福建专用2018年高考英语一轮复习课时规范练16Womenofachievement新人教版.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 4 Unit 1 Women of achievement Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2018·山东烟台高三期中考试) Women Nobel Peace Prize laureates(获奖者) are fewer in number than men who have been awarded the Prize,even though it may have been a woman’s peace activism(行动主义) which inspired Alfred Nobel to create the award.In recent decades,the percentage of women among the winners has increased. 1.Baroness Bertha yon Suttner A friend of Alfred Nobel,Baroness was a leader in the international peace movement in the 1890s,and she received support from Nobel for her Austrian Peace Society.When Nobel died,she bequeathed(遗赠) money for four pr