广东省佛山市顺德区2020-2021学年高一下学期期末教学质量检测英语试题

广东省佛山市顺德区2020-2021学年高一下学期期末教学质量检测英语试题 一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读理解 Marie Tharp, who was born in Michigan in 1920, produced one of the world's first maps of the ocean floor. As a female, Tharp never thought she could do soil surveying like her father. Women during her time were prevented from working in the scientific field. Jobs for young women were limited in options to: secretary, bookkeeper, nurse, school teacher or librarian. During World War II, since many of the men were off fighting, there was opportunity for women to fill certain job roles. She earned her Master's degree in Geology in 1944, and another Bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1948. After receiving her degree, she worked as a research assistant (助理) at the Lamont Geological Laboratory in Columbia University. While there, she Bruce Heezen, who she would work together with for the next 30 years. Before the 1950s, little was known about the layout of the ocean floor. Tharp and Heezen became part of a research project to map it. However, women at that time were not allowed on boats. So Heezen went out and collected the initial data, which was sent to Tharp back at home. Working with only pens and rulers, she drew the details of the ocean floor using longitude (经度) by latitude degree (纬度). It was a technical process, but Tharp got the task done. The first published map of the North Atlantic ocean was in 1957. It revealed that the ocean floor was not flat, but covered with features like canyons, ridges, and mountains just like on land. In 1977, Tharp completed a full world's ocean map titled The World Ocean Floor. Marie Tharp is greatly recognized as a pioneer in a field dominated by men. Although more through maps of the ocean floor exist today, the impact of Tharp and her mapping of the ocean floor is still with us. Her work helped bring to life the unknown ocean world, and helped prove important information about our earth's development. 1．What do we know about women at Tharp's time? A．They wer