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PAGE PAGE 10 豫西名校 2018—2019 学年上期第一次联考高二英语试题 (考试时间：100 分钟 试卷满分：120 分） 第一部分听力（略） 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。 A In celebration of Women’s History Month, here are a few of the millions of women that have broken all conventional rules to make a difference in the world. Susan B. Anthony Bom on February 15, 1820, Susan B. Anthony was a women’s rights activist in the US. She spent many years campaigning for women’s right to vote. Anthony was also against slavery, helping support the passage of the Civil War Amendments. She also lent her voice to the battle for equal pay and educational opportunities for all. Anne Frank Anne Frank grew up in a happy familyH.owever, things changed when Hitler came to power. Anne and her family were forced to hide inside a tiny house, where the young girl recorded her family’s fears and struggles. Even after all these years, her journal, Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, continues to be popular with people across all ages and cultures. Aung San Sun Kyi Determined to bring democracy (民主）to Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi founded the National League for Democracy (NLD). Suu Kyi’s open displeasure with the government resulted in her spending much of the time between 1989 and 2010 in prison or under house arrest. In 1991，Suu Kyi received the Nobel PeacePrize. In 2015, five years after she had been freed, Suu Kyi’s NLD Party won a great victory in the general elections. Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai was bom to a Pakistani educator and poet. When the Taliban declared that girls should not be educated, the world’s youngest Nobel Prize winner decided to challenge these unfair policies (政策).On October 9, 2012, she was shot and badly injured. Since recovering, Malala continues her fight for girls’ education. Her bravery is encouraging young people all over the world to stand up for what they believe is right. Who made a great contribution to women’s right to vote? A.Anne Frank. B. Malal