马耳他英语2018届高三英语上学期11月月考试题

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本试题卷共8页，全卷满分120分，考试用时120分钟。

第I卷

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。
A
Throughout history, famous women inventors have played a vital role in the
world.
Mary Anderson
Anyone who's ever driven in a rain or snowstorm can prove the extreme
importance of windshield wipers. Inventor Mary Anderson received a patent for
her carwindow cleaning device in 1903. However, it was not immediately accepted.
Many people thought it would draw drivers' attention away, but by 1916
windshield wipers had been standard on most vehicles.
Barbara Askins
Inventor Barbara Askins returned to school after having two children and
received both bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry. After completing her
education, Askins went to work for NASA, where she was given the task of
inventing a way to improve astronomical and geological photos taken from space,
which were often unclear and lacked definition. The solution she developed would
have a greater influence than anyone could have imagined.
Patricia Billings
Patricia Billings, a sculptor, initially sought to create a concrete
additive to prevent her sculptures from breaking in the 1970s. After years of
experimenting, she finally achieved her goal of making an indestructible
material. Soon after, she discovered the material was also amazingly resistant
to heat—which opened the door to a larger number of applications. Because the
invention is nonpoisonous as well as indestructible and fireproof, it is the
world's first workable replacement for asbestos(石棉)．
Giuliana Tesoro
Through her work and research, she developed processes to prevent static(静
电) accumulation in manmade fibers, pioneered improved permanent press
characters for textiles(纺织品) and discovered ways to make new producing
projects run at peak operation and efficiency. Tesoro held her more than one
hundred and twentyfive patents in areas related to organic compounds(有机化合物)
and textile processing.
was Mary Anderson's invention rejected at first?