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Passage 16 Emma Hart Willard (1787~1870) was an American pioneer educator. In her time colleges and universities were for men, and women were not permitted to attend. Emma received advanced education at home from her father and became a school teacher at twenty. She continued to teach at school for several years after her marriage, then began offering college lessons in her home to women students. Later she founded a school in New York State, which was the first school of higher education in the U.S. for women. Emma Willard also tried to persuade New York State to pass a law to allow women to attend public colleges and universities, though that did not come about until after her death. Some years later people remembered her for her life-long efforts and her to the U.S. Hall of Fame 1905. 1．During Emma Willard’s lifetime, women in the U.S. _____. a. were not allowed to receive higher education b. went to separate colleges and universities c. started to enjoy equal rights to education d. began to fight for the right to higher education 2．In what way did Emma’s father help her to do what she did? a. He allowed her to run a school at home. b. He urged her to become a school teacher c. He taught her college lessons himself. d. He sent her to college. 3．Choose the right order of the events given in the passage. A. New York State granted women the right to attend public colleges and universities. B. The first women’s school of higher education was set up. C. Emma Willard died. D. Emma Willard ran classed in her home E. Emma Willard began teaching at school. F. Emma Willard was elected to the Hall of Fame. a. E,D,C,B,F,A b. D,E,A,C,B,F c. D,E,A,B,F,C, d. E,D,B,C,A,F 4．What do you suppose the U.S. Hall of Fame is? a. It is a building set up in memory of the great people of the U.S. b. It is a grand hall where honored people receive prizes from the U.S. government. c. It is a place where honored people in the U.S. are buried. d. it is a house