（湖南省长沙市一中2010届高三第九次月考C篇）

Group of British charities has teamed up with British film actor Bill Nighy and producer Richard Curtis to campaign for what they call a "new deal between banks and society." They want to put a 0.05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks that don't involve the public in order to raise money for social services and to fight poverty and climate change. The run on the British bank Northern Rock in September 2007 marked the beginning of the world banking crisis in Britain. In the end, the British and other governments spent hundreds of millions of dollars bailing out troubled financial institutions.

Now a group of charities and celebrities has launched a campaign to get some of the money back. They call it the Robin Hood Tax after the legendary English folk hero who robbed from the rich to give to the poor. Max Lawsom is with the humanitarian advocacy group Oxfam. "Basically, trillions of dollars change hands every day between the banks. What we're saying is we could take a tiny slice of that, 0.05 percent, which could raise hundreds of billions of dollars to help for poverty in rich countries, jobs in the U.S., jobs in the UK, but also for poverty in Africa as a result of people dying because of the economic crisis," Lawson said.

That's what real-life bankers are saying, too. Brian Mairs is the spokesman for the British banking association. "It's not something that would work in the real world," he says, "Certainly not at the moment when we still have disputed trade agreements. We're indeed having cross border wars. The idea of there being a single tax which is imposed ( 强加)across the world is simply unbelievable. "Organizers say they want G20 countries to participate, and they're starting an online grassroots movement to pressure world leaders. It's on Twitter and Facebook.

"You've had thousands of people sign up to support the Robin Hood Tax and talk about it on Twitter. Interestingly, they've now started tweeting （鸟叫） to their politicians," Jonathan Tench, Oxfam's parliamentary officer said. Supporters can become "merry men and women" by putting a green mask on their online photo, or printing one to wear. If online reaction is any indicator, people are largely in favor. Some British banks are posting record profits and giving large bonuses to executives. Observers say that's causing public outrage（愤怒） against bankers that could boost the campaign. Campaigners even projected their message on the side of the Bank of England. It was one way they say to show bankers that the writing is on the wall.

66. From the passage we can see the purpose of putting a 0 .05 percent tax on financial transactions between banks that don’t involve the public is ________ .

A. to deposit more money in banks to fight the crisis

B. to withdraw more money from banks to solve the problem

C. to collect some money during the transactions by taxing a bit higher

D. to rob the banks of their money

67. Why do they call the campaign “ the Robin Hood Tax” ?

      A. Because Robin Hood is a millionaire.

      B. Because Robin Hood robbed the rich to help the poor.

      C. Because it was Robin Hood that made the law of taxation.

      D. Because Robin Hood is a banker.

68. What does the sentence “"It's not something that would work in the real world," in the third paragraph imply?

      A. Brian Mairs thinks it difficult to carry out the campaign for the moment.

      B. Brian Mairs is strongly against the campaign for the moment.

      C. Brian Mairs speaks highly of the campaign for the moment.

      D. Brian Mairs appeals to other businesses to join in in future.

69. If the idea mentioned in this passage comes true, what do you think the public opinion will be?

      A. Neutral(中立的)  B. Supportive  C. Disagreeable  D. Objective 

70. If zhe problem of global poverty is to be settled, ___________.

      A. more taxes on banks is the only solution

      B. American and British support comes first

      C. international co-operation and support are essential

      D. the public should force the leaders to take actions

    Robin Hood is a story to which more details have been added for nearly nine hundred years, and that has kept little of its original elements. The early folk tales of Robin Hood have nothing in them to suggest that the people are unfairly taxed, or that Robin Hood gave them his robbery for that matter.

    Robin Hood is not a liberator of oppressed (被压迫的) people; he is simply a thief and murderer. He may have started out with lofty (崇高的) ideals, but eventually failed to resist greed (贪婪) , and would do anything to get money. The early tales of Robin Hood contain graphic violence and cold murders. These casual killings decide the folk tales, making them bloodier than any twenty-first century movie.

    In one example, Robin meets a knight whose son has killed a fellow competitor in a match. The unlucky knight is forced to pay a bill of four hundred pounds, which he must borrow from the Abbot (修道院院长) of St. Mary’s in York. Neither Robin nor the knight seems to mind much that someone has been killed. Instead the focus is on the money. This is a theme that runs throughout the stories of Robin Hood. It seems that Robin Hood has drifted away from his original idealistic beliefs by the thought, of shiny gold coins in his own pocket jingling (发出叮当声) instead of the pockets of those for whom the gold was intended the poor. There is a saying: “He who seeks to destroy the monster must be careful not to become a monster in the process.” Apparently Robin never heard this proverb.

