Section B
Passage One
Elizabeth Blackwell, born in 1821 in Bristol, England, [26]was the first woman awarded the M.D. degree. Many nineteenth-century physicians, including a few women, practiced without a degree, but Elizabeth Blackwell wished to attain full professional status. She applied to many medical schools. Sadly, all her applications were turned down, [27]because at that time, only men were doctors. When she was finally accepted, the students and professors were cruel to her [27]because she was the only woman at the school. Working with quiet determination, she turned aside the hostility of the professors, students, and townspeople. She earned her medical degree in 1849, but faced additional difficulties in setting up her practice. Barred from city hospitals, she founded her own infirmary. Eventually she founded a Women's Medical College to train other women physicians. Blackwell's educational standards were higher than the all-male medical schools. [28]And she started the program of disease prevention in her schools. It was the first time the idea of preventing disease was taught at a medical college. Elizabeth helped do many things, such as establishing British National Health Society in 1871. Dr. Elizabeth died at her home in Hastings, England, in 1910, at the age of 89. She is remembered for her contributions to the cause of medicine and for showing the way for women to move on.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. What made Elizabeth Blackwell distinguished from physicians of her time?
正確答案：A
解析：根據選項可預測問題是問某位女性的特別之處。文章首句就介紹了Elizabeth Blackwel是被授予醫學博士學位的首位女性，選項A是原文的同義表達。
27. Why were Elizabeth's professors and fellow students hostile to her?
正確答案：C
解析：根據選項可預測問題是“他們”為什么不喜歡她，文中聽到復數人群對她的態度（the students and professors were cruel to her）時要注意聽原因。此句前后重復說明是性別問題（because... only men were doctors... because she was the only woman），故選C“性別歧視”。語義突出之處（如此處的because）常出題。
28. What did Elizabeth contribute to the cause of medicine?
正確答案：D
解析：文中提到了她的很多貢獻，但是選項中信息完全正確的只有D，是在介紹她所創辦的Women's Medical College時提到的。It was the first time這種字眼后面的信息是出題的熱點。B中的first private在文中找不到依據。