Question

【題目】 Last month, the BBC made a list of the greatest icons(偶像)of the 20th century. Among the 28 figures, 11of them are women. Let’s meet some of these great women.

Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)

Politics is typically a man's world. But Margaret Thatcher had a big influence on politics herself. ServingBritain had started to go downhill following World War II. Thatcher started a series of policies(政策)toAlthough many people disliked her, she stuck to her policies and was successful in the end. Her toughnessearned her the nickname “The Iron Lady".

Tu Youyou(1930-present)

Tu is a chemist who studies traditional Chinese medicine. She started to look for a cure(治療方法)formalaria(瘧疾)in the 1960s.At that time, almost half of the world's population was at risk of suffering from thedisease, according to the BBC.

Inspired by traditional Chinese medicine, Tu found artemisinin(青蒿素)in a plant in 1971 that could curemalaria.

In 2015, Tu received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She is the first Chinese woman to win aNobel Prize.

Billie Holiday(1915-1959)

Billie Holiday is often described as a genius. Her voice not only moved audiences, but also shookAmerican society.

During her time, American society was still segregated(種族隔離的).As an African-American, Holidaylived a hard life. But her life experience also inspired her singing.

Holiday worked with white bands in the 1930s,which was ground-breaking(開拓性的)at that time. Holiday taught Americans to question their segregated society.

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

Virginia Woolf was one of the most important writers of the 20th century. Her stream-of-consciousness (意識流)writing style deeply influenced modern writing.

Stream-of-consciousness focuses on the"flow”of thoughts and inner feelings of a particular character. Thiswas very different from most writing at the time.

Woolf once wrote a short novel called The Mark on the Wall(<墻上的斑點(diǎn)>).The novel focuses entirelyon what the main character is thinking about after seeing a mark on a wall.

【1】Why did Margaret Thatcher get the nickname “The Iron Lady”?

A. Because she was strong enough to live a long life.

B. Because she was the first female prime minister in Britain.

C. Because she used tough policies to restore the country.

D. Because she liked to use the things made of iron.

【2】How old was Tu Youyou when she received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

A. 35B. 41C. 75D. 85

【3】Which one of the following quotations(錄)was probably from Billie Holiday!

A. "He that comes first to the hill, may sit where he will."

B. "If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all."

C. "Every scientist dreams of doing something that can help the world."

D. "Do not all you can; spend not all you have, believe not all you hear; and tell not all you know."

【4】What does the underlined word"This"refer to?

A. Woolf's writing styleB. modern writing

C. the character's thoughtsD. the character's inner feelings

【5】The passage is about

A. female Nobel Prize winners

B. an introduction of “The Iron Lady"

C. the greatest icons of the 20th century

D. women who made a difference in the 20th century

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【5】D

【解析】

英國廣播公司列出了20世紀(jì)最偉大的偶像。28位中有11位是女性。短文介紹了瑪格麗特·撒切爾、屠呦呦、比莉·荷莉戴和弗吉尼亞·伍爾夫四位杰出女性代表的重要貢獻(xiàn)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中句子Although many people disliked her, she stuck to her policies and was successful in the end. Her toughness earned her the nickname“The Iron Lady".盡管很多人不喜歡她，但她堅(jiān)持自己的政策，最終還是成功了。她的堅(jiān)強(qiáng)使她有了“鐵娘子”的綽號。由此可知撒切爾夫人用強(qiáng)硬的政策來恢復(fù)了國家的經(jīng)濟(jì)。“鐵娘子”的綽號由此產(chǎn)生。故答案選C。

【2】數(shù)字計(jì)算題。根據(jù)文中句子In 2015, Tu received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. 2015年獲諾貝爾生理學(xué)或醫(yī)學(xué)獎。而屠呦呦是1930年出生的，獲此大獎已經(jīng)85歲，故答案為D。

【3】推測題。根據(jù)對Billie Holiday(1915-1959)比莉·荷莉戴的介紹可知，比莉·荷莉戴是一位非裔美國歌手，她生活的那個年代，種族歧視嚴(yán)重，她過著艱苦的生活。她的生活經(jīng)歷也激發(fā)了她的歌唱。B. "If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all." 選項(xiàng)“如果我要像其他人一樣唱歌，那我根本不需要唱歌�！狈�合題意。故答案選B。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中句子Her stream-of-consciousness (意識流)writing style deeply influenced modern writing. Stream-of-consciousness focuses on the "flow”of thoughts and inner feelings of a particular character. This was very different from most writing at the time.她的意識流寫作風(fēng)格深深地影響著現(xiàn)代寫作，這與當(dāng)時的大多數(shù)寫作都大相徑庭。由此可知，this是指弗吉尼亞·伍爾夫的寫作風(fēng)格，故答案選A。

【5】主旨大意題。短文介紹了英國廣播公司列出的20世紀(jì)最偉大的幾位女性偶像代表，她們都產(chǎn)生了深遠(yuǎn)的影響，故答案為D。