2016 全国卷（课标卷 I）第 I 卷第二部分 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 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AYou probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstandingladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?Jane Addams (1860-1935)Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addams helped the poor andworked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community （社区） by creating shelters and promoting educationand services for people in need. In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Noble Peace Prize.Rachel Carson (1907-1964)If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book SilentSpring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on theworld’s lakes and oceans.Sandra Day O’Connor (1930-present)When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find workat a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator （参议员） and, in 1981, the firstwoman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O ’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24years on the top court.Rosa Parks (1913-2005)On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a whitepassenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott.It lasted formore than a year, and kicked off the civil- rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired ...
