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1、Module1 Europe阅读理解·组块专练——练速度(本栏目内容,在学生用书中以独立形式分册装订!)(限时:35分钟)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2018·重庆市重点中学协作体高考适应性考试)Haveyouheardofthefollowingpeople?Maybeyes,maybeno.Buttheymaybeaninspirationforyou.TheTreeLadyKateSessionswasanAmericanbotanistandlandscapearchitectcloselyassociatedwithSanDiego,Californ
2、ia.AfterbecomingthefirstwomantograduatefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,shetookajobasateacherfarsouthinthedrydeserttownofSanDiego.KatedecidedthatSanDiegoneededtreesmorethananythingelse.Thereforethisyoungwomansinglehandedlystartedamovementtransformingthetownintotheleafy,g
3、ardenfilledplaceasitistoday.TheSnowflake(雪花)ManWilsonBentleyisoneofthefirstknownphotographersofsnowflakes.Hisenthusiasmfortakingphotosofsnowflakesbeganfromhisboyhoodandwasoftenmisunderstoodinhistime,buthisdeterminationrevealedtwoimportanttruths:notwosnowflakesarealike;andeacho
4、neissurprisinglybeautiful.In1931,heworkedwithWilliamJ.HumphreysoftheU.S.WeatherBureautopublishSnowCrystals,abookcontaining2,500photographs.TheFatherofHisCountryBythelate1760s,GeorgeWashingtonhadexperiencedfirsthandtheeffectsofrisingtaxesimposed(征收)onAmericancolonistsbytheBriti
5、sh,andcametobelievethatitwasinthebestinterestsofthecoloniststodeclareindependencefromEngland.DuringtheAmericanWarofIndependence,heledthecolonialforcestovictory.In1787,hewaselectedpresidentoftheConventionthatwrotetheU.S.Constitution.Twoyearslater,WashingtonbecameAmerica'sfirstp
6、resident.Hisretirementfromofficeaftertwotermsestablishedatraditionthatlasteduntil1940,whenFranklinDelanoRooseveltwonathirdterm.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.GeorgeWas
7、hington.B.WilsonBentley.C.KateSessions.D.WilliamJ.Humphreys.答案与解析:C 细节理解题。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
8、人的地方上作出了巨大贡献。2.WhatisWilsonBentleyfamousfor?A.Hiscreativeidea