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重庆市乌江新高考协作体2022-2023学年高二下学期7月期末英语试题

一、阅读理解(共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读理解

DonnaStricklandwasawardedthe2018NobelPrizeforphysicsjointlywithArthurAshkinandGérardMourou.Itsthefirsttimein55yearsthatawomanhaswonthisfamousprize,butwhyhasittakensolong?Welookatfiveotherpioneeringfemalephysicists—pastandpresent—whoactuallydeservetheprize.

JocelynBellBurnell

Perhapsthemostfamoussnub(冷落):then-studentBelldiscoveredthefirstradiopulsarsin1967,whenshewasaPhDstudentatCambridge.TheNobelPrizethatrecognisedthislandmarkdiscoveryin1974,however,wenttohermalesupervisor,AntonyHewish.Recentlyawardeda￡2.3millionBreakthroughPrize,whichshegaveawaytohelpunder-representedstudents,shejokedtotheGuardian,IfeelIvedoneverywelloutofnotgettingaNobelPrize.

LeneHau

HauisbestknownforleadingtheresearchteamatHarvardUniversityin1999thatmanagedtoslowabeamoflight,beforemanagingtostopitcompletelyin2001.OftentoppingNobelPrizepredictionlists,could2022beHausyear?

VeraRubin

Rubindiscovereddarkmatterinthe1980s,openingupanewfieldofastronomy.Shediedin2016,withoutrecognitionfromthecommittee.

Chien-ShiungWu

WusWuexperimenthelpeddisprovethelawofconservationofparity.Herexperimentalworkwashelpfulbutneverhonoured,andinstead,hermalecolleagueswonthe1957NobelPrizefortheirtheoreticalworkbehindthestudy.

LiseMeitner

Meitnerledgroundbreaking(开创性的)workonthediscoveryofnuclearfission.However,thediscoverywasacknowledgedbythe1944NobelPrizeforchemistry,whichwaswonbyhermaleco-lead,OttoHahn.

1．WhenwasthediscoveryofradiopulsarsrecognisedbytheNobel?

A．In1944. B．In1967. C．In1974. D．In1980.

2．WhichwomanismostlikelytowinaNobelPrizelateraccordingtothetext?

A．LeneHau. B．VeraRubin.

C．DonnaStrickland. D．JocelynBellBurnell.

3．Whatdoweknowaboutt