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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(2018山东烟台高三期中考试)Women Nobel Peace Prize laureates(获奖者) are fewer in number than men who have been awarded the Prize,even though it may have been a womans peace activism(行动主义) which inspired Al
2、fred Nobel to create the award.In recent decades,the percentage of women among the winners has increased.1.Baroness Bertha yon SuttnerA friend of Alfred Nobel,Baroness was a leader in the international peace movement in the 1890s,and she received support from Nobel for her Austrian Peace Society.Whe
3、n Nobel died,she bequeathed(遗赠) money for four prizes for scientific achievements,and one for peace.In 1905,she was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.2.Jane AddamsJane Addams,best known as the founder of Hull-House,a settlement house in Chicago,was active in peace efforts during Wo
4、rld War with the International Congress of Women.Jane Addams also helped to found the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom.She was nominated(提名) numerous times,but the Prize went each time to others until 1931.She was,by that time,in poor health,and could not travel to accept the Prize.
5、3.Mother TeresaBorn in Skopje,Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in India and focused on serving the dying.She was skilled at publicizing her orders work and thus financing the expansion of its services.She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in bringing help to suf
6、fering humanity.4.Wangari MaathaiWangari Maathai founded the Green Belt movement in Kenya in 1977,which has planted more than 10 million trees to prevent soil erosion(流失) and provide firewood for cooking fires.Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be named a Nobel Peace Prize laureate,honou
7、red for her contribution to sustainable development and peace.1.What can we know from the first paragraph?A.Women contributed less to the world than men.B.Women were not as active as men in keeping the world peace.C.Women won more Nobel Peace Prizes than men in recent decades.D.Women Nobel Peace lau
8、reates are still fewer in number than men.2.What can we learn about Jane Addams?A.She set up a settlement house.B.She was a friend of Alfred Nobels.C.She accepted the Prize in person.D.She made the effort to keep the peace during World War .3.Wangari Maathai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize because
9、 of .A.her fight for freedomB.the international peace movementC.her contribution to environmental protectionD.her work in bringing help to suffering humanity导学号23280068B(2018山东德州期中考试)Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez,chief of Girl Scouts of the USA,are leading a
10、campaign to discourage the use of the word “bossy”.Does the term destroy the confidence of young girls?The campaign claims that terms like “bossy” are improperly applied to females,preventing schoolgirls from seeing themselves as future “leaders”.From its first application,the word has been definite
11、ly connected more with women than with men.It first appeared in 1882,according to the Oxford English Dictionary,mentioning “a lady manager who was extremely bossy”.As late as 2008,the word appeared in reference to females four times more often than males,claim the Ban Bossy campaigners.“To me,the re
12、ference is always in association with women,” says Helen Trim,director of Fresh Minds.“I have three brothers and my family still call me bossy today.” Her father is the only other family member who could be considered in that way,says Trim,but nobody would ever call him so.Some educators recommend t
13、hat the word should be reclaimed,rather than banned.“But the thing with bossy is that theres an infantile (幼稚的) element to it,” says Sara Mills,professor at Sheffield University.“You think of bossy as being like a little kid whos claiming more than he has the right to claim.”Its not just “bossy”unde
14、r fire.“Pushy” is another target.The implication is that women shouldnt present themselves as powerful and confident,Mills suggests,which some women are willing to listen to and accept.Trim points out that many modern female business role models are able to be bosses without being labeled “bossy”.An
15、d she rarely,if ever,hears the word used within her company.But she says that the damage may be done much earlier in a womans life.“It does come about from those early teenage years,” she says.“I think its impossible to ban a word,but if people are replacing it with words like confidence or assertiv
16、eness,we would all be in a much better place.”4.More evidence is provided to show “bossy” is more applied to females by .A.the Oxford English DictionaryB.the Ban Bossy campaignersC.Helen Trim at Fresh MindsD.some experts in education5.Trims family still consider her bossy because .A.she is expected to lead in her familyB.she is the boss of her companyC.she is a power
