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1、Unit 1 Women of achievement(建议用时：40分钟).阅读理解A(2020唐山一模)Stan Lee, cofounder of the Marvel Universe(漫威宇宙) and cocreator of many of its most popular superheroes, died at the age of 95.Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in New York in 1922. As a son of workingclass Jewish immigrants from Romania, times w
2、ere hard and he lived with his family in a shabby singlebedroom apartment. After graduating from high school at 16, Lieber landed a job as an assistant at Timely Comics. By the early 1940s, he was a temporary editor for the company. It was at this time that he began using his pen nameStan Lee. In 19
3、47, two years after returning from serving for the U. S. Army, Lee married his wife, Joan. The two began their 70year marriage and had two children.In the late 1950s, DC Comics breathed new life into its classic superhero and experienced a significant success with its updated version of the Flash, a
4、nd later with superteam the Justice League of America.To compete against DC Comics, Lee was given the task of creating their own group of superheroes. In 1961, Timely Comics changed its name into Marvel Comics after Atlas Comics, and that November saw the debut(首次亮相) of the Fantastic Four. Lees late
5、r famous and lasting creations of comicbook superheroes included SpiderMan, the Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and the XMen.Over the course of his career, Lee was an icon of Marvel Comics. As a writer and editor and, at various points, both the publisher and vice president of Marvel Comics, Lee not only intro
6、duced interesting characters to the industry, but changed the way that comic books came together. He also created a cooperative workflow between writers and artists, which became known as the “Marvel Method”. Lee received a National Medal of Arts in 2008 for his innovations that revolutionized Ameri
7、can comic books.【解题导语】本文主要介绍了漫威创始人斯坦李富于传奇色彩的一生。作为一名漫威创始人，他对美国的漫画进行了革新，创造了许多超级英雄，荣获了国家艺术奖章。1What do we know about Lee from paragraph 2?AHe served for the US. Army for two years.BHe suffered from an unfortunate marriage.CHe had a tough and struggling childhood.DHe adopted his pen name at the age of 16
8、.C解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“As a son of workingclass Jewish immigrants from Romania, times were hard and he lived with his family in a shabby singlebedroom apartment.as an assistant at Timely Comics.”可知，斯坦李拥有一个艰辛的童年，故选C项。2What was the company called when SpiderMan was created?ATimely Comics.BMarvel Comics.CA
9、tlas Comics. DDC Comics.B解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“In 1961，Timely Comics changed its name into Marvel Comics after Atlas Comics”可知，公司的名字按照时间顺序依次为Timely ComicsAtlas ComicsMarvel Comics，神奇四侠于1961年首次推出，而蜘蛛侠是之后创作的，所以创作蜘蛛侠时公司的名称应是漫威(Marvel Comics)。故选B项。3What does the underlined word “icon” in the last paragraph m
10、ean?AStatue. BAgent.CAssistant. DSymbol.D解析：词义猜测题。最后一段介绍了斯坦李的成就，作为漫威宇宙的创始人之一，斯坦李可以算是美漫历史上最伟大的人物之一，没有他可能就没有现在的漫威世界，所以他可以被称为是漫威宇宙的标志。由此可推知，icon意为“标志”，故选D项。4What can be the best title for the text?AStan Lee, the Godfather of Marvel ComicsBThe Development of Marvel ComicsCStan Lee, a Superhero in Comic
11、BooksDThe Popular Superheroes of Marvel ComicsA解析：标题归纳题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了漫威创始人之一斯坦李的传奇一生，他对美国漫画的影响力是令人瞩目的，他生前所创作的经典作品在世界上都可以称作是顶级的文化品牌，所以他被称为漫威之父。godfather意为“开拓者；发起者；创始人”，故选A项。B(2020东北三省四市二模)You cant see your sleeping pets brain waves, but its behavior can tell you when your cat might be dreaming. If you
12、 watch closely, youll see that as she falls asleep, her breathing becomes slow and regular with her body still. She has entered the first stage of sleep, called slowwave sleep. After about 15 minutes youll notice a change in her breathing. Her eyes move under her closed lids, her paws twitch(抽动) and
13、 she flicks(轻拂) an ear. She has entered dreaming. Although she twitches and makes little grunting noises, messages from her brain to the large muscles in her legs are blocked, so she cant run about. She is in a state of “sleep paralysis(麻痹)”Michel Jouvet, a French scientist, interrupted their sleep
14、paralysis. Even though they were completely asleep, the dreaming cats began to run for balls that Jouvet couldnt see and arched their backs at unseen enemies. He figured he was watching them act out their dreams! Obviously, the dreaming cats seemed to be practising important cat skills: following, p
15、ouncing, and fighting.In another study, Matt Wilson recorded rats brain waves while they learned mazes. One day, he left the brainwaverecording machine on while the rats fell asleep. The pattern of brain waves in the sleeping rats matched the pattern from the maze so closely that Wilson could figure
16、 out exactly which part of the maze each rat was dreaming about!Many researchers now think that in both people and animals, one purpose of dreams is to practise important skills and figure out recent learning. This may explain why so many people dream about fighting and escaping, skills that were probably important to our ancestors, and why dreaming aff
