TALLAHASSEE, November 27 — Zach Bonner showed no sign of tiredness on Monday morning, as he spoke on the steps of the old State Capitol（州议会大厦）, the end point of his 280-mile march from Tampa. The fourth-grader started walking to Tallahassee on Nov. 3rd to raise awareness about homeless children.
At 8:30 am yesterday, Zach and his mother walked the final mile down Apalachee Parkway to the steps of the old Capitol with Zach’s 20-year-old sister, Kelley, and a group of volunteers.
“The hardest part was whenever it was pouring down rain,” said Zach, who turned 10 during his walk on Nov. 17th. “I just put on my rain suit and kept walking through it.”
Zach got the idea for his walk about a year ago after watching a TV program about Mildred Norman Ryder, the “Peace Pilgrim（朝圣者）” who walked more than 25,000 miles for nearly three decades. But it was a law that Congress passed in August, declaring November as National Homeless Youth Awareness Month, that persuaded Zach to undertake his project.
When he first announced his plans to his family, “I thought he was crazy,” said his mother, who walked nearly the entire way with her son. “That’s a long way to go ... He said, ‘I’ve got to do something big.’ Originally, he said he was going to go from Fort Lauderdale to Tallahassee. I said, ‘Well, maybe Tampa to Tallahassee might be a little easier.’”
Zach’s project raised not only awareness of youth homelessness, but also about $25,000 in donations (捐款) and supplies. Corporate sponsors（社团赞助者）provided meals and other resources for Zach and his family, who spent nights in a donated RV (recreational vehicle).
64. It can be inferred that Zach finished his 280-mile journey in ________.
A. fourteen days B. twenty-four days C. twenty-eight days D. thirty-two days
65. According to the passage, Zach started his long walk from ________.
A. Tampa B. Tallahassee C. Fort Lauderdale D. Orlando
66. When did Zach determine to make the long journey?
A. After he watched a program about Mildred Norman Ryder.
B. After he finished a walk from Fort Lauderdale to Tallahassee.
C. After a law on awareness of homeless youths was passed.
D. After his mother suggested he should do something big.
67. How did Zach’s mother probably feel when hearing Zach’s plans at first?
A. Excited and interested. B. Satisfied and pleased.
C. Disappointed and angry. D. Surprised and worried.
科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
On the 36th day after they had voted, Americans finally learned Wednesday who would be their next president: Governor George W. Bush of Texas.
Vice President Al Gore, his last realistic avenue for legal challenge closed by a U. S. Supreme Court decision late Tuesday, planned to end the contest formally in a televised evening speech of perhaps 10 minutes, advisers said.
They said that Senator Joseph Lieberman, his vice presidential running mate, would first make brief comments. The men would speak from a ceremonial chamber of the Old Executive office Building, to the west of the White House.
The dozens of political workers and lawyers who had helped lead Mr. Gore’s unprecedented fight to claw a come-from-behind electoral victory in the pivotal state of Florida were thanked Wednesday and asked to stand down.
“The vice president has directed the recount committee to suspend activities,” William Daley, the Gore campaign chairman, said in a written statement.
Mr. Gore authorized that statement after meeting with his wife, Tipper, and with top advisers including Mr. Daley.
He was expected to telephone Mr. Bush during the day. The Bush campaign kept a low profile and moved gingerly, as if to leave space for Mr. Gore to contemplate his next steps.
Yet, at the end of a trying and tumultuous process that had focused world attention on sleepless vote counters across Florida, and on courtrooms form Miami to Tallahassee to Atlanta to Washington the Texas governor was set to become the 43d U. S. president.
The news of Mr. Gore’s plans followed the longest and most rancorous dispute over a U. S. presidential election in more than a century, one certain to leave scars in a badly divided country.
It was a bitter ending for Mr. Gore, who had outpolled Mr. Bush nationwide by some 300000 votes, but, without Florida, fell short in the Electoral College by 271votes to 267—the narrowest Electoral College victory since the turbulent election of 1876.
Mr. Gore was said to be distressed by what he and many Democratic activists felt was a partisan decision from the nation’s highest court.
The 5-to –4 decision of the Supreme Court held, in essence, that while a vote recount in Florida could be conducted in legal and constitutional fashion, as Mr. Gore had sought, this could not be done by the Dec. 12 deadline for states to select their presidential electors.
