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Unit 1 Women of achievement 单元小测试一阅读理解Not many women have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Until 2004, no African woman ever had. That was when Dr. Wangari Maathai won it — for planting trees. You might ask, what do trees have to do with peace? “Many wars are fought over resources? (资源),” Dr. Maathai said as she accepted the prize. “If we conserve resources better, the fighting will stop.” Dr. Maathai was born in Kenya in 1940. Unlike most African women, she went to school. High school woke up a hunger in her for more knowledge. She went to college in Kansas and earned a master’s degree in science from the University of Pittsburgh. She became the first Kenyan woman ever to earn a Ph.D. Later, Dr. Maathai taught animal science at Kenya’s University of Nairobi. As an educated woman, Dr. Maathai feels responsible for leading others. Dr. Maathai started her work in 1977 by planting nine trees in her backyard in Kenya. Trees are important in Africa for several reasons. First, they keep soil from eroding (流失) into streams, thus cutting down on pollution and improving the soil. Second, trees provide firewood. So many trees have been cut down in Africa that women must walk far from home to find wood for cooking. New trees can also keep deserts from spreading. Dr. Maathai’s Green Belt Movement pays local women for every tree they plant that is still alive three months later. In its first 15 years, the Green Belt Movement employed at least 50,000 women and planted more than 10 million trees. Following Dr. Maathai’s example, the Kenyan government increased its own tree-planting efforts. The movement has spread to 30 countries in Africa. When the land and people’s lives have improved, Dr. Maathai says, peace will follow. （ ）1. The underlined word “conserve” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_____”. A. use??? ???? ????????????? B. protect???? ??? ? C. find?? ????? ??????????? D. provide （ ）2. Dr. Wangari Maathai is the first African woman to _____. A. win the Nobel Peace Priz