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    6.

    The passage was found near 50 degrees S of


    ________.

    1. Greenwich
    2. The equator
    3. Spain
    4. Portugal
    5. Madrid
    7. In the spring of 1521, the ships crossed the _______
    now called the International Date Line.

    1. imaginary circle passing through the poles


    2. imaginary line parallel to the equator
    3. area
    4. land mass
    5. Answer not available

    The following passage refers to questions 8 through


    14.

    Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history.


    Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered radium, an element
    widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other
    radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie’s amicable collaboration later
    helped to unlock the secrets of the atom.

    Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Pol

    The following passage refers to questions 8 through


    14.

    Marie Curie was one of the most accomplished scientists in history.


    Together with her husband, Pierre, she discovered radium, an element
    widely used for treating cancer, and studied uranium and other
    radioactive substances. Pierre and Marie’s amicable collaboration later
    helped to unlock the secrets of the atom.

    Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, where her father was a
    professor of physics. At an early age, she displayed a brilliant mind and
    a blithe personality. Her great exuberance for learning prompted her to
    continue with her studies after high school. She became disgruntled,
    however, when she learned that the university in Warsaw was closed
    to women. Determined to receive a higher education, she defiantly left
    Poland and in 1891 entered the Sorbonne, a French university, where
    she earned her master’s degree and doctorate in physics.

    Marie was fortunate to have studied at the Sorbonne with some of the
    greatest scientists of her day, one of whom was Pierre Curie. Marie and
    Pierre were married in 1895 and spent many productive years working
    together in the physics laboratory. A short time after they discovered
    radium, Pierre was killed by a horse-drawn wagon in 1906. Marie was
    stunned by this horrible misfortune and endured heartbreaking
    anguish. Despondently she recalled their close relationship and the joy
    that they had shared in scientific research. The fact that she had two
    young daughters to raise by herself greatly increased her distress.

    Curie’s feeling of desolation finally began to fade when she was asked
    to succeed her husband as a physics professor at the Sorbonne. She
    was the first woman to be given a professorship at the world-famous
    university. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for
    isolating radium. Although Marie Curie eventually suffered a fatal
    illness from her long exposure to radium, she never became
    disillusioned about her work. Regardless of the consequences, she had
    dedicated herself to science and to revealing the mysteries of the
    physical world.

    8. The Curies’ _________ collaboration helped to unlock


    the secrets of the atom.

    1. friendly
    2. competitive
    3. courteous
    4. industrious
    5. chemistry
    9. Marie had a bright mind and a ______ personality.

    1. strong
    2. lighthearted
    3. humorous
    4. strange
    5. envious
    10. When she learned that she could not attend the
    university in Warsaw, she felt _________.

    1. hopeless
    2. annoyed
    3. depressed
    4. worried
    5. None of the above
    11. Marie _________ by leaving Poland and traveling to
    France to enter the Sorbonne.

    1. challenged authority
    2. showed intelligence
    3. behaved
    4. was distressed
    5. Answer not available
    12. _________ she remembered their joy together.

    1. Dejectedly
    2. Worried
    3. Tearfully
    4. Happily
    5. Irefully
    13. Her _________ began to fade when she returned to
    the Sorbonne to succeed her husband.

    1. misfortune
    2. anger
    3. wretchedness
    4. disappointment
    5. ambition
    14. Even though she became fatally ill from working
    with radium, Marie Curie was never _________.

    1. troubled
    2. worried
    3. disappointed
    4. sorrowful
    5. disturbed

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