河北省涿鹿县北晨学校2017-2018学年高一上学期英语晚练(2017.9.30) Word版含答案
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 A. Cape Town B. Cape Winelands C. Drakensberg D. Mpumalanga

10. This passage tells us about   .

A. how to choose your accommodation in South Africa

B. the beauty of South Africa

C. the famous wines of South Africa

D. the beauty and proper accommodation of South Africa

11.Where is this passage probably from?

 A. A tourist handbook. B.A science magazine.

 C.Works of literature. D.A science fiction.

  Katharine Graham, once described as "the most powerful woman in America", was the owner and publisher of The Washington Post newspaper. Under her leadership, it became one of the most important newspapers in the country.

  Katharine Graham was born in New York in 1917.Graduating from the University of Chicago in 1938,Katharine got a job as a reporter for a newspaper in San Francisco, California. In 1933,Katharine's father bought a failing newspaper, The Washington Post. It was the least successful of five newspapers in Washington.

  Soon Katharine returned to Washington and got a job editing letters to the editor of her father's newspaper. In 1946,her husband Philip Graham became publisher of The Washington Post. When she was 46,her husband died, leaving Katharine Graham four children to raise and a newspaper to operate.

At first, she was concerned only with finding a way to keep control of The Washington Post until her sons were old enough to lead it. She had no training in business or experience in operating a large company and decided to learn. She hired excellent reporters and editors. In 1969,she became publisher as well as president of The Washington Post company. In the 1970s,The Washington Post became famous around the world. Katharine Graham also played an important role in supporting women by employing more of them. When she was eighty years old, Katharine Graham wrote a very popular book called Personal History about her life, which won a Pulitzer Prize for