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1、TheOlympicGames李仕才***阅读理解Haveyouheardofthefollowingpeople?Maybeyes,maybeno.Buttheymaybeaninspirationforyou.ThejrreeLadyKateSessionswasanAmericanbotanistandlandscapearchitectcloselyassociatedwithSanDiego,California.AfterbecomingthefirstwomantograduatefromtheUniversityofC
2、alifornia,Berkeley,shetookajobasateacherfarsouthinthedrydeserttownofSanDiego.KatedecidedthatSanDiegoneededtreesmorethananythingelse.Thereforethisyoungwomansingle-hemdedlystartedamovementtransformingthetownintotheleafy,garden-filledplaceasitistoday.TheSnowflake(雪花)ManWi1
3、sonBentleyisoneofthefirstknownphotographersofsnowflakes.Ilisentbusiasmfortakingphotosofsnowflakesbeganfromhisboyhoodandwasoftenmisunderstoodinhistime,buthisdeterminationrevealedtwoimportanttruths:notwosnowflakesarealike;andeachoneissurprisinglybeautiful.In1931,heworkedw
4、ithWilliamJ.HumphreysoftheU・S・WeatherBureautopublishSnowCrystals,abookcontaining2,500photographs・Th生卫飪艇匚gf(卩1!匹乂Bythelate1760s,GeorgeWashingtonhadexperiencedfirsthandtheeffectsofrisingtaxesimposed(征收)onAmericancolonistsbytheBritish,andcametobelievethatitwasinthebestinte
5、restsofthecoloniststodeclareindependeneefromEngland.DuringtheAmericanWarofIndependence,heledthecolonialforcestovictory.Tn1787,hewaselectedpresidentoftheConventionthatwrotetheU・S・Constitution.Twoyears1ster,WashingtonbecameAmerica"sfirstpresident.Hisretiremontfromofficeaf
6、tertwotermsestablishedatraditionthatlasteduntil1940,whenFranklinDelanoRooseveltwonathirdterm.The22ndAmendment(1951)nowlimitsthepresidenttotwoelectedterms.【解题导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了三位鼓舞人心的名人。1.Whomadeagreatcontributiontobeautifyinganarea?A・GeorgeWashington・B.WilsonBentiey・C・
7、KateSessions.D・WilliamJ.Humphreys.C解析:细节理解题。根据第二段中的"thisyoungwomansingle-handedlystartedamovementtransformingthetownintotheleafy,garden・filiedplaceasitistodayn可矢口,KateSessions在将圣地亚哥的一个荒漠小镇变成宜人的地方方面做岀了巨大贡献。故选C。1.WhatisWilsonBentlevfamousfor?A.Hiscreativeideastopublishboo
8、ks.B.Hispersistenceinphotographingsnowflakes.C・Hiscouragetofightagainstprejudice.D.Hisdevotiontoteachingkidssc