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英语高考复习 必修1 Unit 5 高考试卷分块专练 阅读理解提速练——练速度4篇阅读＋1篇七选五，限时35分钟 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Bessie Coleman Born in Texas, Coleman moved to Chicago to find a job, but she became interested in the stories she heard from pilots returning from World War Ⅰ.However, her race (种族) and her gender (性别) kept her out of flight schools in the U．S., so she made her way to France where she could learn flying.When she returned to Chicago, Coleman had difficulty finding jobs, so she chose to be a stunt (特技) pilot.She was the first black female pilot in the U ．S.and was an inspiration to early pilots and to African Americans and Native Americans. Bessica Raiche Bessica Raiche drove a car, shot guns and practiced medicine.Besides, she was an accomplished artist and musician.But on Oct.13, 1910, Raiche became the first American woman to make a flight in an aircraft by herself.Raiches aviation career (航空职业) was short, as she moved to Southern California to focus on her career in medicine, later becoming president of the Orange County Medical Association. Willa Brown Willa Brown was the first African American woman to earn both a pilots license (1938) and a commercial license (1939)．As a former schoolteacher and social worker, Brown set up the Coffey School of Aeronautics at Chicagos Harlem Airport, which later became the first government-approved aviation training school for African Americans. Peggy Whitson At 57, Peggy Whitson was the worlds oldest spacewoman.She has spent 500 days off Earth — more than any other woman, and in 2008, she became the first female commander of the International Space Station (I ) ．She made her eighth space walk on March 30, 2017 and she beat the current record for women of 50 hours and 40 minutes of