Canadian educator Isabel Crook, who pioneered English language teaching in New China and was a recipient of the Friendship Medal, China’s highest honor for foreigners, died on August 20, 2023 in Beijing at the age of 108.
Crook, who lived and worked in China for more than 90 years, saw and took part in the development of China’s foreign language education, according to Beijing Foreign Studies University, where she taught English for more than 70 years She helped compile (编写) China’s first English language textbook for college students and played a part in English subject building, reform and teachers’ development.
Crook was born into a Canadian missionary (传教士) family in Sichuan Province. At the age of 23, she graduated from the University of Toronto in Canada with a master’s degree in anthropology (人类学) and started field research in the villages of Sichuan. She became a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain after meeting her future husband, David Crook, in China in the early 1940s.
In 1947, the couple was warmly welcomed by the Communist Party of China to study the revolutionary land reform taking place in the country. A year later, they accepted the invitation to teach at what is now BFSU. David Crook passed away in 2000 at the age of 90.
In a recent interview with local broadcaster BRTV, their son Michael Crook said the secret to his mother’s long life was that she always had a mission (使命), which made her life very meaningful.
阅读以上材料,根据其内容回答其后各个小题。
46. When was Isabel Crook probably born?
A.In 1910. | B.In 1915. | C.In 1939. | D.In 1947. |
47. What can we learn about Isabel Crook?
A.She joined the Communist Party of China in 1947. |
B.She met her husband while she was studying in Toronto. |
C.She won the highest honor in China for her work in science. |
D.She studied anthropology but was more known as an educator in English. |
48. Which may be the reason for Isabel Crook’s long life according to the last paragraph?
A.Her sense of mission. | B.Her patience for work. |
C.Her healthy life habits. | D.Her efforts to live happily. |
49. What is the passage about?
A.A Canadian family living in China. | B.A woman scientist from Canada. |
C.A great English educator from Canada. | D.A long lived Canadian woman. |
50. In which part of a website can the text be found?
A.Part 1 Business | B.Part 2 Health | C.Part 3 People | D.Part 4 Science |