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1、必修一 Unit 5 课下语篇提能练.阅读理解AIn celebration of Womens History Month, here are a few of the millions of women that have broken all conventional rules to make a difference in the world.Susan B. AnthonyBorn on February 15,1820，Susan BAnthony was a womens rights activist in the US.She spent many years campai
2、gning for womens right to vote. Anthony was also against slavery, helping support the passage of the Civil War Amendments. She also lent her voice to the battle for equal pay and educational opportunities for all.Anne Frank Anne Frank grew up in a happy family.However, things changed when Hitler cam
3、e to power.Anne and her family were forced to hide inside a tiny house, where the young girl recorded her familys fears and struggles.Even after all these years，her journal, Anne Frank：The Diary of a Young Girl, continues to be popular with people across all ages and cultures.Aung San Suu KyiDetermi
4、ned to bring democracy (民主) to Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi founded the National League for Democracy (NLD). Suu Kyis open displeasure with the government resulted in her spending much of the time between 1989 and 2010 in prison or under house arrest. In 1991, Suu Kyi received the Nobel Peace Prize. In
5、 2015, five years after she had been freed, Suu Kyis NLD Party won a great victory in the general elections.Malala YousafzaiMalala Yousafzai was born to a Pakistani educator and poet. When the Taliban declared that girls should not be educated, the worlds youngest Nobel Prize winner decided to chall
6、enge these unfair policies (政策). On October 9, 2012, she was shot and badly injured. Since recovering, Malala continues her fight for girls education. Her bravery is encouraging young people all over the world to stand up for what they believe is right.1Who made a great contribution to womens right
7、to vote?AAnne Frank.BMalala Yousafzai.CSusan B. Anthony. DAung San Suu Kyi.解析：选C细节理解题。根据Susan B. Anthony部分的介绍“She spent many years campaigning for womens right to vote.”可知答案。2Why was Aung San Suu Kyi put into prison?AShe refused to leave Myanmar.BShe demanded that the democrats be freed.CShe voiced
8、dissatisfaction with the government.DShe blamed the government for its economic policy.解析：选C细节理解题。根据Aung San Suu Kyi部分的介绍“Suu Kyis open displeasure with the government resulted in her spending much of the time between 1989 and 2010 in prison” 可知，昂山素季因为表达对政府的不满而被投入监狱。3Which of the following can be us
9、ed to describe the women mentioned in the text?ABrave and inspiring. BReliable and devoted.CHonest and responsible. DConsiderate and optimistic.解析：选A推理判断题。根据第一段中的“here are a few of the millions of women that have broken all conventional rules to make a difference in the world”和文章中对四位女性的介绍可以推知，她们的英勇事
10、迹激励了很多人。BHenrietta Swan Leavitt was born on July 4, 1869, in Massachusetts.Little is known about her private life.As a college student, she studied a number of subjects and fell in love with astronomy.Leavitt never married and was considered a serious woman with little time to waste on unimportant a
11、spects of life.Her coworkers described her as pleasant and friendly, and much focused on the importance of the work she was doing.She began to lose her hearing as a young woman due to a condition that only worsened with time.In 1893, she began working at Harvard College Observatory under the directi
12、on of astronomer EC.Pickering.He directed a group of women, who were called “computers”These “computers” conducted important astronomy research by studying photographic plates (照相底片) of the sky and cataloging (编目录) characteristics of stars.The women were not allowed to operate telescopes, which limi
13、ted their ability to conduct their own research.They lived at a time when womens contributions were undervalued or ignored.Henrietta Leavitt continued her research until just before her death, always thinking of herself as an astronomer, despite her start as a nameless “computer” in Pickerings depar
14、tment.While Leavitt was not officially recognized during her life for her work, Harlow Shapley, the astronomer who was the Harvard College Observatory director, did recognize her worth and made her head of Stellar Photometry in 1921.At that time Leavitt was suffering from cancer, and she died at the
15、 same year. This prevented her from being recognized as a Nobel Prize owner for her contributions.After her death, her name was placed on a lunar crater (月球陨石坑), and asteroid (小行星) 5383 Leavitt carries her name.At least one book has been published about her and her name is usually mentioned as part
16、of the history of astronomical contributions.语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。在大学的时候，Leavitt就对天文学产生了浓厚的兴趣。虽然那个年代存在对女性的歧视，但这并没有影响Leavitt取得非凡的成就。4What can we learn about Leavitt?AShe was hard to get along with.BShe suffered from cancer in childhood.CShe never regarded herself as an astronomer.DShe became interested in astronomy at college.解析：选D细节理解题。根据文章第一段的“As a college student, sh
