1、【 精品教育资源文库 】 Module 5 Great People and Great Inventions of Ancient China .阅读理解 阅读下列短文 ,从每题所给的 A、 B、 C 和 D 四个选项中 ,选出最佳选项。 A (2016 课标全国 ,A) You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most importa
2、nt woman of the past 100 years? Jane Addams(1860 1935) Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区 )by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 19
3、31, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Rachel Carson(1907 1964) If it werent for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on
4、 humans and on the worlds lakes and oceans. Sandra Day OConnor(1930 present) When Sandra Day OConnor finished third in her class at Stanfor d Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员 )and, in 1981, the first woman to
5、join the U.S. Supreme Court. OConnor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court. Rosa Parks(1913 2005) On December 1,1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But
6、it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement.“The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,”said Parks. 1.What is Jane Addams noted for in history? A.Her social work. B.Her teaching skills. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 C.Her efforts to win a p
7、rize. D.Her community background. 2.What was the reason for OConnors being rejected by the law firm? A.Her lack of proper training in law. B.Her little work experience in court. C.The discrimination against women. D.The poor financial conditions. 3.Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights m
8、ovement in the U.S.? A.Jane Addams. B.Rachel Carson. C.Sandra Day OConnor. D.Rosa Parks. 4.What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text? A.They are highly educated. B.They are truly creative. C.They are pioneers. D.They are peace-lovers. B (2017 湖南衡阳八中模拟 ,C) For the first time in more tha
9、n half a century, Nobel Prize in Literature has been given to a non-fiction author. Svetlana Alexievich is a journalist and writer, who through her writings has captured the lives and struggles of ordinary people. Svetlana Alexievich was born in Ukraine in 1948 and raised in Belarus. Her father serv
10、ed in the army, and after he retired, her parents became school teachers in a small town. Alexievich was fond of writing, and pursued her passion in college later, working for a newspaper. She continued to search for a unique style and finally found it in the Russian art of oral storytelling. Alexie
11、vich recorded historical events through stories of individuals who lived through the experiences. Her 1988 book Wars Unwomanly Face tells the stories of Soviet women who fought in World War . In 1992, she wrote Zinky Boys about Soviet soldiers who fought in Afghanistan in the 1980s. The title refers
12、 to the closed zinc coffins in which many of the young men returned home. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 Alexievich interviewed many Soviets affected by the war, and the mothers of soldiers who had been killed. Alexievichs most famous work, Voices from Chernobyl, is a history of life after the Chernobyl nuclear disa
13、ster, which took her sisters life and blinded her mother. In 1986, a sudden flow of power at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine caused an explosion. The reactor shell was damaged, and released a plume of radioactive material into the atmosphere. The Russian authorities were ill prepared, a
14、nd it took a day and a half to evacuate people who were living less than two miles(three kilometers)from the reactor. After the accident, traces of radioactive deposits were found in nearly every country in the northern hemisphere, and its after effects still linger in the region. Alexievich visited
15、 the nuclear zone and spoke with survivors of the nuclear reactor accident some of her stories are gut-wrenching. In giving her the award, the Nobel committee admitted that Alexievichs work was a “monument to suffering and courage in our time” and a “history of emotions a history of the soul”. 5.Wha
16、t is Alexievichs style of writing? A.Interviewing a person as a journalist. B.Recording some events according to years. C.Turning a persons experiences into poems. D.Telling a story orally by a person. 6.We can infer that Alexievich wrote Voices from Chernobyl . A.to remind people of the harm of nuc
17、lear power B.to hope to get rid of nuclear power C.to ask the government to prepare accidents well D.to expect people to care for its suffers 7.We can infer that in her works Alexievich . A.proved the role of women in wars B.warned readers of difficulty in writing C.described the life of ordinary pe
18、ople D.encouraged people to fight for their country 8.The last paragraph implies that Alexievichs works reflect . 【 精品教育资源文库 】 A.the hard life in modern times B.the important events in history C.the inner mind of characters D.the feelings of our history .语法填空 阅读下面短文 ,在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Alt
19、hough Socrates(苏格拉底 )was poor all his life, he never asked his pupils to pay for their lessons. He taught 1 the love of wisdom, not for money. And 2 he had to say was always new and worth hearing. All his pupils loved him. But his unusual ways of teaching and his demand that students always ask ques
20、tions made him some 3 (danger) enemies. The rulers did not want to be questioned. So they 4 (false) accused Socrates of teaching young men bad things and 5 (lead) them to ignore religions. In fact Socrates was a very religious man. His enemies had him 6 (arrest), and he was sentenced to death by poi
21、soning. During the 30 days before he was put to death, his friends and pupils 7 (allow) to visit him in his prison. They were astonished to find that 8 was calm and cheerful. He had no fear of dying. When the deadly poison was finally brought to Socrates, his friends were in 9 (tear), but Socrates s
22、eemed to be the 10 (brave) man in the room. He raised the cup and drank it as if it were a glass of banquet wine. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 【 精品教育资源文库 】 答案精解精析 .阅读理解 A 语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了 100 年以来历史上四位在各个领域做出杰出贡献的伟大女性。 1.A 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第一句和第二句可知 Jane Addams 帮助穷人 ,为和平而努力 ,做出了很大的贡献 ,因此判断选 A 项。
23、B 项 “ 她的教学技能 ” 。 C 项 “ 她得奖的努力 ” 。 D 项 “ 她的社区背景 ” 。这三项文中均未提及。 2.C 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一句可知 :Sandra Day OConnor 1952 年在斯坦福法学院毕业之后 ,因为是一位女士而不能在律师事务所找到工作 ,由此可判断当时社会对妇女的歧视 ,故选 C 项。 A 项 ,根据文中信息 “ 她从法学院毕业 ” 可知她不缺乏法律的培训。 B 项 ,她法庭经验的缺乏不是找不到工作的理由 ,原因是她是妇女。 D 项 ,贫穷的经济状况 ,文中未提及。 discrimination n.歧视。 3.D 细节理解题。根据文章第五段第四句中的 kicked off the civil-rights movement 可判断 Rosa Parks为民权运动做出 了贡献 ,故选 D 项。其他三项均和民权运动无关。 4.C 推理判断题。根据全文中四名女士在不同领域做出的贡献可知 ,她们是自己领域中的先锋人物 ,故选 C项。 A 项 ,文中只提及一人受到了高等教育。 B 项 ,显然几人均和创造性无关。 D 项 ,只有一人的贡献与和平有关。 长难句 If it werent for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. 如果不是 Rach
