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Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and emigrated from London to New York City when she　was ten year's old. One day, she decided that she wanted __1

to be a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman　in the middle of the nineteenth century. Before writing __2

many letters seeking an admission to medical school, she __3

was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. Therefore __4

determined she was that she taught in school and gave __5

music lessons to earn money for her tuition.
In 1849,until graduating from medical school, she decided __6

to farther her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, __7

but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.Upon returning to the US, she found difficult to start her __8

own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, managed to open a new hospital,the first for woman and children. Besides being the first __9

female physician and found her own hospital, she also __10

established the first medical school for women.

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【答案】

1. year's—years

2. Before—After

此处是讲述Elizabeth Blackwell写了许多信之后，最终被费城的一个医生所接受。

3. 删掉an.

admission是不可数名词。

4. Therefore—So

此处隐藏着一个so...that...结构

5. 删掉in

teach school为固定搭配，教书

6. until—after

据时间顺序，她是1849年从医学院毕业后决定去巴黎深造。

7. farther—further

farther只能做副词，further既可以做副词也可以做动词，此处就是further做动词，并带有宾语her education。

8. 在difficult前加it

it做形式宾语，替代不定式to start her own practice。

9. woman—women

如果用一个人或东西说明整个类属的特点，有三种表示方式：在名词前加不定冠词；在名词前加定冠词；用名词的复数形式。此处就是使用名词的复数形式表示类属，women and children。

10. found—founding

与being一样作介词besides的宾语。