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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.TheTreeLadyKateSessionswasanAmericanbotanistandlandscapearchitectcloselyassoc
2、iatedwithSanDiego,California.AfterbecomingthefirstwomantograduatefromtheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,shetookajobasateacherfarsouthinthedrydeserttownofSanDiego.KatedecidedthatSanDiegoneededtreesmorethananythingelse.Thereforethisyoungwomansinglehande
3、dlystartedamovementtransformingthetownintotheleafy,gardenfilledplaceasitistoday.TheSnowflake(雪花)ManWilsonBentleyisoneofthefirstknownphotographersofsnowflakes.Hisenthusiasmfortakingphotosofsnowflakesbeganfromhisboyhoodandwasoftenmisunderstoodinhistime,
4、buthisdeterminationrevealedtwoimportanttruths:notwosnowflakesarealike;andeachoneissurprisinglybeautiful.In1931,heworkedwithWilliamJ.HumphreysoftheU．S.WeatherBureautopublishSnowCrystals,abookcontaining2,500photographs.TheFatherofHisCountryBythelate1760
5、s,GeorgeWashingtonhadexperiencedfirsthandtheeffectsofrisingtaxesimposed(征收)onAmericancolonistsbytheBritish,andcametobelievethatitwasinthebestinterestsofthecoloniststodeclareindependencefromEngland.DuringtheAmericanWarofIndependence,heledthecolonialfor
6、cestovictory.In1787,hewaselectedpresidentoftheConventionthatwrotetheU．S.Constitution.Twoyearslater,WashingtonbecameAmerica'sfirstpresident.Hisretirementfromofficeaftertwotermsestablishedatraditionthatlasteduntil1940,whenFranklinDelanoRooseveltwonathir
7、dterm.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．GeorgeWashington.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“shetookajobas
8、ateacherfarsouthinthedrydeserttownofSanDiego”“thisyoungwomansinglehandedlystartedamovementtransformingthetownintotheleafy,gardenfilledplaceasitistoday”可知，KateSessions在将圣地亚哥的一个荒漠小镇变成宜人的地方上作出了巨大贡献。2．WhatisWilsonBentleyfamousfor?A．Hiscreativeidea
