RED BANK，New Jersey（January 31，2020）.These days，women go to space.They sail（航行）around the world．They have all kinds of adventures（冒险）．This wasn't true hundreds of years ago.Back then，women were expected to stay home.But that didn't stop these three women from taking off and doing big things.

    Jeanne Baret （1740—1807）：Baret was a French scientist.She studied plants.And she was the first woman to sail around the world.In 1766，Baret wanted to set sail with a group of scientists.But they were all men.Women weren't allowed to travel on French navy ships.So Baret dressed up like a man.And she sailed away.

    Lady Hester Stanhope （1776—1839）：Stanhope was from England.She wanted to travel.She traveled throughout the Middle East by herself.And she led an archeological dig there.She was the first woman to do this.

    Nellie Bly （1864﹣1922）：Bly was a reporter.In 1887，she wrote a story about hidden problems at a hospital.She dressed up like a patient at the hospital.Then she wrote an alarming six﹣part report.The story made Bly well﹣known.It also led the way for other women reporters.Two years later，Bly set a world record.She traveled around the world in seventy﹣two days!

（1）The passage is probably from the 　 　column（栏目）of a magazine.

A.People

B.Science

C.Health

D.News

（2）According to the passage， 　 　set a record traveling around the world in 72 days.

A.Red Bank

B.Jeanne Baret

C.Lady Hester Stanhope

D.Nellie Bly

（3）It is the most important to tell that 　 　，if you are retelling this passage.

A.women today have all kinds of adventures

B.women could do great things even centuries ago

C.Jeanne Baret was the first woman to sail around the world

D.Nellie Bly's report about life inside a hospital made her famous