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哈尔滨市第六中学校2019级下学期期末试题

高二英语试题

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项

A

WomenWhoseInventionsChangedLife

RachelZimmerman--BlissymbolPrinter(1984)

Attheageof12,ZimmermaninventedtheBlissymbolPrinter,whichhelpspeoplewithphysicaldisabilitiescommunicateviasymbolsthatgettranslatedintowrittenlanguage.WhatbeganasaprojectforaschoolsciencefairendedupcompetingattheWorldExhibitionofAchievementofYoungInventors.ZimmermannowworksatNASAJetPropulsionLaboratory,whereshedevelopsinnovationscombiningspacetechnologyandassistiveintelligence.

OlgaD.Gonzalez-Sanabria--LongCycle-LifeNickel-HydrogenBatteries(1987)

DirectoroftheSystemsManagementOfficeandthehighestrankingHispanicatNASAGlennResearchCenter,Gonzalez-SanabriaplayedacriticalroleinthedevelopmentoftheLongCycle-LifeNickel-HydrogenBatterieswhichhelpenabletheInternationalSpaceStationpowersystem.ShehassincewontheNASAOutstandingLeadershipMedalandtheNASAExceptionalServiceMedal.

AnnTsukamoto-StemCellIsolation(1991)

Tsukamotoandhercolleagueswerethefirstscientiststoidentifyandseparateblood-formingstemcells.Patentedin1991thefirstof12patentsrelatedtoherresearchTsukamotohasfurtheredherresearchandthankstoher,bonemarrowtransplants(骨髓移植)havesavedthethousandsofpeoplebattlingbloodcancer.

DonnaStrickland-ChirpedPulseAmplification(2018)

ThethirdwomantowintheNobelPrizeinPhysics,Strickland,alongwithDr.GerardMourouofFrance,hassignificantlyadvancedthescienceoflasers(激光).Theydevelopedatechnologyforcreatingshort,powerfullaserpulses.Thetechnique,calledChirpedPulseAmplification,hasbeenusedincorrectiveeyesurgeries.

1.Whatcanwelearnabouttheinventiondevelopedin1987?

A.Itconnectsspacetechnologywithassistiveintelligence.

B.Itcantranslatesymbo