【英语】辽宁省朝阳县柳城高级中学2015届高三第二次模拟考试

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1、辽宁省朝阳县柳城高中2015届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题试卷满分120分考试时间120分钟第Ⅰ卷第二部分:阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。A【题文】TheNobelPeacePrizeisawardedannuallyandthefirstwomantowinthisprizewasBaronessBerthaFelicieSophievonSuttnerin1905.Infact,herworkinspiredthecreationoftheP

2、rize.ThefirstAmericanwomantowinthisprizewasJaneAddams,in1931.However,AddamsisbestknownasthefounderofHullHouse.JaneAddamswasbornin1860,intoawealthyfamily.Shewasoneofasmallnumberofwomeninhergenerationtograduatefromcollege.Herdedicationtoimprovingthelivesofthosearoundherledhertoworkf

3、orsocialreformandworldpeace.Inthe1880sJaneAddamstravelledtoEurope.WhileshewasinLondon,shevisiteda“settlementhouse”calledToynbeeHall.InspiredbyToynbeeHall,Addamsandherfriend,EllenGatesStarr,openedHullHouseinaneighborhoodofslumsinChicagoin1899.HullHouseprovidedadaycarecenterforchild

4、renofworkingmothers,acommunitykitchen,andvisitingnurses.AddamsandherstaffgaveclassesinEnglishliteracy,art,andothersubjects.HullHousealsobecameameetingplaceforclubsandlaborunions.MostofthepeoplewhoworkedwithAddamsinHullHousewerewelleducated,middle-classwomen.HullHousegavethemanoppo

5、rtunitytousetheireducationanditprovidedatraininggroundforcareersinsocialwork.BeforeWorldWarI,AddamswasprobablythemostbelovedwomaninAmerica.Inanewspaperpollthatasked,“Whoamongourcontemporariesareofthemostvaluetothecommunity?”,JaneAddamswasratedsecond,afterThomasEdison.Whensheoppose

6、dAmerica'sinvolvementinWorldWarI,however,newspapereditorscalledheratraitorandafool,butsheneverchangedhermind.JaneAddamswasastrongchampionofseveralothercauses.Until1920,15Americanwomencouldnotvote.Addamsjoinedinthemovementforwomen'ssuffrage(选举权)andwasavicepresidentoftheNationalAmer

7、icanWomanSuffrageAssociation.ShewasafoundingmemberoftheNationalAssociationfortheAdvancementofColoredPeople(NAACP),andwaspresidentoftheWomen'sInternationalLeagueforPeaceandFreedom.Herreputationwasgraduallyrestoredduringthelastyearsofherlife.Shediedofcancerin1935.21.Withwhichofthefo

8、llowingsubjectsisthepassagemainly