科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Having finished her homework, Ma Li wants some music for relaxation①. As usual, she starts her computer and goes to Baidu.com to download music files. But this time she is surprised when an announcement about protecting songs’ copyright bursts onto the screen. The age of free music and movie downloads may have come to an end as Web companies like Baidu are accused of pirating copyright. Lawsuits② have been filed against four websites offering free downloads. In September 2005, a Beijing court ordered Baidu to pay recording company Shanghai Push compensation for their losses. Baidu was also told to block the links to the pirated music on the website. This caused a heated discussion on Interact file sharing.
“Baidu’s defeat in the lawsuit shows it is not right to get copyrighted songs without paying. Downloaders may face lawsuits or fines,” said an official.
Like many teens, Huang Ruoru, an 18-year-old girl from Puning in Guangdong Province, doesn’t think that getting music from websites is wrong. She always shares her favourite songs downloaded from Baidu with her friends. When told about the lawsuit, she began to feel a little guilty about obtaining others’ work without paying.
However, other teenagers have different ideas. Wang Yafei, a Senior 2 girl from Jinan, Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers. “If I download a song and really like it, I will buy the CD,” she said. “So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music, rather than pursuing③ file-sharers.”
Notes:
relaxation n. 娱乐
lawsuit n. 诉讼
pursue vt. 追赶，追击
Choose the best answers according to the above:
Which of the following best describes the passage?
A. Music on the Internet is of better quality. B. Downloading material can be illegal.
C. It’s good to get free music on the Internet. D. Baidu is a popular web company.
The four web companies were put to court because _________.
A. they got copyrighted songs without paying
B. they downloaded copyrighted music for people
C. they make copyrighted files for free downloads
D. they offer free music on line
How do some of the teenagers feel while downloading free music after the lawsuit?
A. A bit guilty. B. A little sad. C. Extremely angry. D. Awfully sorry.
What’s the advantage of tile sharing for recording companies?
A. Getting more money from web companies.
B. Enabling people to download favorite songs.
C. Helping to improve the music.
D. Making pop singers more popular.
It can be inferred from the text that _________.
A. Web companies are still ignoring the copyright laws.
B. Teenagers haven’t got money to buy CDs.
C. Teenagers are probably still downloading free music.
D. Teenagers prefer CDs with copyright to pirated music.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
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Governments and health officials around the world continued to take steps Tuesday against the outbreak of swine flu that has killed scores of people in Mexico and spread to the U.S., Europe and possibly Asia.
By early Tuesday, the swine flu outbreak in Mexico had caused in 152 deaths and more than 1,600 illnesses. So far, at least 113 cases have been proved worldwide, including 64 in the United States; six in Canada; 11 in New Zealand and two each in Spain the United Kingdom and Israel. None has yet resulted in death.
The World Health Organization on Monday raised its alert level from three to four on its six-level scale. The move means the U.N. agency has determined that the virus can transmit
from human to human.
"In this age of global travel, where people move around in airplanes so quickly, there is no region to which this virus could not spread," said Fukuda, assistant director-general of the WHO.
Governments around the world struggled to prevent further outbreak. Some, like China and Russia, banned pork imports from the United States and Mexico. U.S. President Barack Obama said the outbreak was a cause for concern, not for alarm. The government urged travelers to avoid non-essential travel to Mexico.
The latest WHO report listed only seven proved swine flu deaths in Mexico but it was not clear why there was the discrepency.
Mexico City has closed all schools until at least May 6 to help curb(control) the spread of swine flu and ordered 35,00 public venues to close or serve only takeaway meals. In addition, bars, clubs, movie theaters, pool halls, gyms, sport centers and convention halls have been told to close until May 5. Armed police officers are also guarding hospitals in Mexico City while roads and schools in the city of 20 million people are deserted. Officials also have talked about shutting down the bus and subway systems.
57.How many people were found catching swine flu in Spain?
A. 2. B. 11. C. 6. D. 64.
58.When learning the outbreak of swine flu, the WHO was ____.
