科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Passage ten(Antinuclear Demonstration)
Police fired tear gas and arrested more than 5,000 passively resisting protestors Friday in an attempt to break up the largest antinuclear demonstration ever staged in the United States. More than 135,000 demonstrators confronted police on the construction site of a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant scheduled to provide power to most of southern New Hampshire. Organizers of the huge demonstration said, the protest was continuing despite the police actions. More demonstrators were arriving to keep up the pressure on state authorities to cancel the project. The demonstrator had charged that the project was unsafe in the densely populated area, would create thermal pollution in the bay, and had no acceptable means for disposing of its radioactive wasters. The demonstrations would go on until the jails and the courts were so overloaded that the state judicial system would collapse.
Governor Stanforth Thumper insisted that there would be no reconsideration of the power project and no delay in its construction set for completion in three years. “This project will begin on time and the people of this state will begin to receive its benefits on schedule. Those who break the law in misguided attempts to sabotage the project will be dealt with according to the law,” he said. And police called in reinforcements from all over the state to handle the disturbances.
The protests began before dawn Friday when several thousand demonstrators broke through police lines around the cordoned-off construction site. They carried placards that read “No Nukes is Good Nukes,” “Sunpower, Not Nuclear Power,” and “Stop Private Profits from Public Peril.” They defied police order to move from the area. Tear gas canisters fired by police failed to dislodge the protestors who had come prepared with their own gas masks or facecloths. Finally gas-masked and helmeted police charged into the crowd to drag off the demonstrators one by one. The protestors did not resist police, but refused to walk away under their own power. Those arrested would be charged with unlawful assembly, trespassing, and disturbing the peace.
1.What were the demonstrators protesting about?
A.Private profits.
B.Nuclear Power Station.
C.The project of nuclear power construction.
D.Public peril.
2.Who had gas-masks?
A.Everybody.
B.A part of the protestors.
C.Policemen.
D.Both B and C.
3.Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a reason for the demonstration?
A.Public transportation.
B.Public peril.
C.Pollution.
D.Disposal of wastes.
4.With whom were the jails and courts overloaded?
A.With prisoners.
B.With arrested demonstrators.
C.With criminals.
D.With protestors.
5.What is the attitude of Governor Stanforth Thumper toward the power project and the demonstration?
A.stubborn.
B.insistent.
C.insolvable.
D.remissible.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2010届高考二轮复习英语阅读理解二十篇精读 题型:阅读理解
Passage ten(Antinuclear Demonstration)
Police fired tear gas and arrested more than 5,000 passively resisting protestors Friday in an attempt to break up the largest antinuclear demonstration ever staged in the United States. More than 135,000 demonstrators confronted police on the construction site of a 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant scheduled to provide power to most of southern New Hampshire. Organizers of the huge demonstration said, the protest was continuing despite the police actions. More demonstrators were arriving to keep up the pressure on state authorities to cancel the project. The demonstrator had charged that the project was unsafe in the densely populated area, would create thermal pollution in the bay, and had no acceptable means for disposing of its radioactive wasters. The demonstrations would go on until the jails and the courts were so overloaded that the state judicial system would collapse.
Governor Stanforth Thumper insisted that there would be no reconsideration of the power project and no delay in its construction set for completion in three years. “This project will begin on time and the people of this state will begin to receive its benefits on schedule. Those who break the law in misguided attempts to sabotage the project will be dealt with according to the law,” he said. And police called in reinforcements from all over the state to handle the disturbances.
The protests began before dawn Friday when several thousand demonstrators broke through police lines around the cordoned-off construction site. They carried placards that read “No Nukes is Good Nukes,” “Sunpower, Not Nuclear Power,” and “Stop Private Profits from Public Peril.” They defied police order to move from the area. Tear gas canisters fired by police failed to dislodge the protestors who had come prepared with their own gas masks or facecloths. Finally gas-masked and helmeted police charged into the crowd to drag off the demonstrators one by one. The protestors did not resist police, but refused to walk away under their own power. Those arrested would be charged with unlawful assembly, trespassing, and disturbing the peace.
1.What were the demonstrators protesting about?
A.Private profits.
B.Nuclear Power Station.
C.The project of nuclear power construction.
D.Public peril.
2.Who had gas-masks?
A.Everybody.
B.A part of the protestors.
C.Policemen.
D.Both B and C.
3.Which of the following was NOT mentioned as a reason for the demonstration?
A.Public transportation.
B.Public peril.
C.Pollution.
D.Disposal of wastes.
4.With whom were the jails and courts overloaded?
A.With prisoners.
B.With arrested demonstrators.
C.With criminals.
D.With protestors.
5.What is the attitude of Governor Stanforth Thumper toward the power project and the demonstration?
A.stubborn.
B.insistent.
C.insolvable.
