UNIT 9课时跟踪检测(一)阅读理解专项练（word练习）-【新课程学案】新教材2023-2024学年高中英语选择性必修3 （北师大版）

UNIT 9课时跟踪检测(一)阅读理解专项练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A The structure of DNA plays an important role in medicine and biology.But you may not know that its founder is a female scientist and goes through a lot on her way to make scientific research.Rosalind Franklin was born in London, England on July 25th, 1920.On April 16th, 1958, at age 38, she died from cancer.Franklin was responsible for much of the research and discovery work that led to the understanding of the structure of DNA. Franklin was interested in science and attended one of the few girls' schools in London that taught physics and chemistry.When she was 15, she decided to become a scientist.Her father was decidedly against higher education for women and wanted her to be a social worker.Franklin's aunt decided to support her and she agreed to pay for her full schooling.Within weeks, Franklin's aunt got her mother to support her going to college also.Months later, Franklin's aunt and mother got her father to agree with it.Franklin was very excited that she was going to college and did a good job in her study. After her graduation from college, Franklin started her research on DNA.However, there were so many quarrels in her life because Franklin and her research partner did not get along.Franklin and her partner's arguments set them back on the study of DNA quite a bit.At the time they were working against another pair to find the story of DNA.Because of Franklin and her partner's fights, another pair found the structure of DNA first and won the Nobel Prize for it four years after Franklin died.Many scientists felt sorry for her early death and thought that the winners had stolen her research about DNA. 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了伟大的女性科学家Rosalind Franklin的生平及其在DNA研究领域做出的贡献。 1．We can learn from the text that Franklin ________. A．died in her early thirties B．was a really lucky scientist C．didn't get along with her father D．achieved a lot in the study of DNA 解析：选D　推理判断题。根据第一段中的“Franklin was responsible for much of the research and disco