高一英语上册综合能力测评2文档格式.docx

1、Barbara McClintock was one of the most important scientists of the twentieth century. She made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes（染色体）Barbara McClintock was born in 1902 in Hartford, Connecticut. Her family moved to the Brooklyn area of New York City in 1908. Barbara was an active chi

2、ld with interests in sports and music. She also developed an interest in science.She studied science at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Barbara was among a small number of undergraduate students to receive training in genetics in 1921. Years later, she noted that few college students wanted

3、to study genetics.Barbara McClintock decided to study botany, the scientific study of plants, at Cornell University. She completed her undergraduate studies in 1923. McClintock decided to continue her education at Cornell. She completed a masters degree in 1925. Two years later, she finished all her

4、 requirements for a doctorate.McClintock stayed at Cornell after she completed her education. She taught students botany. The 1930s was not a good time to be a young scientist in the United States. The country was in the middle of the great Depression. Millions of Americans were unemployed. Male sci

5、entists were offered jobs. But female geneticists were not much in demand.An old friend from Cornell, Marcus Morton Rhoades, invited McClintock to spend the summer of 1941 working at the Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory. It is a research centre on Long Island, near New York City. McClintock started in

6、 a temporary job with the genetics department. A short time later, she accepted a permanent position with the laboratory. This gave her the freedom to continue her research without having to teach or repeatedly ask for financial aid.By the 1970s, her discoveries have had an effect on everything from

7、 genetic engineering to cancer research. McClintock won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983 for her discovery of the ability of genes to change positions on chromosomes. She was the first American woman to win an unshared Nobel Prize. 1When did McClintock get a doctorate degree?AIn 192

8、1. BIn 1923. CIn 1925. DIn 1927.2In the middle of the great Depression in the US, _Amale geneticists were in great demandByoung scientists might have trouble finding a jobCfemale geneticists were not in demand at allDmale scientists lost their jobs and were out of work3Which of the following jobs wa

9、s beneficial to McClintocks research?AA job as a botany teacher.BA temporary job in the genetics department.CA permanent position in the laboratory.DA job to research cancer.4Why was McClintock awarded a Nobel Prize?ABecause she received a degree in genes and chromosomes.BBecause she contributed to

10、genetic engineering and cancer research.CBecause she made important discoveries about genes and chromosomes. DBecause she was the first American woman who study genes and chromosomes.BLilian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her c

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12、y to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lilian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college.Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children had grown up, she tried agai

13、n. She finds the hardest part of going back to school at her age is the sitting in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as flexible（易适应的） as she used to be, Mrs Hanson often gets up and walks around between classes to keep from getting stiff（僵硬的）. At the beginning of a course in using

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