A. calm B. nervous C. shocked D. careful
59. Fukuda’s words suggest that _____.
A. he likes travel by air
B. global travel hasn’t been affected
C.this virus can spread quickly because of global travel
D. planes must be forbidden to take to prevent swine flu
60.The last paragraph mainly tells us _____.
A. Mexico has taken measures to control swine flu
B. Mexico City is too dangerous to live in
C. the normal life in Mexico has been changed
D. people in Mexico are badly in need of help
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届江西景德镇高一下期期末质量检测英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
In recent years, the world has made progress in reducing deaths among children under the age of five. A new report says an estimated 6.9 million children worldwide died before their fifth birthday. That compares to about twelve million in1990.
The report says child mortality rates have fallen in all areas. It says the number of deaths is down by at least 50 percent in eastern, western and southeastern Asia. The number also fell in North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ties Boerma is head of the WHO’s Department of Health Statistics and Informatics. He says most child deaths happen in just a few areas.
TIES BOERMA: “Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia face the greatest challenges in child survival. More than eighty percent of child deaths in the world occur in these two regions. About half of child deaths occur in just five countries—India, which actually takes twenty-four percent of the global total; Nigeria, eleven percent; the Democratic Republic of Congo, seven percent; Pakistan, five percent and China, four percent of under-five deaths in the world.”
Ties Boerma notes that, in developed countries, one child in one hundred fifty-two dies before his or her fifth birthday. But south of the Sahara Desert, one out of nine children dies before the age of five. In Asia, the mortality rate is one in sixteen.
The report lists the top five causes of death among children under five worldwide. They are pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria and problems both before and during birth.
Tessa Wardlaw is with the U-N Children’s Fund. She is pleased with the progress being made in Sub-Saharan Africa. The area has the highest under-five mortality rate in the world. But she says the rate of decline in child deaths has more than doubled in Africa.
TESSA WARDLAW: “We welcome the widespread progress in child survival, but we importantly want to stress that there’s a lot of work that remains to be done. There’s unfinished business and the fact is that today on average, around nineteen thousand children are still dying every day from largely preventable causes.”
The World Health Organization says one way to solve these problems is to make sure health care services are available to women. In this way, medical problems can be avoided or treated when identified.
1.Since 1990, the number of the children who died before 5 in the world has dropped by about__________.
A．6,900,000 B．12,000,000 C．1,200,000 D．5,100,000
2. What does the underlined word “mortality” ( in Paragraph 2)mean?
A．illness B．reduction C．death D．problem
3.According to the passage, the readers are likely to believe that __________.
A．child mortality rates have fallen just in five areas
B．Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest under-five mortality rate in the world
C．in developed countries, no children die before the age of five
D．the world has made little progress in reducing the rates of child mortality
4.______ is the top-one cause of death among children under five worldwide.
A．Global warming B．Malaria C．Pneumonia D．Diarrhea
5.What will be probably referred to in the following paragraph?
A．Women do not want to have babies.
B．How more health care services are available to women.
C．Medical problems are completely solved.
D．The World Health Organization.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015届江西景德镇高一下期期末质量检测英语卷（解析版） 题型：完型填空
My little son Logan had cerebral palsy(脑瘫). I should thank Tri-North Buiders, in which I was working, for 36 him. Four years ago, Tri-North Buiders 37 a daycare center called Little Buiders Day School. Little Buiders had 10 38 ranging in age from 6 weeks to 5 years, with three full-time teachers and a part-time teacher 39 there. All the four teachers helped Logan with his daily 40 , including feeding, walking and playing.
41 Logan couldn’t speak, the teachers 42 with him through pictures. Logan was then 43 in all activities, such as art projects, plays, field trips, ect . Many things were centered 44 Logan.
Later, when Logan recovered to be almost like a 45 child and was preparing for his transition（过渡，转变）to the public school, the daycare workers worked with the school to ensure a(n) 46 transition. Not only was Logan 47 by the school, but the non-disabled children there were not surprised by Logan’s special 48 , which made Little Builders a perfect place to help today’s children 49 people like Logan.
