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第 PAGE 14 页 共 NUMPAGES 14 页 西藏自治区拉萨市拉萨中学2021届高三第一次月考英语试题带答案解析+详解点睛 姓名:_____________ 年级:____________ 学号:______________ 题型 选择题 填空题 简答题 xx题 xx题 xx题 总分 得分 评卷人 得分 第 1 题：Incredible Women You Didn’t Learn About in History Class Here are the stories of women you may not know about, but definitely should ◆Maria Sibylla Merian Born in Germany in 1647, Merian was fascinated by insects, and she began collecting, studying, and drawing them when she was as young as 13. She was one of the few naturalists of her time to actually study live insects. It was through her study of caterpillars(毛毛虫) that she discovered the truth about their life cycles. Her work provided major contributions to the field of entomology（昆虫学）。 ◆ Murasaki Shikibu Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese woman, was widely considered to be the world’s first novelist. She was a noble woman living in Japan around the year 1000 AD. She wrote a two-part novel called The Tale of Genji, which tells a riches-to-rags story about the son of a Japanese emperor forced to live as a common man. The Tale of Genji is widely considered to be a masterpiece of Japanese literature. ◆ Ada Lovelace Ada was working to design early computing machines that she hoped would be able to quickly solve math problems. In addition to designing this early computer program, she also was first to suggest that these computers might be able to do more than, well, calculate. She imagined them doing everything, from producing images to composing music. ◆ Lucy Stone Born in 1818, Stone married a fellow activist and changed her name, but decided to change it back a year later. She held the belief that “a wife should no more take her husband’s name than hers.” She became the first American married woman to keep her maiden name for her entire life. Stone was also one of the founding members of the American Equal Rights Association and fought for the ending of slavery. 1. What can readers learn about from The Tale of Gen