2019年高考英语一轮精选练 Unit 3 Travel journal试题 新人教版必修1.docVIP

PAGE PAGE PAGE 1 Unit 3 Travel journal 李仕才 一、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 labor force away at the front, women increasingly took on traditionally male roles. By 1944, 25，000 women were working in the construction industry, carrying out back-breaking tasks. These women were permitted to carry out this exhausting and dangerous work on the basis that it would only be temporary and that their pay would be lower than that of men. So the trend in women working in construction and engineering did not continue after the war. September sees a series of events celebrating the unknown work of the large female workforce. Musician Claudia Molitor has created a 45-minute musical entitled “the Singing Bridge”， which runs at Somerset House from 9 to 25 September. In late September, the “Light up the Ladies’ Bridge” event sees the National Theatre’s fly tower lit up by large scale photographic projections(投影) of female construction workers working in construction during World War Ⅱ. Let’s all celebrate the women who have helped to build the cities in which we live. 【解题导语】　本文是一篇说明文。介绍了英国滑铁卢桥的历史、建造人、纪念活动等。 1．Why do few people know about the builders of Waterloo Bridge? A．The records of their work have been lost. B．Female workers received little attention. C．The construction took place long ago. D．Few people know about the bridge. A　解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的第一句可知，自从20世纪80年代建造该桥的建筑公司倒闭以来，就没有妇女建造该桥的文字或照片记录了，所有的记录随着公司的倒闭都丢失了，故A项正确。 2．Why did London women do the construction work? A．