The US will have a new president this fall. Voters will decide between the Democratic candidate (候选人), Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump of the Republicans.
But the voting is not a must for each person in the US. So quite a lot of people choose not to vote, especially the young generation. According to Fox News, one-in-five young voters between the ages of 18 and 35 said clearly that they wouldn’t vote for either of the two candidates. Just 12 percent of voters aged 35-54, and only nine percent of voters aged 55 and older said the same thing.
This is not only because young people don’t like Clinton or Trump, according to the Fortune magazine. The truth is that they are traditionally less likely to vote than their parents.
“Young people are not at an age in their life when they think politics or government has anything to do with them,” said Rodd Freitag, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, US. “But for the older age groups, they have a home, they pay taxes (税), they care about schools and the community.”
Many believe that the civic (公民的) education of an American youth is another reason why they don’t vote.
Students usually just do community services like cleaning the neighborhoods. This means they haven’t learned how to link real life problems to politics through voting, according to Christopher Beem, a politics professor at the Pennsylvania State University.
He said the country needs to help young people learn how to take part in politics and get them to see that they can make a difference.
1.What percentage of young voters wouldn’t go to vote?
A. 9 percent.B. 12 percent.C. 20 percent.D. 55 percent.
2.According to Rodd Freitag, young people are less likely to vote because ________.
A. they don’t like either of the candidates
B. their parents don’t like to vote
C. they don’t think it is a part of their life
D. they have no work and care little about living problems
3.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. US Young Not Voting
B. US Young and Their President
C. Young People’s Power
D. Voting for the New US President
高中生在成长过程中会碰到一些烦恼。就这一话题你班正筹备召开一次主题班会。请你依据下表进行必要的思考，并用英语准备一篇到会发言材料。
Pains | Solutions |
相貌、体形不美 | 不必在意 |
不被他人理解，朋友少 | 加强沟通 |
学习成绩落后，压力大 | ？ |
零花钱不多 | ？ |
注意:
1．词数150左右；开头已给出,不计入总词数.
2．写作必须包含表中所列内容,可以适当发挥,使得上下文意思连贯.
Boys and girls:
We high school students do have some growing pains, but we can get rid of them correctly and wisely....
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。
Do you love traveling? If the answer is yes, then have you ever thought about why? You may argue that traveling can help you enrich your knowledge, especially geographical and historical learning. It will provide more chances for you to enjoy food and try on clothes that you otherwise cannot possible have. A famous English author Francis Bacon (1561-1626) makes a point when he says that, “Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.”
Evidence of leisure travel can be traced as far back as ancient Babylon. This year, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council, the 1 billionth tourist will cross an international boundary before the end of this month. That means that one in seven people on the planet traveled this year, something that would not have been possible a few decades ago. Around 20 years ago only the rich could travel.
While the US and France remain the two largest destinations for world travel, experts say much of the explosive growth in tourism has been to countries like Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and the Ivory Coast, which weren’t even on the world tourism map a decade ago. The top five destinations in the world, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, are Paris, London, New York, the Mediterranean, Turkey.
Several factors have led to the boom in world travel. The prosperity (富裕) of people in Asia is one factor. People in Asian developing countries have lifted their incomes above middle-class levels in the past few years. And a lot of them have used their new wealth to travel. In addition, travel costs have been reduced thanks to the rapid development of transportation, and competition between airlines to give customers the best prices.
Topic | Travelling |
1.___________ | ● Enrich knowledge, especially in geography and 2.___________. ● Taste different 3.__________ and buy different clothes. ● Travel is a part of education and a part of experience. |
Development | ●4.___________ back to ancient Babylon, travel only really took off after World War II. ● Only the wealthy people could go on a trip about two decades ago. ● The number of people travelling abroad will 5.___________ 1 billion before the end of this month. |
Tourist 6.__________ | ● The US and France remain the two most popular countries for world travel. ● Tourism has developed 7. ___________ in countries like Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and the Ivory Coast. ● The top five destinations in the world are Paris, London, New York, the Mediterranean and Turkey. |
Factors 8.___________ in the popularity of global tourism | ● Asian people are 9.___________than before. ● People are 10._________ less money on travel because of convenient transportation and price competition between airlines. |
请根据所给首字母或中文，写出一个最恰当的单词。
1.We need a man of rich e___________ in driving our school bus.
2.Li Bai is regarded as the greatest romantic p___________ in the Tang Dynasty.
3.The two drivers had an a___________ with each other about who was responsible for the car accident.
4.When the dog attacked me, I picked up a stick and d___________ myself.
5.The students are making p___________ for the coming art festival.
6.Teenagers may want to be part of the group, yet desire to be ___________ (独立).
7.All the rooms were ___________ (舒适地，自在地) furnished.
8.This is one of the most ___________ (有魅力的，有吸引力的) places I have been to.
9.This is not a family where bad ___________ (举止，行为) goes unpunished.
10.The young doctor ___________ (努力) to get his research recognized in the medical circle.
