Exercise 1: Choose the best answer 1. Marie Curie was born November 7, 1867.

A. in. B. from

C. at

D. on

2. Marie Curie was the first woman professor. the Sorbonne.

A. in B. on C. at D. of

3. Marie Curie harbored the dream of a scientific career which was

A. impossible

4.

B. possible

C. possibly

is the science of numbers and shapes.

A. Mathematics B. Chemistry

5. We were stuck in heavy, B. shopper

A. opinion

C. Physics

for more than an hour. C. traffic

D. possibility

D. Sports

D. attitude

6. She earned a degree in Physics and went on to take another degree in Mathematics. A. decided

B. determined

C. continued

D. harbored

7. The design of the new house is similar those that have already been built. B. on C. to A. in

D. with

8. Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.

A. make up

B. find out C. take over

9. Marie Curie received some

from her father.

C. scientific

D. put up

D. scientifically

B. scientists 10. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She^ prime s; woman.

A. science

A. ambitious

B. strong-willed

11. He passed his exams with flying

A. colours

B. grades

C. brilliant

D. humane

C. choices

D. tutors

12. I've been trying to obtain permission to publish this material.

A. harrow

B. obtain

C. found

13. She harbored her hope of being a teacher.

A. gave up

B. built

C. had

14. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more

A. intelligent

B. mature

C. ambitious

15. The new road should help. traffic problems.

A. raise

16. There is no

A. scientist

B. create

C. ease

explanation for what happened.

B. scientific

C. scientifically

17. The new surgeon will A. go on B. get over her post in May. C. take up

D. realize

D. kept in her mind

than the other boys at his class.

D. developed

D. cause

for a woman at that time.

D. science

D. look after

18. Marie Curie received general, in local schools and some scientific

A. situation

B. education

C. destination

19. A. Human aid is being sent to the refugees. B. Humane

C. Humanity

D. position

D. Humanitarian

20. Marie went to France to A. have B. get her dream at the Sorbonne.

C. take

21. Marie Curie was B. obtained a Nobel prize in Chemistry in 1911.

D. realize

C. gained a tourist guide from June 1999 to December 2002. He really liked his 22. David Brown worked

A. received

job.

D. awarded

A. for

B. on

C. as

D. with

training from her father.