1. (2018高二上·江苏期中) 阅读理解

    Maria Sibylla Merian

    Today, children can happily explain how a caterpillar (毛毛虫) turns into a butterfly, thanks to Maria Sibylla Merian. Born in Germany in 1647, Merian was fond of insects, and she began collecting, studying and drawing them when she was as young as 13. It was through her study of caterpillar that she discovered the truth about their life cycles, and she went on to publish two volumes of naturalist research about the life cycles of insects.

    Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace, born in 1815, was the daughter of famous British poet Lord Byron, but she wasn't a poet herself. She was the world's first computer programmer. Lovelace wrote some suggestions as to how to program “computing machines” to calculate a specific sequence of numbers. Besides this, she predicted them to do everything that could possibly be represented by a series of numbers, from producing images to composing music.

    Hedy Lamarr

    She was born in 1914 in Austria and moved to the United States in the hope of going after a film career. In 1942, in the midst of her Hollywood success, she and composer George Antheil received a patent for a device that could change radio signal frequencies. The purpose of the technology was to keep military enemies—especially, the Nazis --from decoding (解码) messages. But it did more than that--it paved the way for much of the wireless technology we use today.

1. （1） What was Maria Sibylla Merian's achievement?

   A . She became the world's first woman naturist. B . She drew all kinds of insects when she was 13. C . She discovered the truth about butterflies' cycles. D . She invented a device that could change radio signal frequencies.
3. （2） What can we learn about Hedy Lamarr from the passage?

   A . She was gifted in composing music. B . She shared a patent with another person. C . She was a computer programmer during World War Ⅱ. D . She was born in Germany and moved to the United States.
5. （3） What did these women have in common?

   A . They had affection for insects. B . They were famous computer progarmmers. C . They were born in Germany and moved to the USA D . They were all great women that we might not learn about in history class.