The majority of the world's most powerful and influential positions remain in men's hands．But the imbalance is gradually tilting--and it shows．In 2015，some of the biggest news and successes resulted from the actions of women．Here are the new faces who inspired，guided or moved the world．
Loretta Lynch
Traditionally，the top U．S．law-enforcement official is not well-known outside of the United States，but Attorney General Loretta Lynch not only made headlines around the world，she also brought a particular kind of change that billions of people had hoped for but thought was out of reach．
Lynch surprised the world by taking on the entrenched（根深蒂固的），corrupt officials of FIFA，the governing body of the world's most popular sport，soccer．She had the bravery to do what nobody else had dared．FIFA officials，she declared，had engaged in"rampant（猛烈的），systematic and deep-rooted"corruption，and it was time to"bring wrongdoers to justice．"
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
When Ebola took on alarming proportions in West Africa，it was tough for Liberia，one of the centers of the crisis．
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf，the leader of Liberia，pleaded for international help．One reason the world responded is because the unbeatable President has international moral status．She played a key role in guiding her country after cruel civil wars and received the Nobel Peace Prize for her effort．
Johnson Sirleaf not only helped bring an end to the epidemic，she did something just as remarkable：She revealed her emotions and admitted her faults．When it was all over she said she had been afraid，and admitted she had made big mistakes as a result of her fear．Then she showed gratitude．Instead of collecting honors，she thanked all the people and countries who made victory against Ebola possible．
Aung San Suu Kyi
The Burmese leader，also a Nobel Peace Prize winner，put the skeptics and the cynics（憤世嫉俗） to shame．To those who said nonviolent resistance could not defeat a vicious armed opponent，she seemed to say"just watch．"
Following the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King，she endured a long struggle against the pitiless military rulers of Myanmar．She gained international support for economic sanctions（制裁） that helped persuade the generals to loosen their control，leading to elections in 2015 and an overwhelming victory for her National League for Democracy．She remains a global icon of peaceful resistance．
Tu Youyou
It's a tough challenge to find a single human being who may be responsible for saving as many lives．The Chinese pharmacologist Tu Youyou，one of three winners of this year's Nobel Prize for Medicine，took a different route in attacking one of the world's biggest killers，malaria．
Research into ancient Chinese texts led her to discover the compounds that help prevent a disease that still kills about half a million people every year，transmitted by mosquitoes in water-logged jungles．The discovery has resulted in medication that has saved millions of lives．
（1）The main purpose of the passage is to DD．
A．tell us that men's status in the world was becoming less important in 2015
B．show readers the importance of several great women who were powerful in 2015
C．analyze the reasons why some great women became the 2015 biggest news
D．introduce several great women and their achievements in 2015
（2）Among the women mentioned above，who did not win the Nobel Prize？ CC
A．Aung San Suu Kyi．
B．Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
C．Loretta Lynch．
D．Tu Youyou
（3）Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was regarded as remarkable for the following EXCEPT BB．
A．that she played a key role to end Ebola，but she didn't owe everything to herself alone．．
B．that she guided her country to win the civil wars and received the Nobel Prize．．
C．that she bravely acknowledged her fear and her mistakes．
D．that she expressed her gratitude to those who fought Ebola together
（4）It can be inferred from the passage that AA．
A．some great women's successes are shaking the men's control of the world．
B．thanks to Tu Youyou's discovery，the patients attacked by malaria will undoubtedly be saved．
C．Aung San Suu Kyi won the victory with the guidance of Gandhi and Martin Luther King．
D．many people have dealt with the corruption of FIFA，but failed．
【答案】D；C；B；A
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