she went first to Britain. Then a year later she went to India, where she began to train to be a teacher. After training, she was sent to Calcutta, where she taught geography at a school and soon after became headmistress(女校長).
However, although she loved teaching, in 1946 Mother Teresa left the school and went to work in the poor parts of Calcutta. Later she trained to be a nurse in Panta, and then began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city. Slowly, others came to help her, and her work spread to other parts of India.
Mother Teresa is now a well-known person. Many photos have been taken of her, as she travels the world to open new schools and hospitals in poor countries. In 1979, she was given the Nobel Peace Prize for the lifetime of love and service she has given to the poor.
小題1:What first inspired Mother Teresa to work in India?
A．Her visit to the poor parts of Calcutta.
B．Her visit to Britain after she left school.
C．The medical worker’s letters to her school.
D．The work of the nurse in the city of Panta.
小題2:In which order did Mother Teresa do the following things?
a. Trained to be a nurse                        
b. Went to India.
c. Helped the dying.                          
d. Studied to be a teacher.
e. Went to Britain.                            
f. Worked as a headmaster.
A．b, a, c, e, d, fB．b, f, a, d, e, c
C．e, b, d, f, a, cD．e, a, b, c, d, f
小題3:Mother Teresa gave up teaching because she wanted to ___________.
A．look after the poor.
B．travel to poor countries
C．build hospitals for the poor
D．train nurse to care for the poor
小題4:Mother Teresa is now a famous person because she has ___________.
A．saved many poor people in India
B．helped to bring about world peace
C．helped to make India a more peaceful place
D．taken care of many poor people in the world

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
文章介紹了諾貝爾和平獎獲得者M(jìn)other Teresa的故事。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段最后一句they often wrote to the school about their work. She decided to join them one day.可知C正確。
小題2:C 排序題。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知她先到Britain然后去了India.后來做老師，成為校長，后來成為護(hù)士，幫助病人。故C正確。
小題3:A 推理題。她放棄做校長而做了護(hù)士，根據(jù)began her work helping the poor and comforting the dying in the streets of the city可知A正確。
小題4:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一行可知她出名正是因?yàn)樗龑e人的關(guān)心和愛護(hù)。故D正確。
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