James Baker 3rd, the former secretary of state who represented Mr. Bush in the Florida dispute, issued a short statement after the U. S. high court ruling, saying that the governor was “very pleased and gratified.”
Mr. Bush was planning a nationwide speech aimed at trying to begin to heal the country’s deep, aching and varied divisions. He then was expected to meet with congressional leaders, including Democrats. Dick Cheney, Mr. Bush’s ruing mate, was meeting with congressmen Wednesday in Washington.
When Mr. Bush, who is 54, is sworn into office on Jan.20, he will be only the second son of a president to follow his father to the White House, after John Adams and John Quincy Adams in the early 19th century.
Mr. Gore, in his speech, was expected to thank his supporters, defend his hive-week battle as an effort to ensure, as a matter of principle, that every vote be counted, and call for the nation to join behind the new president. He was described by an aide as “resolved and resigned.”
While some constitutional experts had said they believed states could present electors as late as Dec. 18, the U. S. high court made clear that it saw no such leeway.
The U.S. high court sent back “for revision” to the Florida court its order allowing recounts but made clear that for all practical purposes the election was over.
In its unsigned main opinion, the court declared, “The recount process, in its features here described, is inconsistent with the minimum procedures necessary to protect the fundamental right of each voter.”
That decision, by a court fractured along philosophical lines, left one liberal justice charging that the high court’s proceedings bore a political taint.
Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in an angry dissent:” Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the law.”
But at the end of five seemingly endless weeks, during which the physical, legal and constitutional machines of the U. S. election were pressed and sorely tested in ways unseen in more than a century, the system finally produced a result, and one most Americans appeared to be willing at lease provisionally to support.
The Bush team welcomed the news with an outward show of restraint and aplomb. The governor’s hopes had risen and fallen so many times since Election night, and the legal warriors of each side suffered through so many dramatic reversals, that there was little energy left for celebration.
The main idea of this passage is
[A]. Bush’s victory in presidential election bore a political taint.
[B]. The process of the American presidential election.
[C]. The Supreme Court plays a very important part in the presidential election.
[D]. Gore is distressed.
What does the sentence “as if to leave space for Mr. Gore to contemplate his next step” mean
[A]. Bush hopes Gore to join his administration.
[B]. Bush hopes Gore to concede defeat and to support him.
[C]. Bush hopes Gore to congraduate him.
[D]. Bush hopes Gore go on fighting with him.
Why couldn’t Mr. Gore win the presidential election after he outpolled Mr. Bush in the popular vote? Because
[A]. the American president is decided by the supreme court’s decision.
[B]. people can’t directly elect their president.
[C]. the American president is elected by a slate of presidential electors.
[D]. the people of each state support Mr. Bush.
What was the result of the 5—4 decision of the supreme court?
[A]. It was in fact for the vote recount.
[B]. It had nothing to do with the presidential election.
[C]. It decided the fate of the winner.
[D]. It was in essence against the vote recount.
What did the “turbulent election of 1876” imply?
[A]. The process of presidential election of 2000 was the same as that.
[B]. There were great similarities between the two presidential elections (2000 and 1876).
[C]. It was compared to presidential election of 2000.
[D]. It was given an example.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7 — At 26, many people haven’t even decided on a career. Luke Ravenstahl, cashing in on his family’s political tradition, is already the mayor of Pittsburgh, the youngest mayor of any major city in the country. Although mayors elsewhere have been younger, Jeff Dunkel was 18 in 2001 when he was elected mayor of Mount Carbon, small towns in New York, and elsewhere have also elected teenagers as mayors. But, Tallahassee, is the only other city with a population over 100,000 that has had a mayor as young as Mr. Ravenstahl. A supporter of Mr. Ravenstahl said concerns about Mr. Ravenstahl’s age would dissipate once the city saw his work ethic.
But now comes the hard part. As he strives to be taken seriously and take charge of a city only recently back from the brink of bankruptcy, the baby-faced mayor said that even the smallest decisions felt weighty, even what to wear in the Steelers game matters.
And another pressing issue is to strengthen the city’s economy. Pittsburgh has lost all its mills, nearly half its population and much of its downtown commercial district in the last several decades. “But Pittsburgh has 50,000 college students, and our challenge is to figure out how to retain them and to increase downtown development.” He said.
