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.专业资料分享. .WORD完美格式. Unit 5 Force of Nature Text Comprehension 1. Decide which of the following best states the authors purpose. To display Marie Curies career as a Nobel Prize winner. To honor Marie Curie who made magnificent contribution in science. To unfold Marie Curies complex life as glorious and tragic. To introduce Marie Curie and her family. Key: [ C ] 2. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or false. 1). At first I only knew that Marie Curie, a brilliant woman scientist, was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes. [ T ] 2). Marie Curie was obsessively engaged in her research after her daughters were born. [ F ] 3). As governess to a wealthy family, Marie Curie fell in love with Casimir Zorawski, the young master. As his father threatened to disinherit him, she left Warsaw with courage for Paris, where her new life began. [ T ] 4). Marie Curie left Warsaw for Paris at the age of 18. [ F ] 5). The place where the Curies were working was dark, damp, shabby, and sad, more like a stable than a lab. [ T ] 6). The Curies became world famous, especially after they won a Nobel Prize in physics in 1903 for the discovery of radium and polonium. [ F ] 7). Eve Curie, a year old when her father died, wrote that Pierres death marked a crucial moment in her mothers life. [ F ] 8). Shortly after her husbands funeral, Madame Curie went into the lab immediately though she should have stayed with her family and friends. [ T ] 9). A second Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to the Curies for isolating the elements radium and polonium. [ F ] 10). According to the author, Madame Curie conquered colossal obstacles in science, but paid an enormous personal price. Her life was so complex that her glory was mingled with tragedy. [ T ] Writing Strategies This text is a biographical sketch of the great woman scientist Marie Curie. Except for the first three paragraphs, which make up the introductory part of the story, the narration of the m