1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Unit 1 Women of achievement . 阅读理解 A Susan Brownell Anthony was a lady ahead of her time. She fought for womens rights long before it became a popular issue. Susan was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts. At that time, women had few rights. They could not own property. M
2、oney earned by a married woman belonged to her husband. Major decisions regarding children were made by the fathers. Women could not vote. At the age of 15, Susan became a school teacher. She taught for 15 years. Then she began organizing womens groups to promote causes that were important to women.
3、 She helped gain better educational rights for women. She helped give married women possession of their earnings. After the Civil War, Susan became very involved in the Womans Suffrage Movement. After years of lecturing, writing, and appealing by Susan and other women, some parts of the United State
4、s changed their laws to give women the right to vote. The first state was Wyoming in 1869. Other areas and states gradually followed Wyomings _decision_. It was not until 1920 that the US Constitution was changed to give all women voting rights. Susan Brownell Anthony died in 1906 at the age of 86.
5、She was elected to the American Hall of Fame in 1950. She was the first American woman to have a likeness(肖像 ) of her face on a coin. It was the 1979 Susan Brownell Anthony dollar. 语篇导读 本文为记叙文。苏珊 布劳内尔 安东尼为争取女性权利而不断努力，因此她成为第一位头像被印在硬币上的美国女性。 1 What was the situation of American women like when Susan w
6、as born? A They had a low social status. B They could vote after getting married. C They managed money for their husbands. D They were responsible for decisionmaking. 解析 A 细节理解题。第二段主要讲述了苏珊出生时美国妇女所处的境况，包括拥有很少的权利、婚后不能拥有财产、对自己孩子的事情没有话语权和不能投票等。总的来说，当时妇女社会地位低下，故选 A 项。 【 精品教育资源文库 】 2 What is the third pa
7、ragraph mainly about? A Susans teaching experiences. B Susans educational background. C Susans efforts to abolish slavery. D Susans fighting for womens causes. 解析 D 主旨大意题。第三段主要讲述了苏珊在当了 15 年教师之后，开始为争取妇女权利而奋斗，包括组织妇女团体、帮助女性获得更好的受教育的权利和帮助已婚妇女拥有自己的财产，故选 D 项。 3 What does the word “decision” in the fourth
8、paragraph refer to? A Promoting the social movement. B Changing the US Constitution. C Giving women voting rights. D Uniting other areas and states. 解析 C 词义猜测题。根据第四段可知，通过苏珊和其他妇女的努力，美国的一些地方修订了法律，赋予妇女投票权。第一个州是怀俄明州，在 1869 年赋予妇女投票权。 其他地区和州逐渐跟随怀俄明州的决定。由此可见，该决定是赋予妇女投票权，故选 C 项。 4 What may be the best title
9、 for the text? A The first American woman to invent coins B The problem of women rights in the US C The most popular women organizations D A pioneer in fighting for womens rights 解析 D 标题 归纳题。本文主要讲述了在女权运动兴起之初，率先为争取女性权利而努力的苏珊的生平事迹。 D 项用 pioneer(先锋 )来形容苏珊在争取女性权利事业上的开创性地位，符合文章主旨，故选 D 项。 B (2018 广东惠州高三一调
10、 )The popular TV program Readers has prompted more people in China to practice reading aloud in booths(亭 ) set up in big cities across the country. As the latest TV show to help peoples love for literature recover, the CCTV program Readers invites people from all walks of life to read aloud their fa
11、vorite poems, essays and books, or even personal letters they wrote to their loved ones. Just as the weekly show has been wellreceived, its reading booths, equipped with professional recording devices and cameras, have become instant hits. A crowd of more than 200 people were pictured lining up outs
12、ide the Shanghai Library at 11 am on March 4 the first day of the booths opening to the public in Shanghai. The deadline for registrations was brought forward to 2 pm instead of the 【 精品教育资源文库 】 scheduled 5： 30 pm, as the number of waiting readers continued to grow. Some waited more than nine hours
13、 for a tryout in the booth, according to library management. “There is an old photo in the late 1970s capturing people lining up outside the Shanghai Library before it opens. If that was a spring of reading in Shanghai, now I think another spring has arrived again， ” library manager Zho u Deming, to
14、ld the Shanghaibased The Paper. The reading booth is the only one of its kind in the city of economic center at the moment, but more are expected to be put into use in the coming months, according to the librarys website. The Readers program has also led to booths in other cities including Beijing,
15、Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Xian to appeal to more people to read and share their life stories. With the recent boom of culturethemed TV shows such as Readers and Chinese Poetry Competition, some are optimistic that this will help the country love literature and reading again in general. 语篇导读 本文为夹叙夹议文。随
16、着 CCTV 的朗读者节目受到人们的欢迎，全国范围开始刮起了 “ 读书风 ” 。各大城市纷纷建立 “ 朗读亭 ” ，人们阅读的热情也越来越高。 5 The CCTV program Readers aims to _. A teach people what to read B attract peoples attention to CCTV C invite people to read aloud in the booth D arouse peoples flesh enthusiasm for reading 解析 D 细节理解题。根据第二段第一句可知，朗读者旨在帮助人们重燃对文学及
17、阅读的热情，故选 D 项。 6 We can learn from Paragraph 3 that _. A some people waited for a long time to read in the booth B March 4 was the first day of the opening of Shanghai Library C on March 4,200 people read in the booth D the time for registrations was lengthened for three and a half hours 解析 A 细节理解题。根
18、据第三段最后一句可知，有些人为了能在 “ 朗读亭 ” 里朗读，等了九个多小时，故选 A 项。 7 The passage mainly tells that _. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A many people line up to read aloud in reading booths B more reading booths will be set up in the future C Readers has become popular all over China D Readers has inspired more people to read aloud in rea
19、ding booths 解析 D 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了随着电视节目朗读者的流行， “ 朗读亭 ” 也逐渐兴起，人们的阅读热情得到了极大的激发，故选 D 项。 C How to Become a Lifelong Learner Learning doesnt stop just because school does. Making a commitment to yourself to learn something new every day, you will not only enjoy what you discover, but you will be able to app
20、ly your knowledge and become a teacher to future generations. Here are some steps to become a lifelong learner. Learn how you learn. 8 _ Note what learning techniques are the most efficient for you and use them as much as is practical, such as viewing online tutorials on websites like YouTube if you
21、re more of a visual learner. 9 _ Try many different things so that you dont box yourself into believing youre only good at a few things. Its probable that youre good at many things, but you wont know until youve tried. Look at learning as an exploration and opportunity, not a chore(琐事 ). Dont just f
22、orce yourself to learn things because theyre important or necessary. 10 _ Follow your heart, as well as your sense of duty. Do you remember the 8th grade history that you hated so much, with all those names and dates that seemed to mean nothing? The point was to bring you to learn details now that will knit chunks of information together later.11 _ Read, read, read. 12 _ Reading is a gateway into other worlds and into the minds of your fellow human beings. And reading will help you to learn the discoveries and mistakes of others who hav