51. Robin Hood became greedy because _________.

   A. he needed much more money for the oppressed people

   B. he was forced to pay a bill for the murder he did

   C. he couldn’t resist the temptation (诱惑) of more money

   D. he wanted to have more power

52. According to the text, maybe the original idealistic belief of Robin Hood was ______.

   A. to lead the oppressed people to struggle against the rich

   B. to help the poor with the money he robbed the rich of

   C. to provide foods to the homeless

   D. to help kids unable to go to school

53. The proverb in the last paragraph most probably means that __________.

   A. if we want to succeed, we must work hard

   B. we should never chase after something one is not worthy of

   C. to be a great man, we must do what we should do

   D. to be a fair man, we must fight against unfair behavior

54. The text is written to _________.

   A. give readers a brief introduction to Robin Hood

   B. tell us about the cultural background of a book

   C. sing high praise of the knights during the Middle Age

   D. tell us about the real stories about Robin Hood

    Robin Hood is a story to which more details have been added for nearly nine hundred years, and that has kept little of its original elements. The early folk tales of Robin Hood have nothing in them to suggest that the people are unfairly taxed, or that Robin Hood gave them his robbery for that matter.

    Robin Hood is not a liberator of oppressed (被压迫的) people; he is simply a thief and murderer. He may have started out with lofty (崇高的) ideals, but eventually failed to resist greed (贪婪) , and would do anything to get money. The early tales of Robin Hood contain graphic violence and cold murders. These casual killings decide the folk tales, making them bloodier than any twenty-first century movie.

    In one example, Robin meets a knight whose son has killed a fellow competitor in a match. The unlucky knight is forced to pay a bill of four hundred pounds, which he must borrow from the Abbot (修道院院长) of St. Mary’s in York. Neither Robin nor the knight seems to mind much that someone has been killed. Instead the focus is on the money. This is a theme that runs throughout the stories of Robin Hood. It seems that Robin Hood has drifted away from his original idealistic beliefs by the thought, of shiny gold coins in his own pocket jingling (发出叮当声) instead of the pockets of those for whom the gold was intended the poor. There is a saying: “He who seeks to destroy the monster must be careful not to become a monster in the process.” Apparently Robin never heard this proverb.

51. Robin Hood became greedy because _________.

   A. he needed much more money for the oppressed people

   B. he was forced to pay a bill for the murder he did

   C. he couldn’t resist the temptation (诱惑) of more money

   D. he wanted to have more power

52. According to the text, maybe the original idealistic belief of Robin Hood was ______.

   A. to lead the oppressed people to struggle against the rich

   B. to help the poor with the money he robbed the rich of

   C. to provide foods to the homeless

   D. to help kids unable to go to school

53. The proverb in the last paragraph most probably means that __________.

   A. if we want to succeed, we must work hard

   B. we should never chase after something one is not worthy of

   C. to be a great man, we must do what we should do

   D. to be a fair man, we must fight against unfair behavior

54. The text is written to _________.

   A. give readers a brief introduction to Robin Hood

   B. tell us about the cultural background of a book

   C. sing high praise of the knights during the Middle Age

   D. tell us about the real stories about Robin Hood

单词拼写  根据所给句子和汉语注释或英文首字母拼写单词。（共10小题，每小题1分，计10分）

1. He had decided to settle p________ in France and never go back to his hometown any longer.

2.She wore a pair of sunglasses and had her hair cut, so she was almost beyond my r________.

3.Before l________, the Chinese people lived a hard life and hardly had any freedom.

4.It feels very cold today. It is reported that the temperature can reach m________ 20 ℃.

5. She has been o________ with housework the whole morning and has no time to prepare for the examination.

6.Sometimes your c________ can make you become stronger because you must try your best to defeat them.

7.The next day the young girl w________ what she said to the manager and said sorry to him.

8.She decided to be a ________（体贴的）wife after being married.

9. Going away to college has made me ________（自立）and self-confident.

10.Don’t be ________（武断）to make any decision, otherwise you’ll regret it.

 

Anderson was born in the slums(贫民区) of Odense, Denmark, on April 2,1805. His early life was not easy. His father was a shoemaker and his mother worked as a washerwoman. He received little early education. As a child he was very emotional and was laughed at for being feminine(女性化)and tall.

In l8l6 his father died and Andersen was forced to go out to work. first in a tailor’s shop and then at a tobacco factory. At the age of l4 Anderson moved to Copenhagen to start a career as a singer and actor. He struggled for three years until he had to leave the theatre when his voice broke in l822.

Anderson went to a grammar school after he left the theatre. Having done well he was admitted to Copenhagen University in 1828.

He began to publish his fairy tales in 1835. They came out in small volumes(量) until his death. Nowadays, children all around the world are familiar with his fairy tales such as “The Little Mermaid ”(《美人鱼》)，“The Princess and the Pea” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. The colourful characters from the stories made us laugh and cry throughout our childhood. Although Anderson lived a hard life, he tried to make people laugh in all his stories. He wrote because he didn’t want children to have a sad childhood as he did. “Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched(孵化) from a swan’s egg,” he once said．

The work brought Anderson world fame, but he remained a lonely man. He loved three women in his life but none of them loved him back and he never married. His friends were the people that paid for his work and not people he was particularly close to. “Just living is not enough…One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower,’’ he said.

Anderson died on August 4, l 875.

Anderson

91._______	Identity	Events	Time	97. ________	99. ______
Anderson	92. _______	working	after 1816	make a living	poor
	singer	perform	95. ________	be a singer	hard
93. _______	study	in 1828	98._______	well
writer	94. ______	96. ________	make children happy	100. ________