All 20 children who died in a shooting at a school in Connecticut were aged between six and seven, according to an official list of the dead.
The state's chief medical examiner said the gunman used a rifle as his main weapon, and all the victims appeared to have been shot several times.
The gunman, named in media reports as Adam Lanza, killed his mother before driving to the school and opening fire.
Six adults, all women, were also killed before the gunman shot himself dead.
The head teacher at Sandy Hook school in Newtown, Dawn Hochsprung, is listed among the dead, along with adults Rachel DaVino, Anne Marie Murphy, Lauren Russo, Mary Sherlach and Victoria Soto.
Eight boys and 12 girls were killed - all but four of them were aged six.
The youngest, Noah Pozner, celebrated his birthday only last month.
A woman who worked at the school was the only person to be shot and survive.
Scores of people have left flowers at a memorial outside the school, and on Saturday evening hundreds attended a candlelight vigil（守夜）.
President Barack Obama is to visit Newtown on Sunday to meet families and speak at an interfaith vigil at the town's high school.
After the attack, he urged "meaningful action" against gun crime in the US.
"As a country we have been through this too many times," he said in an emotional White House address.
【小题1】How many people of the school got shot during this heartbreaking event?
A. 26. B. 27. C. 20. D. 12
【小题2】Among the student victims, how many are just six years old?
A. 12 B. 20. C. 4. D. 16
【小题3】Very few victims survived the shooting probably because _____.
A. they were all too young
B. they failed to call the police in time
C. they each were shot several times
D. they were not taken to hospital soon enough
【小题4】What did the gunman do after the massive killing?
A. He shot his mother dead.
B. He was caught by the head teacher.
C. He killed himself with his gun.
D. He got out to attend a candlelight vigil
【小题5】From President Barack Obama’s words we can expect that ______.
A. the control of the use of guns will be tighter in U.S.A
B. more gun crimes will be inspired by this attack
C. more people will own guns to protect themselves
D. fewer people will send their kids to the school
科目：高中英语 来源：2015届湖北省高二上学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
Carly Zalenski’s eyes were filled with tears as the dusty bus ran down a dirt road in southern Vietnam. She and her parents had travelled to Ho Chi Minh City by plane from Canton, Ohio of the USA. As they became to the village, hundreds of cheering stood in lines at the to the Hoa Lac School, a two-story building that Carly had money for.
Carly started helping when she was eight. She often walked about to send Thanksgiving baskets at church to families in need. When she saw one girl very little in a snowy day and others didn’t have warm , she went door-to-door asking for coats, hats, gloves, and scarves, then handed them to the poor families with the baskets.
However, Carly wanted to do more—she wanted to “change these children’s with her efforts”. She remembered that her grandmother’s Rotary club had collected money to build a in Vietnam a few years ago. She wanted to build a school, .
She put together a short show on the people and culture of Vietnam to his audience. her new braces(脚支架) made it to make the speech, she was full of enthusiasm, “I want to give them a place to their lives better.”
That summer, Carly with her family across Ohio, visiting three or four Rotary clubs a week. “We travelled like people to all these meetings,” said her mother. In two years, Carly had raised $50,000. At the donation in Hoa Lac, the school principal was deeply by the little girl. “How wonderful it is,” he said, “that a girl at her age wants to do something for kids so far away.”
1.A. farther B. closer C. higher D. faster
2.A. adults B. farmers C. workers D. children
3.A. entrance B. centre C. top D. exit
4.A. collected B. borrow C. saved D. earned
5.A. another B. the others C. others D. the other
6.A. wearing B. putting on C. dressing D. taking off
7.A. houses B. beds C. clothes D. food
8.A. new B. beautiful C. used D. broken
9.A. out B. up C. back D. over
10.A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
11.A. moods B. works C. studies D. lives
12.A. church B. village C. library D. school
13.A. either B. also C. too D. neither
14.A. Because B. Unless C. Although D. When
15.A. hard B. funny C. easy D. happy
16.A. remain B. make C. turn D. allow
17.A. set off B. take off C. turn off D. pay off
18.A. sick B. disabled C. crazy D. friendly
19.A. ceremony B. tradition C. currency D. condition
20.A. surprised B. pleased C. excited D. touched
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届重庆一中高一下期期末考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries.
By closing time at 9:20 a.m. , the shop usually sells 90 drinks.
“Whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schatzman says it was good,”Christy McKinley, a second year student, announced recently, after hanging up the phone with the teacher.
The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school.
They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.
Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia.
Not that it was easy. Chevalier’s first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content?
Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition(营养) guidelines.
The whole school has joined in to help.
Teachers agreed to give up their lounge(休息室) in the mornings. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.
1.What is the text mainly about?
A. A best-selling coffee
B. A special educational program.
C. Government support for schools
D. A new type of teacher-student relationship.
2.The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to .
A. raise money for school affairs
B. do some research on nutrition
C. develop students’ practical skills
D. supply teachers with drinks
3.How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schatzman’s opinion of the chi tea?
A. She met her in the shop
B. She heard her telling others.
C. She talked to her on the phone
D. She went to her office to deliver the tea.
4.We know from the text that Ginger Gray .
