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Modules 3－4 (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)Have you heard of the following people？Maybe yesThe Tree Lady Kate Sessions was an American botanist and landscape architect closely associated with San Diego，California.After becoming the first woman to graduate from the University of California，Berkeley，she took a job as a teacher far south in the dry desert town of San Diego.Kate decided that San Diego needed trees more than anything else.Therefore this young woman single-handedly started a movement transforming the town into the leafy，garden-filled place as it is today. The Snowflake(雪花) Mannowflakes began from his boyhood and was often misunderstood in his time，but his determination revealed two important truths：no two snowflakes are alike；and each one is surprisingly beautiful.In 1931reau to publish Snow Crystals，a book containing 2，500 photographs. The Father of His Country By the late 1760s，George Washington had experienced firsthand the effects of rising taxes imposed(征收) on American colonists by the BritishS.Constitution.Two years later，Washington became Americas first president.His retirement from office after two terms established a tradition that lasted until 1940，when Freaklin Delano Roosevelt won a third term.The 22nd Amendment(1951) now limits the president to two elected terms. 【语篇解读】　本文是一篇应用1．Who made a great contribution to beautifying an area? A．George Washington. B．Wilson Bentley. C．Kate Sessions. D．William J．Humphreys. C　[考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“she took a job as a teacher far south in the dry desert town of San Diego”“this young woman single-handedly started a movement transforming the town into the leafy可知在将圣地亚哥的一个荒漠小镇变成宜人的地方上面做出了巨大贡献。故选C。]2．What is Wilson Bentley famous for? A．His creative ideas to publish books. B．His persistence in photographing snowflakes. C．His courage to fight against prejudice. D．His devotion to teaching kids scientific truths. B　[考查细节理解。根据第三段的内容尤其是“Wilson Bentley is one of the first known photographers of snowflak