人教高考英语复习 阅读理解 阅读七选五 完形填空 分类综合训练 （含答案）.docx

阅读理解+阅读七选五+完形填空
一、阅读理解
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Bessie Coleman
Born in Texas， Coleman moved to Chicago to find a job， but she became interested in the stories she heard from pilots returning from World War I. However， her race and her gender （性别） kept her out of flight schools in the US， so she made her way to France where she could learn flying. When she returned to Chicago， Coleman had difficulty finding jobs， so she chose to be a stunt （特技） pilot. She was the first black female pilot in the US and was an inspiration to early pilots and to African Americans and Native Americans.
Bessica Raiche
Bessica Raiche drove a car， shot guns and practiced medicine. Besides， she was an accomplished artist and musician. But on Oct. 13， 1910， Raiche became the first American woman to make a flight in an aircraft by herself. Raiches aviation （航空） career was short， as she moved to Southern California to focus on her career in medicine， later becoming president of the Orange County Medical Association.
Willa Brown
Willa Brown was the first African American woman to earn both a pilot’s license （1938） and a commercial license （1939）. As a former schoolteacher and social worker， Brown set up the Coffey School of Aeronautics at Chicago’s Harlem Airport， which later became the first government-approved aviation training school for African Americans.
Peggy Whitson
At 57， Peggy Whitson was the world’s oldest s