名校名卷高一第一学期期末测试卷(七)- 【直击双1流·名校名卷清北卷】2023-2024学年新教材高一英语上学期同步期中期末卷（人教版）

(9 1　 ) 9. 名校名卷高一第一学期期末测试卷(七) 英　 　 语 考试时间:120 分钟　 试卷分值:120 分 第一部分　 阅读(共两节,满分 50 分) 第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2. 5 分,满分 37. 5 分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A Four Places Named After Scientists in Antarctica There are many scientific breakthroughs made by women in Antarctic. Here are four landmarks in Antarctica and the female pioneers they􀆳re named for. Jones Terrace(梯田) The ice-free terrace in eastern Antarctica􀆳s Victoria Land bears Jones􀆳 name. In 1969, geochemist Lois M. Jones led the first all-female research team from the U. S. to work in Antarctica. Jones and her team studied chemical weathering(风化) in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, an ice-free area of Antarctica. Through chemical analyses of rocks they had collected, Jones and her team discovered many geochemical characteristics of the valley􀆳s ice-covered lakes. Mount Fiennes 8,202-foot-high Mount Fiennes, located on Antarctica􀆳s largest island—Alexander Island—is named for Ginny Fiennes. She established and maintained 80-foot-tall radio towers in the Antarctic. In 1985, Fiennes became the first female who was invited to join the Antarctic Club, a British supper club open to individuals who have spent extended time in the Antarctic region. Francis Peak The 3,727-foot-tall peak on Antarctica􀆳s Adelaide Island is named after Dame Jane Francis, who is the first female director of the British Antarctic Survey, the national polar research institute of the UK. Her collection of fossils on Seymour Island helped conclude in a 2021 paper that Antarctica􀆳s abundant plant fossils indicate the continent once had a