A．wasn't hard to train

　　B．was really a genius

　　C．was too clever to teach

　　D．wasn't a normal child

　　解析：选D　细节理解题。根据第三段中的"The fact was that Edison liked asking strange questions in class. His teachers thought he was mentally ill."可知，爱迪生的老师们认为他精神不正常。

　　3．What did Edison's mother do after knowing the teachers' decision?

　　A．She asked him to invent things.

　　B．She sent him to another school.

　　C．She let him get educated at home.

　　D．She asked him to study by himself.

　　解析：选C　细节理解题。根据第三段中的"However, Edison's mother didn't give up on her son. She taught him at home."可知，爱迪生的妈妈并没有放弃他，而是让他在家接受教育。

　　4．The passage is meant to show that ________.

　　A．teachers should love their students

　　B．parents know their children the best

　　C．we should have faith in others and ourselves

　　D．most children can be geniuses if encouraged

　　解析：选C　主旨大意题。根据全文，尤其是最后一段可知，本文是想告诉我们：要对别人及自己有信心。

　　B

　　Women Nobel Peace Prize laureates (获奖者) are fewer in number than men who have been awarded the Prize, even though it may have been a woman's peace activism (行动主义) which inspired Alfred Nobel to create the award. In recent decades, the percentage of women among the winners has increased.

　　1．Baroness Bertha von Suttner

A friend of Alfred Nobel, Baroness was a leader in the international peace movement in the 1890s, and she received support from Nobel for her Austrian Peace Society. When Nobel died, she bequeathed (遗赠) money for four prizes for scientific achievements, and one for peace. In