But one of the biggest uncertainties is how long he will remain in office. According to the city charter, Mayor Ravenstahl’s term will not expire until November 2009. Some city lawyers, however, have argued that he must face the electorate next year. And residents in Pittsburgh are still withholding judgment on him. Deli, Jimmy Cvetic, a sandwich shop owner, said “I call him Cool Hand Luke. He’ll be all right, but he’s going to need a cool hand to get through this.”
Mayor Ravenstahl said he was still coming to terms with the challenge he faced.
41. About Luke Ravenstahl, which of the following statements is correct?
He is the youngest mayor in the U.S.A.
His family background has contributed to his successful political career.
His young age has won support from media and young voters.
He will be mayor of Pittsburgh at least until 2009.
42. The underlined word “dissipate” in the first paragraph probably means________.
A. disappear B. appear C. spread D. reduce
43. What can you infer from the article about Pittsburgh?
A. It is a small town in New York famous for steel mills.
B. It has always enjoyed prosperous economic success.
C. Many young college students there are the new hope of the district.
D. It is a major city in the U.S.A with a population slightly smaller than 100,000.
44. Where can you find this article?
A. A magazine
B. A brochure about politicians
C. A newspaper
D. An advertisement about some mayor candidates
45. What kind of Challenges will not Luke Ravenstahl cope with?
A. Distrust from his citizens B. pressure from other outstanding young majors
C. economical standstill of his city D. decreasing population in his city
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There is a brown female(母的) Canadian duck that weighs only four hundred fifty grams. The duck had flown to the southern state of Florida for the winter．A hunter shot it on January fifteenth and took it to his home in the city of Tallahassee．He put it in the refrigerator(冰箱)．Two days later the man’s wife opened the refrigerator door．The duck lifted its head and looked at her．It was alive!
The family took the duck to a doctor who treats animals．The doctor gave the duck to the Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary(动物保护区)．Animal sanctuaries provide homes for animals and teach people about their care．
The doctor said it was easy to understand why people thought the duck was dead. He said ducks generally do not move a 1ot，especially after being shot．And he said its low body temperature helped it survive in the refrigerator．
That was enough to make the duck famous around the world．The Tallahassee newspaper published the story that was re-printed in many different countries．But that was not the end of the story．
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary named the duck Perky．And they got the doctor to give an operation to repair the duck’s damaged wing．During the operation，Perky stopped breathing--not just once but two times．The doctor tried to save Perky by giving her oxygen．But he finally said the duck had died．A few seconds later, however, Perky began to move．Reports say the people in the operating room were so happy that they cried.
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary say Perky will not have any more operations. It seems the drugs that were used had side-effects on her．Perky is expected to live at the sanctuary．And a local company has begun to sell T-shirts showing a picture of the lucky duck. Money from the sale of the shirts will help pay for Perky’s care．
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A．Animal sanctuaries are homes specially for wounded animals．
B．The hunter shot the duck in the wing．
C．Ducks do not move at all for the whole winter.
D．The hunter’s wife intended to free the duck in the refrigerator．
The underlined Word “That” in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that______.
A．the duck survived the shot and the cold in the refrigerator
B．the hunter had saved the duck by freezing it
C．the hunter shot the duck from Canada
D．the Tallahassee newspaper published the story
The duck in the story______．
A．was big and strong
B．flew to Florida for food
C．stayed in the refrigerator to keep its body temperature low
D．was considered dead before being put in the refrigerator
What is the best title for the passage?
A．Save the Duck B．The Lucky Duck C．Stop Killing Ducks D．The Poor Duck
It can be inferred from the passage that_______．
A．the local company will get large profits by selling the T-shirts
B．it was illegal for me hunter to shoot the duck
C．the duck is likely to be well cared for in the sanctuary
D．Perky likes Florida better than Canada
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年广东湛江市第二中学高一下学期期末考试英语卷 题型：阅读理解
There is a brown female(母的) Canadian duck that weighs only four hundred fifty grams. The duck had flown to the southern state of Florida for the winter．A hunter shot it on January fifteenth and took it to his home in the city of Tallahassee．He put it in the refrigerator(冰箱)．Two days later the man’s wife opened the refrigerator door．The duck lifted its head and looked at her．It was alive!
