Unit 2 Robots learning about language课时作业

第一节 阅读理解 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Amazing Women You Didn't Learn About in History Class

※Nellie Bly

　　Famous news reporter Nellie Bly was born in 1864 in Pennsylvania. She began writing for the paper with the pen name "Nellie Bly". After two years, she began writing for the New York World. In her most famous task, she spent ten days living in a mental institution(精神病院) to report the truth about the conditions the patients faced.

※Madam C.J.Walker

　　Madam C.J. Walker was born in Sarah Breedlove in 1867. In 1890, she developed a condition that caused her to lose her hair and with it, an interest in hair care. She began working for black hair care entrepreneur (企业家) Annie Malone. Eventually, Walker began making and marketing her own hair-care products designed for African-American women, a new market at the time.

※Hedy Lamarr

　　You might know Hedylamarr from many films from the "Golden Age" of Hollywood. But her film career is far from her only famous achievement; she was also a brilliant inventor. She was born in 1914 in Austria and moved to the United States in the hopes of starting a film career. In the midst of her Hollywood success in 1942, she and composer George Antheil received a patent for a device that could change radio signal frequencies.

※Alice Coachman

Alice Coachman was the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She was born in 1923 and grew up in Georgia, where racial segregation (隔离) stopped her from joining sports teams. So she trained on her own. Finally, Coachman competed in the 1948 Games in London, where she not only won a gold medal but set