I used to spend a lot of time in the daycare center. When Logan first began to learn to eat, he 50 ate with me or his father around . It was not 51 for me to carry Logan about while feeding him. I know that Logan would not be doing as 52 as he does now if not 53 Tri-North Buiders Company. In a world of making money at all __54 _, I think you should know about the company making a(n) 55
1. A．keeping up with B．taking care of C．making use of D．keeping in touch with
2. A．wanted B．produced C．opened D．made
3. A．teachers B．children C．nurses D．cleaners
4. A．helping out B．showing off C．staying up D．looking out
5. A．service B．interests C．responsibilities D．activities
6. A．Although B．Once C．When D．If
7. A．taught B．discussed C．argued D．communicated
8. A．included B．refused C．prevented D．examined
9. A．beside B．around C．in D．towards
10. A．wise B．naughty C．normal D．tall
11. A．useful B．successful C．perfect D．important
12. A．introduced B．changed C．accepted D．cheered
13. A．ideas B．words C．noises D．needs
14. A．think highly of B．prepare for C．get along with D．make fun of
15. A．never B．sometimes C．hardly D．only
16. A．strange B．common C．fair D．necessary
17. A．carefully B．quietly C．well D．hard
18. A．to B．at C．of D．for
19. A．ways B．costs C．means D．sides
20. A．difference B．decision C．agreement D．plan
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科目：高中英语 来源：2013年全国普通高等学校招生统一考试英语（上海卷解析版） 题型：完型填空
Over the past few decades, more and more countries have opened up the markets, increasingly transforming the world economy into one free-flowing global market. The question is：Is economic globalization 50 for all?
According to the World Bank, one of its chief supporters, economic globalization has helped reduce 51 in a large number of developing countries. It quotes one study that shows increased wealth 52 to improved education and longer life in twenty-four developing countries as a result of integration (融合) of local economies into the world economy. Home to some three billion people, these twenty-four countries have seen incomes 53 at an average rate of five percent—compared to two percent in developed countries.
Those who 54 globalization claim that economies in developing countries will benefit from new opportunities for small and home-based businesses. 55 , small farmers in Brazil who produce nuts that would originally have sold only in 56 open-air markets can now promote their goods worldwide by the Internet.
Critics take a different view, believing that economic globalization is actually 57 the gap between the rich and poor. A study carried out by the U.N.-sponsored World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization shows that only a few developing countries have actually 58 from integration into the world economy and that the poor, the uneducated, unskilled workers, and native peoples have been left behind. 59 , they maintain that globalization may eventually threaten emerging businesses. For example, Indian craftsmen who currently seem to benefit from globalization because they are able to 60 their products may soon face fierce competition that could put them out of 61 . When large-scale manufacturers start to produce the same goods, or when superstores like Wal-Mart move in, these small businesses will not be able to 62 and will be crowded out.
One thing is certain about globalization—there is no 63 . Advances in technology combined with more open policies have already created an interconnected world. The 64 now is finding a way to create a kind of globalization that works for the benefit of all. (347 words)
1. A．possible B．smooth C．good D．easy
2. A．crime B．poverty C．conflict D．population
3. A．contributing B．responding C．turning D．owing
4. A．remain B．drop C．shift D．increase
5. A．doubt B．define C．advocate D．ignore
6. A．In addition B．For instance C．In other words D．All in all
7. A．mature B．new C．local D．foreign
8. A．finding B．exploring C．bridging D．widening
9. A．suffered B．profited C．learned D．withdrawn
10. A．Furthermore B．Therefore C．However D．Otherwise
11. A．consume B．deliver C．export D．advertise
12. A．trouble B．business C．power D．mind
13. A．keep up B．come in C．go around D．help out
14. A．taking off B．getting along C．holding out D．turning back
15. A．agreement B．prediction C．outcome D．challenge
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