Everyone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadder. The little headline said: BOXER RECEIVES LIFF SENTENCE.
Frank Cleary, aged 26, professional boxer, was today found guilty of the murder of Albert Gumming, aged 32, laborer, last July. The jury(陪审团) reached its decision after only ten minutes, recommending the most severe punishment to the court. It was, said the Judge, a simple case. Cumming and Cleary had quarreled violently at the Harbour Hotel on July 23rd and police saw Cleary kicking at the head of the unconscious Gumming. When arrested, Cleary was drunk but clear-thinking.
Cleary was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour. Asked if he had anything to say, Cleary answered, “Just don’t tell my mother.”
“It happened over three years ago,” Paddy said helplessly. No one answered him or moved, for no one knew what to do. “Just don’t tell my mother,” said Fee numbly(麻木地). “And no one did! Oh, God! My poor, poor Frank!”
Paddy wiped the tears from his face and said. “Fee, pack your things. We’ll go to see him.”
She half-rose before sinking back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead. “I can't go,” she said without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel that the pain was there. “It would kill him to see me. I know him so well—his pride, his ambition. Let him bear the shame alone, it’s what he wants. We’ve got to help him keep his secret. What good will it do him to see us?”
Paddy was still weeping, not for Frank, but for the life which had gone from Fee’s face, for the dying in her eyes. Frank had always brought bitterness and misfortune, always stood between Fee and himself. He was the cause of her withdrawal from his heart and the hearts of his children. Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away. But Paddy’s love for her was as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for Frank.
So he said, “Well, Fee, we won’t go. But we must make sure he is taken care of. How about if I write to Father Jones and ask him to look out for Frank?”
There was no excitement in the eyes, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks. “Yes, Paddy, do that. Only make sure he knows not to tell Frank we found out. Perhaps it would ease Frank to think for certain that we don’t know.”
1.Paddy cried because he thought ________.
A. what had happened to Frank was killing Fee
B. Frank should have told Fee what had happened
C. Frank did kill someone and deserved the punishment
D. Frank had always been a man of bad moral character
2.The underlined sentence “She half-rose before sinking back...” in Paragraph 6 shows that ________.
A. Fee was so heart-broken that she could hardly stand up
B. Fee didn’t want to upset Paddy by visiting Frank
C. Fee struggled between wanting to see Frank and respecting his wish
D. Fee couldn’t leave her family to go to see Frank
3.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. The jury and the judge agreed on the Boxer’s Sentence of Life Imprisonment.
B. Frank didn’t want his family to know the sentence to him, most probably out of his pride.
C. The family didn’t find out what had happened to Frank until 3 years later.
D. The police found Gumming unconscious, heavily struck by Frank.
4.What is Frank and Paddy’s probable relationship with Fee?
A. Frank is Fee’s son and Paddy is Fee’s brother.
B. Frank is Fee’s lover and Paddy is Fee’s husband.
C. Frank is Fee’s brother and Paddy is Fee’s lover.
D. Frank is Fee’s son and Paddy is Fee’s husband.
If you have a chance to go to Finland, you will probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.
Take the taxi drivers for example. Taxis in Finland are mostly high-class Benz with a fare of two US dollars a kilometer. You can go anywhere in one, tell the driver to drop you at any place, say that you have some business to attend to, and then walk off without paying your fare. The driver would not show the least sign of anxiety.
The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their guests, but also serve outside diners. Hotel guests have their meals free, so they naturally go to the free dining rooms to have their meals. The most they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter. With such a loose check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to dine free of charge.
The Finnish workers are paid by the hour. They are very much on their own as soon as they have agreed with the boss on the rate(价钱). From then on, they just say how many hours they have worked and they will be paid accordingly(相应地).
With so many loopholes(漏洞) in everyday life, surely Finland must be a heaven to those who love to take “petty advantages”. But the strange thing is, all the taxi passengers would always come back to pay their fare after they have attended to their business; not a single outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms. And workers always give an honest account of the exact hours they put in. As the Finns always act on good faith in everything they do, living in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.
In a society of such high moral practice, what need is there for people to be on guard against others?
1.While taking a taxi in Finland, ________.
A. a passenger can go anywhere without having to pay the driver
B. a passenger can never be turned down by the taxi driver wherever he wants to go
C. a passenger pays two US dollars for a taxi ride
D. a passenger needs to provide good faith demonstration (证明) before leaving without paying
2.We know from the passage that big hotels in Finland ________.
A. provide meals for any diners
B. are mostly poorly managed
C. provide free wine and charge for food
D. provide meal for only those who live in the hotels
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The workers in Finland are paid by the hour.
B. The workers are always honest with their working hours.
C. The bosses in Finland are too busy to check the working hours of their employees.
D. The workers and their bosses will make an agreement in advance about the pay.
4.The word “those” in the last but one paragraph probably refers to ________.
A. people who are worthy of trust
B. people who often have meals in big hotels
C. people who often take taxis
D. people who are dishonest
