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1、我带领班子成员及全体职工，积极参加县委、政府和农牧局组织的政治理论学习，同时认真学习业务知识，全面提高了自身素质，增强职工工作积极性，杜绝了纪律松散Unit 1 Women of achievement.阅读理解A(20178月贵州贵阳高三摸底)“How do you account for your remarkable achievements in life?”Queen Victoria of the UK asked Helen Keller.“How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and d
2、eaf,you were able to achieve so much?”Ms.Kellers answer is a tribute(致敬)to her kind teacher.“If it had not been for Annie Sullivan,the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.”According to speaker Zig Ziglar,Annie Sullivan was no stranger to hardship.She was almost sightless herself and was
3、,at one time,diagnosed as hopelessly “insane” by her caregivers.She was locked in the basement of a mental institution.Occasionally,Annie would violently attack anyone who came near.Most of the time she generally ignored everyone in her presence.An elderly nurse believed there was hope,however,and s
4、he made it her work to show love to the child.Every day she visited Annie,and she left cookies for her and spoke words of love and encouragement.She believed Annie could recover,if only she were shown love.Eventually,doctors noticed the change in the girl.Where they once witnessed anger and hate,the
5、y now noted a gentleness and love.They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve.Then the day finally came when this seemingly “hopeless” child was released.Annie Sullivan grew into a young woman with a desire to help others as she,herself,was helped by the kind nurse.It was she who saw the
6、great potential in Helen Keller.She loved her,disciplined(约束)her,played with her,pushed her and worked with her until the flickering candle that was her life became a beacon(灯塔)of light to the world.Annie Sullivan worked wonders in Helens life;but it was a loving nurse who first believed in little A
7、nnie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a kind teacher.“If it had not been for Annie Sullivan,the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.”But if it had not been for a kind and dedicated nurse,the name of Annie Sullivan would have remained unknown.【语篇导读】文章主要讲述了被一度认为有精神问题
8、的Annie Sullivan,在一位护士的关心与爱护下,慢慢恢复健康重新点燃了她生命的灯塔。爱的力量是伟大的。1.What does the underlined part “account for” probably mean? A.showB.proveC.explainD.present答案C解析词义猜测题。根据“How do you explain the fact”可知account for为“解释”的意思。故选C项。2.What do we know from the third paragraph?A.Sullivan had very normal behavior.B.Su
9、llivan was ignored by everyone.C.Sullivan was kept away from her parents.D.Sullivan was believed to have a mental problem.答案D解析推理判断题。根据“at one time,diagnosed as hopelessly insane by her caregivers.She was locked in the basement of a mental institution.”可推断出Annie Sullivan被认为有精神问题。故选D项。3.What would be
10、 the best title for the text?A.The Power of LoveB.Making a DifferenceC.A Good TeacherD.Remarkable Achievements答案A解析主旨大意题。文章主要讲述了被一度认为有精神问题的Annie Sullivan,在一位护士的关心与爱护下,慢慢恢复健康,重新点燃了她生命的灯塔。爱的力量是伟大的。故选A项。BNobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has said winning the Nobel Prize in 2007 had been a “blood
11、y disaster”.The increased media interest in her has meant that writing a full novel was next to impossible,she said.Lessing,88,also said she would probably now be giving up writing novels.Her latest book is the partly fictional memoir(虚幻小说) entitled Alfred and Emily.Since her Nobel win she has been
12、constantly in demand,she said.“All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.”Speaking about her writing,she said:“It has stopped;I dont have any energy any more.”Lessing is the 11th woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature in its 106-year history.Her best known works include The
13、Golden Notebook and The Diaries of Jane Somers(萨默斯的日记).She also recalled that,in the 1960s,she had been told that the Nobel Academys judges did not like her and she would never win.Ill-health prevented her from attending the prize ceremony in Stockholm,Sweden.Instead the Swedish Ambassador to London
14、,Staffan Carlsson,presented the award to her in the UK.He told her she was being “crowned with a prize you have long deserved”.Lessing was born in Iran and moved to Rhodesianow Zimbabweas a child before settling in England in 1949.Her first novel The Grass Is Singing was published the following year
15、.Altogether she has written more than 50 novels,plays,memoirs and collections of short stories.【语篇导读】多丽丝莱辛,英国女作家。1919年10月22日生,2013年11月17日去世,享年94岁。多丽丝莱辛被誉为继伍尔芙之后最伟大的女性作家,并几次获得诺贝尔文学奖提名以及多个世界级文学奖项。在2007年10月11日,瑞典皇家科学院诺贝尔奖委员会宣布将2007年度诺贝尔文学奖授予这位英国女作家。她是迄今为止获奖时最年长的女性诺贝尔获奖者。4.By saying winning the Nobel Pr
16、ize was “a bloody disaster”,Lessing .A.was too excited to go on writing her novelsB.had her peaceful life disturbed by the increased mediaC.was asked to give some useful advice on how to writeD.was forced to attend the prize ceremony in Stockholm答案B解析推理判断题。文章第二段“The increased media interest in her.she said.”及第三段讲述了莱辛获得诺贝尔文学奖之后,不断有媒体前来采访、拍照,使她没有足够的时间专注于文学创作,从中可知,她的平
