精品解析：江苏省南京市大厂高级中学2021-2022学年高一下学期期中考试英语试卷

2021-2022 学年高一下学期南京市大厂高级中学期中考试 英语试卷 第二部分 阅读理解（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 Incredible Women You Didn't Learn About in History Class Here are the stories of women you may not know about, but definitely should ◆Maria Sibylla Merian Born in Germany in 1647, Merian was fascinated by insects, and she began collecting, studying, and drawing them when she was as young as 13. She was one of the few naturalists of her time to actually study live insects. It was through her study of caterpillars(毛毛虫) that she discovered the truth about their life cycles. Her work provided major contributions to the field of entomology（昆虫学）。 ◆ Murasaki Shikibu Murasaki Shikibu, a Japanese woman, was widely considered to be the world’s first novelist. She was a noble woman living in Japan around the year 1000 AD. She wrote a two-part novel called The Tale of Genji, which tells a riches-to-rags story about the son of a Japanese emperor forced to live as a common man. The Tale of Genji is widely considered to be a masterpiece of Japanese literature. ◆ Ada Lovelace Ada was working to design early computing machines that she hoped would be able to quickly solve math problems. In addition to designing this early computer program, she also was first to suggest that these computers might be able to do more than, well, calculate. She imagined them doing everything, from producing images to composing music. ◆ Lucy Stone Born in 1818, Stone married a fellow activist and changed her name, but decided to change it back a year later. She held the belief that "a wife should no more take her husband's name than hers." She became the first American married woman to keep her maiden name for her entire life. Stone was also one of the founding members of the American Equal Rights Association and fought for the ending of slavery. 1. What can readers learn about from The Tale of Genji? A. Ancient Japanese culture. B. Development of computer. C. Research on living th