A. manages the Dixie PIT program in Kenton County
B. sees that the drinks meet health standards
C. teaches at Dixie Heights High School
D. owns the school’s coffee shop
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科目：高中英语 来源：河南省六市2010届高三下学期第一次联合考试英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
第三部分阅读理解(共20小题：每小题2分．满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、c和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It’s wonderful when teenage dreams collie true after a lot of hard work．Ban Ki—Moon，foreign minister of the Republic of Korea，knows this only too well．He dreamt of being a diplomat(外交官)from a young age and now"the 63-year—old has become the world’s top diplomat．
On October 9，2006，UN Security Council appointed Ban to take the place of Secretary General
Kofi Annan．Next January he will become the first Asian to take the post in 35 years．
Bom into a pool"family in ROK，s Chungju，young Ban showed early talent at languages．In his
Senior 1 year he wrote an English book to help his classmates study．At 18 Ban WOn the first prize in an English speaking eompetidon．This allowed him to travel to Washington and meet the former US President John F．Kennedy．“This was the moment when my dream began，”said Ban．
Ever since then Ban worked hard to keep his dream alive．After graduating from the top—ranking Seoul National University，he joined the foreign ministry and became its most industrious(勤奋的)worker．In 2004 he became the top diplomat in the ROK．
Ban，s down—to—earth efforts also gave him the ability to get along with everyone．After being a diplomat for 36 years，he made many friends but no enemies．
But critics think his gentleness might make him ready to give in．They doubt whether he can take a strong stand on burning issue like the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s(DPRK，朝鲜)nuclear programme．
As the DPRK ll／mounced a successful nuelefltr test on October 9，2006，experts said the UN’s new boss would be challenged by his first tough task．But Ban，who played a leading role in past nuclear talks with the DPRK，seems to have his own ideas．
“I understand the power of Tai Chi(太极)well，”said Ban．He’s ready to travel to Pyongyang
to talk its leaders into giving up nuclear weapons．
“Ban has a typical oriental style，mild but determined”says Yoon Young—Kwan former foreign minister of the ROK．“He may look soft from the outside。but inside he has strong views．’’
56.Ban Ki—Moon was allowed t0 meet former US President John F．Kennedy because——．
A.he dreamt of being a diplomat B．his English was excellent
C. he wrote an English book D．he was a most industrious worker
57.What does the underhned phrase“my dream”refer to?
A.The UN chief． B．The foreign minister of POK．
C.A diplomat． D．The US president．
58.Which of the following is the best sentence to be put into the blank in Para．8 7
A.1 will think over a s仕ong way to solve the problem．
B.Soft ways are often the best to deal with intense conflicts．
C.The nuclear programme of DPRK is very demanding．
D．Terrible conflicts should be settled by all the countries．
59.Acording to the text，we can infer that——．
A．Ban Ki—Moon has no idea about dealing with the nuclear programme
B. Ban Ki—Moon likes playing Tai Chi in his spare time
C．An Asian took the post of UN chief in 1973
D．Ban Ki—Moon became the world’S top diplomat at the age of 60
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年高考英语试题分类汇编--科普类阅读理解 题型：阅读理解
EDGEWOOD - Every morning at Dixie Heights High School, customers pour into a special experiment: the district’s first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs.
Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries.
By closing time at 9.20 a.m., the shop usually sells 90 drinks.
"Whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schatzman says it was good," Christy McKinley, a second year student, announced recently, after hanging up with the teacher.
The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school.
They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.
Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia.
Not that it was easy. Chevalier's first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content?
Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition (营养) guidelines.
The whole school has joined in to help.
Teachers agreed to give up their lounge (休息室) in the mornings. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.
1．What is the text mainly about?
A．A best-selling coffee.
B．A special educational program.
C．Government support for schools.
D．A new type of teacher-student relationship.
2．The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to_ _．
A．raise money for school affairs
B．do some research on nutrition
C．develop students' practical skills
D．supply teachers with drinks
3．How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schatzman's opinion of the chi tea?
A．She met her in the shop.
B．She heard her telling others.
C．She talked to her on the phone.
D．She went to her office to deliver the tea.
4．We know from the text that Ginger Gray ．
A．manages the Dixie P1T program in Kenton County
B．sees that the drinks meet health standards
C．teaches at Dixie Heights High School
D．owns the school’s coffee shop
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年高考英语试题分类汇编--广告应用文、新闻报道阅读理解 题型：阅读理解
EDGEWOOD - Every morning at Dixie Heights High School, customers pour into a special experiment: the district’s first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs.
Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries.
By closing time at 9.20 a.m., the shop usually sells 90 drinks.
"Whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schatzman says it was good," Christy McKinley, a second year student, announced recently, after hanging up with the teacher.
The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school.
They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.
Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia.
Not that it was easy. Chevalier's first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content?
Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition (营养) guidelines.
The whole school has joined in to help.
Teachers agreed to give up their lounge (休息室) in the mornings. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.
1．What is the text mainly about?
A．A best-selling coffee.
B．A special educational program.
C．Government support for schools.
D．A new type of teacher-student relationship.
2．The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to_ _．
A．raise money for school affairs
B．do some research on nutrition
C．develop students' practical skills
D．supply teachers with drinks
3．How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schatzman's opinion of the chi tea?
A．She met her in the shop.
B．She heard her telling others.
C．She talked to her on the phone.
D．She went to her office to deliver the tea.
4．We know from the text that Ginger Gray ．
A．manages the Dixie P1T program in Kenton County
B．sees that the drinks meet health standards
C．teaches at Dixie Heights High School
D．owns the school’s coffee shop
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