辽宁省凤城市第一中学2019-2020学年高二12月月考英语试题

英语试题 答题时间：100分钟 满分：150分 第一部分：阅读理解（共两节， 满分35分） 第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to a woman for the first time in 55 years, and for only the third time in its history. Donna Strickland, a Canadian physicist, was awarded the 2018 prize together with Gérard Mourou, from France, for their work on generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses(超短光脉冲). They share the award with an American, Arthur Ashkin, who at 96 becomes the oldest Nobel Laureate, for developing “optical tweezers.” Both inventions had "revolutionized laser physics," the Royal Swedish Academy said. The announcement comes a day after a senior scientist at CERN was suspended(暂停) for saying that physics was invented and built by men. Strickland said the achievements of women scientists deserved recognition. "We need to celebrate women physicists because we’re out there. I’m honored to be one of those wom