The family took the duck to a doctor who treats animals．The doctor gave the duck to the Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary(动物保护区)．Animal sanctuaries provide homes for animals and teach people about their care．
The doctor said it was easy to understand why people thought the duck was dead. He said ducks generally do not move a 1ot，especially after being shot．And he said its low body temperature helped it survive in the refrigerator．
That was enough to make the duck famous around the world．The Tallahassee newspaper published the story that was re-printed in many different countries．But that was not the end of the story．
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary named the duck Perky．And they got the doctor to give an operation to repair the duck’s damaged wing．During the operation，Perky stopped breathing--not just once but two times．The doctor tried to save Perky by giving her oxygen．But he finally said the duck had died．A few seconds later, however, Perky began to move．Reports say the people in the operating room were so happy that they cried.
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary say Perky will not have any more operations. It seems the drugs that were used had side-effects on her．Perky is expected to live at the sanctuary．And a local company has begun to sell T-shirts showing a picture of the lucky duck. Money from the sale of the shirts will help pay for Perky’s care．
【小题1】Which of the following statements is TRUE?
| A．Animal sanctuaries are homes specially for wounded animals． |
| B．The hunter shot the duck in the wing． |
| C．Ducks do not move at all for the whole winter. |
| D．The hunter’s wife intended to free the duck in the refrigerator． |
| A．the duck survived the shot and the cold in the refrigerator |
| B．the hunter had saved the duck by freezing it |
| C．the hunter shot the duck from Canada |
| D．the Tallahassee newspaper published the story |
| A．was big and strong |
| B．flew to Florida for food |
| C．stayed in the refrigerator to keep its body temperature low |
| D．was considered dead before being put in the refrigerator |
| A．Save the Duck | B．The Lucky Duck | C．Stop Killing Ducks | D．The Poor Duck |
| A．the local company will get large profits by selling the T-shirts |
| B．it was illegal for me hunter to shoot the duck |
| C．the duck is likely to be well cared for in the sanctuary |
| D．Perky likes Florida better than Canada |
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年湛江二中高一期末考试 题型：阅读理解
There is a brown female(母的) Canadian duck that weighs only four hundred fifty grams. The duck had flown to the southern state of Florida for the winter．A hunter shot it on January fifteenth and took it to his home in the city of Tallahassee．He put it in the refrigerator(冰箱)．Two days later the man’s wife opened the refrigerator door．The duck lifted its head and looked at her．It was alive!
The family took the duck to a doctor who treats animals．The doctor gave the duck to the Goose Creek Animal Sanctuary(动物保护区)．Animal sanctuaries provide homes for animals and teach people about their care．
The doctor said it was easy to understand why people thought the duck was dead. He said ducks generally do not move a 1ot，especially after being shot．And he said its low body temperature helped it survive in the refrigerator．
That was enough to make the duck famous around the world．The Tallahassee newspaper published the story that was re-printed in many different countries．But that was not the end of the story．
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary named the duck Perky．And they got the doctor to give an operation to repair the duck’s damaged wing．During the operation，Perky stopped breathing--not just once but two times．The doctor tried to save Perky by giving her oxygen．But he finally said the duck had died．A few seconds later, however, Perky began to move．Reports say the people in the operating room were so happy that they cried.
Workers at the wildlife sanctuary say Perky will not have any more operations. It seems the drugs that were used had side-effects on her．Perky is expected to live at the sanctuary．And a local company has begun to sell T-shirts showing a picture of the lucky duck. Money from the sale of the shirts will help pay for Perky’s care．
1.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
|
A．Animal sanctuaries are homes specially for wounded animals． |
|
B．The hunter shot the duck in the wing． |
|
C．Ducks do not move at all for the whole winter. |
|
D．The hunter’s wife intended to free the duck in the refrigerator． |
2.The underlined Word “That” in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that______.
|
A．the duck survived the shot and the cold in the refrigerator |
|
B．the hunter had saved the duck by freezing it |
|
C．the hunter shot the duck from Canada |
|
D．the Tallahassee newspaper published the story |
3.The duck in the story______．
|
A．was big and strong |
|
B．flew to Florida for food |
|
C．stayed in the refrigerator to keep its body temperature low |
|
D．was considered dead before being put in the refrigerator |
4.What is the best title for the passage?
|
A．Save the Duck |
B．The Lucky Duck |
C．Stop Killing Ducks |
D．The Poor Duck |
5.It can be inferred from the passage that_______．
|
A．the local company will get large profits by selling the T-shirts |
|
B．it was illegal for me hunter to shoot the duck |
|
C．the duck is likely to be well cared for in the sanctuary |
|
D．Perky likes Florida better than Canada |
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