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高考总复习·英语 课时作业（十七） 选择性必修第一册 Unit 1 People of Achievement 【,阅读理解 Mogan was appointed technical lead on the A project.National pride was on the line,so Morgan Born on her family's farm in Ray,North set about investigating fuels.After countless Dakota,Mary Sherman Morgan had been helping trails,she finally designed her own mixture,which her father with farm work before she could attend was named Hydyne. the small-town schoolhouse.Being a few years Hydyne tested well with the Redstone behind didn't hold her back and she graduated missiles and subsequently other aireraft(飞行器). from high school with honors.Aware of her such as Jupiter-C rockets,proving to be a quick intelligence,she ran away from Ray to attend solution to getting to space without a total rocket Minot State University as a chemistry major, redesign.The fuel made the first successful US where her skill was evident. satellite launch possible.even if Morgan silently The outbreak of World War Il resulted in a slipped away from her success.retiring to focus on national shortage of chemists and scientists.In her family and leaving her chemistry career behind. spite of the fact that she was still a student and a 1.What do we know about Mary? woman,she was offered a job as a chemical analyst A.She attended school while helping with farm due to her talents,producing explosives(爆炸物) work. for the wartime effort.She put her degree on hold B.She was offered a job as a chemistry analyst and moved to Ohio,taking on the dangerous job of after graduation. analyzing unstable chemicals to produce weapons. C.She shifted her working focus as the domestic After the war ended there was a fall in demand changed. demand for explosives,so she made a move to the D.She launched the first US satellite before field of aeronautics,moving to California to work retiring from her career. for NAA North American Aviation )The only 2.What does the underlined word "aeronautics" woman out of 900 engineers,she was soon probably mean? promoted t