深圳市龙岗区2019-2020学年下学期高一英语必修 3 Module1-3综合测试试题.pdfVIP

深圳市龙岗区2019-2020 学年下学期高一英语 必修 3 Modules 1-3 综合测试题 第一部分 阅读(共两节，满分50 分) 第一节(共15 小题；每小题2.5 分，满分37.5 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A 、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Whether they are already household names or hidden figures deserving of more recognition, the following ladies changed the world with their great contributions to arts, society, technology, the medical field and some other fields. Ali Stroker Ali Stroker got her star on the competition show The Glee Project in 2012 and became the first actress in a wheelchair in Broadway history in 2015. Later, Ali took the theater world and the Internet by storm when, on June 9, 2019, she became the first performer in a wheelchair to take home a Tony Award. Anna Bissell Although it was her husband who invented the carpet -sweeping machine in 1876 and founded Bissell, Anna Bissell became the CEO of the company in 1889. After her husband’s death, Anna was the one who took the sweepers (扫地机) to the next level with powerful marketing. She traveled around the country selling sweepers and making business with other businessmen to promote the Bissell brand. Edith Wharton According to The New York Times, Edith was not encouraged to write as the things she wrote did not agree with her status. But she held on it and finally published her first novel, The Valley of Decision. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1921 for her book The Age of Innocence. She wrote many popular books, including The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome, in 75 years. Elizabeth Blackwell It’s reported that becoming a doctor didn’t even cross Elizabeth Blackwell’s mind throughout her youth. It wasn’t until an ill female friend told Blackwell that her treatment would have been far less painful if her doctor had been a woman. That made Blackwell try to change things herself and she did, making her