科目：高中英語 來源： 題型：閱讀理解
Australia – The vote for euthanasia (安樂死) was finally taken at 3:45 this morning. After six months’ argument and final 16 hours’ hot debates. Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The bill was passed by the vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately world flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, the director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on through the group’s on – line service, Death NET. Hofsess says, “We posted it all day long, because this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”
The full import may take a while to understand. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill law has left physicians and citizens trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief; but others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia--where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to for euthanasia. In the U. S. and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes (多米諾骨牌) to start failing.
Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death--probably by a deadly injection or pill--to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as incurably ill by two doctors. After a "cooling off" period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying deat from his breathing condition. "I' m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of washow I'd go, because I've watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks," he says.
According to the text, which of the following statements is TURE?
A．Australia now us the only country in the world to pass the law of euthanasia.
B．All people in Australia don’t have the same positive attitude to euthanasia.
C．Many patients will ask their doctors for euthanasia because they are afraid of death.
D．According to the law, if a patient requests death, his or her wish will be met after 48 hours.
The underlined sentence in Para 2, “observes are waiting for the dominoes to start falling.” means that observes are waiting to see .
A．the result of the game of dominoes.
B．that people’s attitude to euthanasia will be changed.
C．that the bill about euthanasia in Australia will come to an end.
D．the similar bills will be passed in other countries.
Australia was the first country to pass the bill of euthanasia, but not USA or Canada. Which one is NOT the reason?
A．In Australia, the technology of extending life is advanced.
B．In Australia, it is easy to deal with the moral and practical meaning.
C．In Australia, old people take up great part in the population of the whole country.
D．Australians gradually realize suffering from a terrible disease is worse than immediate death.
It can be inferred from the text that .
A．when Lloyd Nickson dies, he will face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasia.
B．physicians and citizens in Australia share the same view on euthanasia.
C．other countries are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia.
D．under the bill, patients requesting death are sure to be injected by deadly medicine.
What’s the author’s attitude to euthanasia?
A．Negative B．Critical C．Positive D．Doubtful
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科目：高中英語 來源：2010年北京市西城區(qū)高二下學(xué)期學(xué)業(yè)測試英語卷 題型：閱讀理解
As a school librarian，I’m often asked what books are most appropriate for teaching particularconcepts．As the mother of a toddler，I’m now teaching my son to recognize letters and learn thealphabet．Boaks are a great help in teaching a child letters．Here is this librarian and mom’s picks for the best books to help teach your child letters．
Eric Carle’s ABC
Eric Carle is one of my favorite children’s authors and this colorful book is perfect for helping teach the alphabet．The block-style letters are easier to read
and recognize for toddlers than mitten ones．Each letter is tied to an animal name，so your child will have fun looking at the animals，and 1earn the animal
names while also learning letters．
Baby Einsstein：My First Book of Letters
The Baby Einstein books always promote thinking skills and creativity in
young children．Baby Einstein；My First Book of Letters is no exception．This
book includes letters in both upper and lower case，and asks questions about nature that go with each letter for your child to answer．This colorful book is great for helping teach your child letters．
Dr．Seuss’ABC
Dr．Seuss lends his wonderful writing and illustrating（插圖）talent to this
great teaching book．His classic writing and funny pictures can be found throughout this alphabet book．The letters are block style，solid-colored，and easy
to read．Your child will love learning letters from this fun book．
Kipper’s A to Z：an Alphabet Adventure
In this book，children follow the little dog Kipper as he works his way through the entire alphabet．The clean，solid font used for the letter makes them
easy to read for young eyes．Author Mike Inkpen does a great job in this book，
which tells more of a story than the other books
Teaching your child letters can be a hard task．It’s import to try to make the alphabet fun and interesting for your child．
【小題1】In Paragraph I，“toddler”probably means
| A．baby | B．teenager | C．student | D．young child |
| A．Eric Carle’s ABC | B．Baby Einstein；My First Book of Letters |
| C．Dr．Seuss’ ABC | D．Kipper’s A to Z；an Alphabet Adventure |
| A．To recommend the books． | B．To sell the books |
| C．To adverfise the books | D．To criticize the books |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2012屆浙江省寧波市高三“十校聯(lián)考”考試英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解
Australia---The vote for euthanasia(安樂死)was finally taken at 3:45 this morning. After six months’ argument and final 16 hours’ hot debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The bill was passed by the vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, the director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on through the group’s on-line service, Death NET. Hofsess says, “We posted it all day long, because this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”
The full import may take a while to understand. The NT Rights of the Terminally III law has left physicians and citizens trying to deal with its moral and practical meaning. Some have breathed sighs of relief, but others, including churches, right to life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the haste(匆忙,急忙) of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia — where an aging population, life extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part — other states are going to consider making a similar law to for euthanasia. In the US and Canada, where the right to die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes(多米諾骨牌) to start falling.
Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death — probably by a deadly injection or pill — to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed as incurably ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54 year old Darwin man suffering from lung cancer, the law means he can get on with living without the fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.
