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Unit1 Greatscientists
B卷能力提升卷
本试卷共120分,考试时间100分钟.
第一部分 第二部分 第三部分 总 分
分数
第一部分 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,从每题所给的 A、B、C和 D四个选项
中,选出最佳选项.
A
Lastyear,DonnaStricklandwasawardedthe2018
Nobelprizeforphysicsjointly with ArthurAshkinand
Gérard Mourou.Itsthefirsttimein55yearsthata
womanhaswonthisfamousprize,butwhyhasittakenso
long? Welookatfiveotherpioneeringfemalephysicists—
pastandpresent—whoactuallydeservetheprize.
JocelynBellBurnell
Perhapsthemostfamoussnub(冷落):thenGstudent
Belldiscoveredthefirstradiopulsarsin1967,whenshe
wasaPhDstudentatCambridge.TheNobelprizethat
recognizedthislandmark discoveryin1974,however,
wenttohermalesupervisor,Antony Hewish.Recently
awardeda £2.3m BreakthroughPrize,whichshegave
awaytohelpunderGrepresentedstudents,shejokedtothe
Guardian:“IfeelIvedoneverywelloutofnotgettinga
Nobelprize.”
LeneHau
Hauisbestknownforleadingtheresearchteamat
HarvardUniversityin1999thatmanagedtoslowabeam
oflight,beforemanagingtostopitcompletelyin2001.
OftentoppingNobelprizepredictionlists,could2019be
Hausyear?
VeraRubin
Rubindiscovereddarkmatterinthe1980s,opening
upanewfieldofastronomy.Shediedin2016,without
recognitionfromthecommittee.
ChienGShiungWu
Wus“Wuexperiment”helpeddisprovethe“lawof
conservation of parity”. Her experimental work was
helpful but never honored, and instead, her male
colleagueswonthe1957Nobelprizefortheirtheoretical
workbehindthestudy.
LiseMeitner
Meitnerledgroundbreakingworkonthediscoveryof
nuclear fission. However, the discovery was
acknowledgedbythe1944 Nobelprizeforchemistry,
whichwaswonbyhermalecoGlead,OttoHahn.
1.Whenwasthediscoveryofradiopulsarsrecognizedby
theNobel?
A.In1944. B.In1967.
C.In1974. D.In1980.
2.WhichwomanismostlikelytowinaNobelprizelater
accordingtothetext?
A.DonnaStrickland.
B.JocelynBellBurnell.
C.LeneHau.
D.VeraRubin.
3.Whatdoweknowaboutthefivefemales?
A.Thefivefemalescientistsdidgreatlyinchemistry.
B.VeraRubinhadopenedupanewfieldingeometry.
C.Lise Meitnersteacher wona Nobleprizeforher
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