2019高考英语一轮复习Unit2TheUnitedKingdom分层演练直击高考新人教版必修.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 4Unit 2 The United Kingdomeq \a\vs4\al(Ⅰ) 阅读理解(2018·河北石家庄高中毕业班一模)Few people are aware that Waterloo Bridge, crossed by thousands of daily commuters(通勤者) and celebrated as a London landmark, was mainly built by a female workforce.There are no written or photographic records of the women who built the bridge since the construction company that built it closed in the 1980s and with it went all the records. What’s left is anecdotal evidence, kept alive by the tourist boat captains who have called it the Ladies’ Bridge.During the Second World War, with the majority of the active male la