河南省洛阳市孟津县第二高级中学2020-2021学年高二9月月考英语试卷 无听力试题

英语试卷 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） A Whether they are already household names or a hidden figure deserving of more recognition, the following ladies changed the world with their enormous contributions. Ali Stroker Ali Stroker took the theater world — and, indeed, the very Internet — by storm when, on June 9, 2019, she became the first performer in a wheelchair to take home a Tony Award. After becoming the first actor in a wheelchair in Broadway history in 2015, she won the award for her powerhouse performance in the revival of Oklahoma \ Junko Tabei Twenty-two years after the first-ever successful mission to the top of Mount Everest, Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the peak. She led a team of 15 women, accompanied by six Sherpas （夏尔巴人），and reached the summit with one of the Sherpas on May 16, 1975. Gertrude Ederle The Queen of Waves, who also happened to be deaf, was the first woman to swim across the English Channel. Fighting through cold tempe