绝密★启封前2016 年湖北高考英语试卷真题2016 普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（新课标 I）英 语试卷类型 A适用地区： 安徽、湖北、福建、湖南、山西、河北、江西、广东、河南第一部分 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 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 theoutstanding ladies listed below,who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100years?Jane Addams(1860-1935)Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank.Addans helped thepoor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区)by creating shelters andpromoting education and services for people in need In 1931,Addams became the first Americanwoman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.Rachel Carson(1907-1964)If it weren t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today.Her popular 1962book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicalson humans and on the world slakes 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 couldnot find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator( 参议员)and ,in 1981, the first woman to join theU.S. Supreme Court. O Connor gave the deciding vote inmany important cases during her 24 years on the top court.Rosa Parks(1913-2005)On December 1,1955,in Montgomery,Alabama,Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to apassenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison.But it also set lff the Montgmery bus boycott. Itlasted for more than a year, and kicked off ...