D.remissible.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2014届四川成都高三摸底试卷(解析版) 题型:其他题
阅读下面短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到答案卡相应的位置上(请注意每题的词数要求)。
Jack London was born in San Francisco in 1876.He was abandoned by his father, “Professor” William Henry Chaney,a fortune telling person,and raised in Oakland by his mother Flora Wellman,a music teacher.London’s stepfather,John London,whose surname he took,was a failed storekeeper. London’ youth marked by poverty. At the age of the he became a crazy reader, and borrowed books from the Oakland Public Library, where Ina Coolbirth told him to read the works of Flaubert, Tolstoy and other major novelists.
After leaving school at the age of 14,London worked as a seaman,rode in trains as a wanderer and adopted socialistic views as a member of the protest armies of the unemployed.In 1894 he was arrested in Niagara Fails and put into prison for wandering. These years made him determined to raise himself out of poverty but they also gave later materials for such works as The Sea Wolf(1 904),which partly came from his horrible experiences as a sailor in the Pacific Ocean.
Without having much formal education,London spent much time in public libraries reading fiction,philosophy,poetry,political science,and at the age of 19 got admittance to the University of California in Berkeley.During this period he had already started to write.London left the school before the year was over and went to seek his fortune in the Klondike gold rush of 1 89 7.His attempt was unsuccessful.London spent the winter near Dawson City,suffering from illness.In the spring he returned to San Francisco with his notebook full of plans for stories.For the remainder of 1 89 8 London again tried to earn his living by writing.London’s first novel,The Son of the Wolf,appeared’in 1900.By 1904 Jack London was the author of 10 books.The Son of the Wolf got a wide audience as did his other Alaska stories,The Call of the Wild(1903),White Fang(1906),and Burning Daylight(1910).Jack London died on November 22,1916.
1.What did Ina Coolbirth tell London in the Oakland Public Library?(Within 15 words)
2.Why were London's horrible experiences as a sailor good for him?(Within 12 words)
3.What was wrong with London near Dawson City?(Within 5 words)
4.What is London’s first novel?(Within 5 words)
5.How is the text developed?(Within 5 words)
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科目:高中英语 来源:湖北省六市2010届高三下学期联合考试英语试题 题型:阅读理解
Just how far does the euro(欧元) have to fall before Europe actually becomes reasonable?
Anyone traveling to the old continent from the U.S. in recent years has learned the hard way how expensive it is. The situation has improved in the last couple of months, thanks to the Greek financial crisis. But it still has a way to go.
Alarm about Greece—and other financially unstable countries in Europe—has dragged down the euro sharply. In November, before the crisis struck, you needed about $1.49 to buy one euro. Today you need only about $1.36. That's a 9% cut.
What does that mean for you, the would-be traveler? It's a big sale.
As recently as November, when the euro was flying high, the OECD estimated that countries like France, Italy and Germany were about a third more expensive than the U.S. Not all European countries were quite as expensive for the American visitor: Greece only cost about 17% more than the US, while the Czech Republic (which is not part of the eurozone) was actually about 15% cheaper than back home.
Fast-forward two months, and the situation looks somewhat better.
At current exchange rates, places like France will still cost you about 23% more than the U.S., but cheaper countries such as Spain and Greece are now only about 6% more expensive. The Czech Republic's a fifth cheaper than the U.S.
European prices will only break even(持平) with the U.S. if the euro falls to about $1.10, says the OECD. But is it going to get there?
Greece's financial crisis may or may not be over. Members of a labor union just occupied part of the finance ministry to protest against the planned austerity(紧缩) measures. No, it doesn't inspire confidence!
Julian Jessop, chief international economist at the Capital Economics consultancy in London, sees the euro falling to $1.25 by year-end. “We still think the euro should be a lot lower,” he says. “We think the outlook for the European economy is a lot worse than for the U.S. And Greece is only a symptom of a wider problem: Does the eurozone make sense as a currency union?” If he's right, you may want to wait to change your money or book a trip.
67. In the passage the writer offers some suggestions to the travellers from______.
A.USA B.Europe C.Greece D.China
68. The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to ______.
A.the planned austerity measures
B.Greece’s financial crisis
C.the protest from a labor union
D.the decline of the euro in value
69. Julian Jessop has a negative attitude toward the euro because he thinks ______.
A.Greece’s financial crisis may not be over
B.the euro will drop to $ 1.25 by the end of the year
C.the European economy is a lot worse than the US’
D.the other European countries have a similar problem like Greece
70. The purpose of the author writing the passage is to tell the readers that ______.
A.the euro shall be further reasonably lowered
B.travelers to Europe will save less in the future
C.the economic situation in Europe is worsening
D.the Greek financial crisis influences the whole Europe
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科目:高中英语 来源:0910年浙江省高二上学期期末测试 题型:单项填空
The police tried ________________ to break up the protest crowds.
A.in a vain |
B.in vain |
C.in the vain |
D.for vain |
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