New York's Central Park to gain statue of women

河北樂亭第一中學(xué) 胡金瑩

聽力掃障

1.contemporary/k?n'tempr?ri/n.同代人；同齡人

2.activism/'?kt?v?z?m/n.行動(dòng)主義；激進(jìn)主義

3.suffrage/'s?fr?d?/n.選舉權(quán)

4.borough/'b?r?/n.行政區(qū)

5.depict/d?'p?kt/v.描述；描寫

掃碼聽測(cè)

Ⅰ.判斷正誤

聽錄音并閱讀3個(gè)簡(jiǎn)短的陳述，根據(jù)錄音內(nèi)容判斷這些陳述是否符合所聽內(nèi)容。考查重點(diǎn)是學(xué)生對(duì)意義的理解能力和信息獲取能力。

In this section,you will hear a passage.After you hear the passage,decide whether each of the statement is correct(A),incorrect(B)or not mentioned(C).

1 2 3 T h e s t a t u e o f A l i c e b e l o n g s t o a s t a t u e o f a n i m a g i n a r y c h a r a c t e r.C e n t r a l P a r k i s t h e o n l y a r e a o f N e w Y o r k l i m i t e d i n s t a t u e s o f h i s t o r i c a l w o m e n.N e w s t a t u e s o f w o m e n w i l l b e s e t u p i n N e w Y o r k i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e.A B C A B C A B C

Ⅱ.聽力理解

聽下面的文章，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。文章讀三遍。

1.How many statues of men are there in Central Park?

A.3. B.23. C.33.

2.When did women start to have the right to vote?

A.In 1920. B.In 1930. C.In 1940.

3.How much money did the Monumental Women collect?

A.1.5 million. B.3.5 million. C.10.5 million.

4.Which statue is excluded in Bergmann's early design?

A.Anthony. B.Stanton. C.Truth.

文本解說

女性在人類的歷史長(zhǎng)河中起著非常重要的作用，為了紀(jì)念為美國(guó)做出突出貢獻(xiàn)的女性，美國(guó)紐約中央公園決定建造三個(gè)女性民權(quán)領(lǐng)袖的雕像，讓后人永遠(yuǎn)記住她們的非凡貢獻(xiàn)。

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New York City will finally honor real women with a statue in its famous Central Park.City officials voted this week for the creation of a statue of three female civil rights leaders.Central Park has 23 statues of men who were important in history,but none of women.

In fact,females are represented only by statues of imaginary characters. These include a statue of Alice,the hero of Alice inWonderlandbooks by 19th century British writer Lewis Carroll.

The new statue from artist Meredith Bergmann is to be uncovered next August.Visitors will see the representation of past activists Susan B.Anthony,Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth.

The three women werecontemporariesand leaders in the anti-slavery,women's rightsand anti-alcoholmovements.Theiractivismhelped to secure the right of women to vote in 1920.

Pam Elam is president of the non-profit organization Monumental Women.It worked with historians,community leaders and local officials in support of the statue.Elam said the artwork shows “the power of women working together to bring about revolutionary change in our society.”The group privately raised$1.5 million to create and care for the new statue and a linked educational program.

Bergmann's early design for the statue included only Anthony and Stanton.Observerscriticized itslack ofAfrican-American representation,noting that women of that group were also important to the fight for women'ssuffrage.So,Bergmann redesigned the statue to add Truth.

Central Park is not the only area of New York limited in statues representing historical women.In fact,the government group She Built NYC says the large city of fiveboroughshas just five public statues of women from history.

A 2016 news story in the magazine Smithsonian.com reported that women were the subject of only about seven percent of public statues in the United States thatdepictreal people.