【小題1】According to the text ,which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．Australia now is the only country in the world to pass the law of euthanasia. |
| B．All people in Australia don’t have the same positive attitude to euthanasia. |
| C．Many patients will ask their doctors for euthanasia because they are afraid of death. |
| D．According to the law, if a patient requests death, his or her wish will be met after 48 hours. |
| A．the result of the game of dominoes. |
| B．that people’s attitude to euthanasia will be changed. |
| C．that the bill about euthanasia in Australia will come to an end. |
| D．the similar bills will be passed in other countries. |
| A．In Australia, the technology of extending life is advanced. |
| B．In Australia, it is easy to deal with the moral and practical meaning. |
| C．In Australia, old people take up great part in the population of the whole country. |
| D．Australians gradually realize suffering from a terrible disease is worse than immediate death. |
| A．when Lloyd Nickson dies, he will face his death with calm characteristic of euthanasia. |
| B．physicians and citizens in Australia share the same view on euthanasia. |
| C．other countries are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia. |
| D．under the bill, patients requesting death are sure to be injected by deadly medicine. |
| A．Negative | B．Critical | C．Positive | D．Doubtful |
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科目：高中英語 來源：2015屆河北省高二上學(xué)期期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解
In the 18th century, New York was smaller than Philadelphia and Boston. Today it is the largest city in America. How can the change in its size and importance be explained?
To answer this question we must consider certain facts about geography, history, and economics. Together these three will explain the huge growth of America’s most famous city.
The map of the Northeast shows that the four areas with the largest populations in this region are around seaports. At these points materials from across the sea enter the United States, and the products of the land are sent there for export across the sea.
We know that places where transportation lines meet are good places for making raw materials into finished goods. That is why seaports often have cities nearby. But cities like New York needed more than their geographical location in order to become great industrial centers. Their development did not happen simply by chance.www.zxxk.com
About 1815, when many Americans from the east had already moved toward the west, transportation routes from the seaports to the central regions of the country began to be a serious problem. The slow wagons of that time, usually drawn by horses, were too expensive for moving heavy freight (貨物) very far. In New York State a canal seemed the best answer to the transportation problem. From the eastern end of Lake Erie all the way across the state to the Hudson River there is a long strip of low land. Here the Erie Canal was built, and after several years of work it was completed in 1825.
The canal produced an immediate effect. Freight costs were cut to about one tenth of what they had been. New York City, which had been smaller than Philadelphia and Boston, quickly became the leading city of the coast. In the years that followed, transportation routes on the Great Lakes were joined to routes on the Mississippi River. Then New York City became the end point of a great inland shipping system that started from the Atlantic Ocean far up the western branches of the Mississippi.
1.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Development of Transportation in New York
B. Export and Import of New York
C. How New York Became America's Largest City
D. How New York Exchanged with Europe
2.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The Erie Canal connected Lake Erie with the Hudson River.
B. Economists are of the opinion that places where farming is done are good for making raw materials into finished goods.
C. Wagons drawn by horses and oxen soon proved to be better and cheaper than canal transportation.
D. The seaports usually have less population but more business.
3.Freight costs were reduced to 10% of what they had been because of ________.
A. cheap and fast wagons B. the new sea routes
C. the construction of the Erie Canal D. the development of industry
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科目：高中英語 來源：20102011學(xué)年西藏拉薩中學(xué)高一下學(xué)期第三學(xué)段考試英語試題（漢文班） 題型：閱讀理解
In 1981, there were more than 1.3 million elephants in Africa. But in 1991, that number was cut down to 600,000. African elephants are hunted for their valuable ivory tusks(象牙). More have been killed by poachers(偷獵者). Poachers are hunters who kill animals illegally. An adult(成年) elephant eats as much as 300 pounds a day. In their search for food, elephants often move great distances. When they cannot find the grasses they prefer, they may strip(剝光) the land of trees.
Today, the area in which elephants herds live is smaller than it used to be. Many areas in their path have been turned into farms. And some elephants have been killed by farmers for trampling(踐踏)their crops.
What can we do here in our country about a threatened animal that lives so far away? Our government has passed a law to protect it. People cannot import or bring in items made from ivory or any part of the elephant’s body.
Most countries throughout the world have also stopped ivory imports. It is hoped that the ban(禁令) on the sale of ivory will help save the African elephant. But the world’s largest land animal needs other help. The countries where these animals live are often poor and unable to manage the herds. If the elephant is to survive, this animal is going to need our support for many years to come.
1.The number of the elephant in Africa in 1991 was .
A. the same as that ten years ago B. more than that ten years ago
C. a little less than half of that in 1981 D. a little more than half of that in 1981
2.African elephants have been killed mainly because _____.
A. they eat a lot B. they have beautiful tusks
C. poachers kill for fun D. there are too many of them
3. The areas where African elephants live are much smaller today because ___.
A. they tend to live in herds
B. there are not so many of them today
C. many of these areas have been turned into farms
D. farmers have been killing them to save their crops
4.It is mentioned in the passage that our country has ____.
A. officially stopped ivory imports
B. banned the killing of elephants in Africa
C. threatened the elephants that live far away
D. helped the African countries where elephants live
5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Poachers have a license(執(zhí)照) to hunt for animals.
B. Elephants do a lot of good for the farmers in Africa.
C. We live too far away to help to save the African elephants.
D. The African elephant needs the world’s support for its survival
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