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1、Modules3－4(限时：35分钟)(对应学生用书第378页)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2017·重庆市重点中学高考适应性考试)Haveyouheardofthefollowingpeople？Maybeyes，maybeno.Buttheymaybeaninspirationforyou.TheTreeLadyKateSessionswasanAmericanbotanistandlandscapearchitectcloselyassociatedwithSanDiego，California.Afterbecomingthefirstwom

2、antograduatefromtheUniversityofCalifornia，Berkeley，shetookajobasateacherfarsouthinthedrydeserttownofSanDiego.KatedecidedthatSanDiegoneededtreesmorethananythingelse.Thereforethisyoungwomansinglehandedlystartedamovementtransformingthetownintotheleafy，gardenfilledplaceasitis

3、today.TheSnowflake(雪花)ManWilsonBentleyisoneofthefirstknownphotographersofsnowflakes.Hisenthusiasmfortakingphotosofsnowflakesbeganfromhisboyhoodandwasoftenmisunderstoodinhistime，buthisdeterminationrevealedtwoimportanttruths：notwosnowflakesarealike；andeachoneissurprisinglyb

4、eautiful.In1931，heworkedwithWilliamJ．HumphreysoftheU．S.WeatherBureautopublishSnowCrystals，abookcontaining2，500photographs.TheFatherofHisCountryBythelate1760s，GeorgeWashingtonhadexperiencedfirsthandtheeffectsofrisingtaxesimposed(征收)onAmericancolonistsbytheBritish，andcameto

5、believethatitwasinthebestinterestsofthecoloniststodeclareindependencefromEngland.DuringtheAmericanWarofIndependence，heledthecolonialforcestovictory.In1787，hewaselectedpresidentoftheConventionthatwrotetheU．S.Constitution.Twoyearslater，WashingtonbecameAmerica'sfirstpresiden

6、t.Hisretirementfromofficeaftertwotermsestablishedatraditionthatlasteduntil1940，whenFreaklinDelanoRooseveltwonathirdterm.The22ndAmendment(1951)nowlimitsthepresidenttotwoelectedterms.【语篇解读】　本文是一篇应用文，主要介绍了三位鼓舞人心的名人。1．Whomadeagreatcontributiontobeautifyinganarea?A．GeorgeWashi

7、ngton.B．WilsonBentley.C．KateSessions.D．WilliamJ．Humphreys.C　[考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“shetookajobasateacherfarsouthinthedrydeserttownofSanDiego”“thisyoungwomansinglehandedlystartedamovementtransformingthetownintotheleafy，gardenfilledplaceasitistoday”可知，KateSessions在将圣地亚哥的一个荒漠小镇变成宜人

8、的地方上面做出了巨大贡献。故选C。]2．WhatisWilsonBentleyfamousfor?A．Hiscreativeideastopublishbooks.B．Hispersisten