课时作业14 Making a difference-（课时作业）【红对勾讲与练】2024版新高考英语大一轮复习全新方案（外研版）

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8: 课时作业 14　 Making a difference Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2022·福建龙岩三模) Ruth Bader Ginsburg spent a lifetime flourishing (茁壮成长) in the face of misfortunes before being appointed a Supreme Court justice. She was born on March 15, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. Ginsburg􀆳s mother implanted a love of education in Ginsburg through her devotion to her brother. She graduated first in her class at Columbia Law in 1959. Even her exceptional academic record was not enough to shelter her from the gender-based discrimination women faced in the workplace in the 1960s. She had difficulties finding a job until a favorite Columbia professor directly refused to recommend any other graduates before US District Judge Edmund L hired Ginsburg as a clerk for two years. After this, she was offered some jobs at law firms, but always at a much lower salary than her male colleagues. She instead took some time to pursue her other legal passion, civil procedure, choosing to join the Columbia Project on International Civil Procedure. In 1963, she accepted a job as a professor at Rutgers University Law School. And in 1972, she became the first female professor at Columbia to earn tenure (终身职位) . Ginsburg also directed the influential Women􀆳s Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union during the 1970s. In this position, she led the fight against gender discrimination and successfully argued six landmark cases before the US Supreme Court. Ginsburg took a broad look at gender discrimination, fighting not just for the women lef