安徽省六安市舒城中学2016年高二英语暑假作业15
第十五天
一、美文晨读
“Eminent domain” is the power of the government to take private property and use it for the public good. Government officials simply notify a property owner that they want his property and offer him a fair price. The owner can accept or reject that offer. If he thinks the offer is too low, he can go to court. In court, a jury will decide the fair price, which the government must pay.
Usually, the owner cannot prevent the government from taking his land for public use, which includes roads, schools, government buildings, and economic development. However, the US Supreme Court recently expanded the meaning of “economic development” to include the construction of shopping centers, amusement parks, and even car washes. Property owners nationwide are now at greater risk of losing their property for the “private” good instead of the “public” good. They will see their land converted to Burger Kings and Chevy dealerships instead of post offices and parks.
Just last week, the Ozark city council demanded that Johnny Miller sell all his land to the city.
“It isn’t right,” said Miller. “My family has owned this property for four generations. We grow crops and raise cattle. We’re active in Ozark’s social clubs and civic groups. Now the council wants to kick us out so that Walt Disney can build a new theme park here. I’m not selling. I’m going to fight this—since when is a mouse more important than an American family?”
二、词汇训练
1. Tom and Jack had __________（通信）for many years.
2. Professor Smith, an ear __________（专家）, organized a national survey of nose disease in children.
3. Singing, playing games, and reading are forms of ___________（消遣）. 4. The chairman is considering changes to the sex ___________（歧视）law to promote equal opportunities.
5. This medicine is _________（有毒的）if taken in large quantities.
6. Everyone was encouraged to d_________ a day’s pay to help survivors of the disaster.
7. Had not Tom dived into the river to r_________ him, the boy would have drowned. 8. A car is very h________ for people who live some little distance from town.
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9. Some good sources of information can a________ us in making the best selection. 10. A p________ gives the owner their right to be the only one who can make, use or sell an invention or product for a particular number of years. 三、
第二节: 语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
M: Well, this is it ! What do you think of it?
W: I can hardly believe it’s real. I’ve __1__(dream) of seeing it ever since I saw it in books when I was a child. Just thinking of all this being built by hand more than 2,000 years ago! No__2__it’s one of the wonders of the world.
M: Actually the started building is more than 2,500 years ago __3__China was divided into various states. Three of the northern states built defensive walls along their borders to keep __4__ the enemies.
W: But I always thought the wall had been built by Qin Shihuang, the first Emperor of China.
M: Well, yes. In the way, you see, he united the whole country in the third century B.C. and one of the things he did was __5__(join) the separate walls into one big wall and to build more walls from the east coast right __6__ the length of north China to the west.
W: It is certainly something __7__ nation could be proud of. I hear this is the only human construction on the earth that __8__be seen from the moon. By the way, how tall is the wall?
M: The average __9__is 7.8 meters; the average width is 6.5 meters at __10__ base and 4.5 meters at the top. Would you like to go up to the top?
W: Yes! I’d like to have a look from the top.
四、阅读理解
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Health and climate scientists have mapped how climate change affects different parts of the world in different ways. The scientists point to the fact that changes in the past thirty years may have been affecting human health. Possible effects include more deaths from extreme heat or cold, more storms and more crop failures in dry periods.
The health and climate scientists recently estimated(估计) that climate changes caused by human activity lead to more than one hundred and fifty thousand deaths each year. Cases of sickness are estimated at five million. And the W.H.O. says the
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numbers could rise quickly by the year of 2003.
Jonathan Patz of an environmental institute led the study. Professor Patz points out that climate scientists connected global warming with the heat that killed thousands in Europe in August, 2003. But he says poor countries least responsible for the warming are most in danger from the health effects of higher temperatures. Professor Patz says areas in greatest danger include southern and eastern Africa and coastlines along the Pacific and Indian oceans. Also, large cities experience what scientists call a \ Representatives from about two hundred countries hold a meeting in Canada to discuss climate change. The ten-day meeting ends on December 9th. It is the first such United Nations meeting since the Kyoto Protocol（京都议定书）took effect earlier this year. The agreement aims to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping（吸热的）gases sent off into the air. 1. Who is Jonathan Patz?
A. A scientist responsible for the climate change.
B. A scientist in charge of the study of the climate change. C. A professor interested in the climate change.
D. A professor who is a representative from an African country. 2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. Climate changes affect different parts of the world in the same way. B. The ten-day meeting is the first United Nations meeting on climate change. C. The Kyoto Protocol aims to make smaller the amount of heat-trapping gases into the air.
D. Poor countries are responsible for the global warming.
3. Possible effects from the climate changes include the following EXCEPT ________. A. crop failures B. storms
D. air pollution
C. more deaths from overheat
4. According to the health and climate scientists, climate changes have been caused by ________. A. dry weather storms
5. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. climate changes are having a bad effect on human’s wealth B. Professor Patz leads the study of climate changes
C. a \ D. rich countries are most responsible for climate changes
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B. cold weather C. human activities D.