Australia.She widely researched the coral fauna in Australia，and even today，her work is used as reference by scientists all over the world.

　　[语篇解读]　本文介绍了五位澳大利亚的科学家。

　　1．What can we learn from the passage?

　　A．Howard Walter Florey died before Headlie Taylor.

　　B．Richard Daintree lived longer than Marcus Oliphant.

　　C．Dorothy Hill lives a happy life in Australia now.

　　D．Richard Daintree lived to the age of forty－six.

　　解析：细节理解题。细节定位法。根据Richard Daintree：December 13,1832-June 20,1878计算可得出答案。

　　答案：D

　　2．Which of the following statements about Headlie Taylor is WRONG?

　　A．He had access to good education.

　　B．He studied engineering on his own.

　　C．His machine can cut crop heads.

　　D．His machine can harvest fallen crops.

　　解析：细节理解题。细节定位法。根据Headlie Taylor中的Though he was barely educated可知，他几乎没受过教育，因此选项A表示他接受过良好教育是不正确的。

　　答案：A

　　3．Who won the Nobel Prize?

　　A．Headlie Taylor.

　　B．Howard Walter Florey.

　　C．Marcus Oliphant.

　　D．Dorothy Hill.

　　解析：细节理解题。细节定位法。根据．..for which he won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1945.可知，获得1945年诺贝尔生理学奖的科学家是Howard Walter Florey。

　　答案：B

　　4．According to the passage，Marcus Oliphant________.

　　A．was the first president of the Australia

　　B．was a founder of the Australian National University

　　C．dropped the atom bomb that destroyed two cities of Japan

D．moved to America due to non－violent uses for atomic energy