甘肃省定西市岷县第二中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（无答案）

英语 第I卷 选择题（共70分） I. 阅读理解（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 You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?     Jane Addams (1860-1935)     Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区) by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.     Rachel Carson (1907-1964)    If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.     Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-present)    When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third