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2019-2020年高三英语寒假作业(5)阅读理解AStrange Baby-Naming LawsGermany Parents are banned by law from using last names and the names of objects and products as first names. A childs first name must clearly indicate his or her sex, and all names must be approved by the office of vital statistics in the area in which the child was born.Iceland The countrys naming mittee consults the National Register of Persons to determine if a name is acceptable. If parents want to go off-list, they must apply for approval and pay a fee, and the name must contain only letters in the Icelandic alphabet.New Zealand The countrys Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Act of 1995 prohibits parents from choosing a name that “ might cause offense to a reasonable person; is unreasonably long; or is, includes, or resembles an official title or rank,” including, apparently, Adolf Hitler and Yeah Detroitboth names recently rejected. Denmark If Danish parents prefer a moniker not on the list of 7,000 preapproved baby names, they must get permission from local church and government officials. Fifteen to 20 percent of the 1,100 reviewed namesincluding creative spellings of mon names, last names as first names, and unusual namesare rejected each year.【小题1】. You can tell whether a baby is a girl or a boy according to the first name in _. A. Denmark B. New ZealandC. IcelandD.Germany【小题2】. In Iceland, the names should _. A. be approved by the office of vital statistics.B. be accepted by the National Register of Persons. C. contain only letters in the Roman alphabet.D. be paid for some money.【小题3】. Which name is accepted in New Zealand? A. Bin LadenB. Talula Does The HulaC. Keenan Got LuckyD. John Smith【小题4】. According to the passage, which of the following is true? A. Danish babies names should be on the list if parents cant get the permission. B. Each year about 150-200 reviewed names are rejected in Denmark. C. Adolf Hitler is banned in Iceland. D. Parents should pay a fee for babies names if the names are rejected.BDigital Trend: BOOKLESS LIBRARIESWhat if you could fit all of a librarys collection in the palm of your hand? Thats part of the idea behind an uping bookless public library in San Antonio. Called Biblio Tech, the system will lend out e-readers loaded with 10,000 titles for two-to-three week periods. But dont bother holding on to the device longer than that because its programmed to go dead.Other libraries have tried similar programs: In xx, the Santa Rosa Branch Library in Tucson, Arizona, launched a digital-only facility, and a bookless project was proposed last year in Newport Beach, California. Those digital-only projects foldedresidents wanted their paperbacksbut Stanford University maintains a successful bookless engineering library with over 65,000 titles. Officials say digital libraries are a low-cost way to educate the masses and argue their rise is inevitable.Still, some insist print isnt doomed. A recent Wall Street Journal article notes that e-book purchases skew(倾斜)heavily toward the sort of “light entertainment” novels you can pick up at the grocery store. A survey from the Pew Research Center shows that about 90 percent of digital readers still crack open physical books.( After all, there are only four Twilight books. How hard is it to drag those around?)【小题1】. From the first paragraph, we can tell _. A. you can always keep all of the books in your hands, B. Biblio Tech will lend readers 10,000 books temporarily. C. the books will not be stored in your device forever. D. the bookless public library can be found in San Antonio now.【小题2】. The following statements are true except that _. A. the Santa Rosa Branch Library lend out e-readers with 10,000 books. B. the physical books are still popular despite those bookless projects. C. Stanford University sets a successful example of bookless engineering. D. some officials agree that digital libraries are educative and unavoidable.【小题3】2. What is the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 2? A. succeededB. openedC. acceptedD. failed【小题4】. Some people insist that print will not disappear because _. A. e-books are mainly sort of “light entertainment” novels. B. most of the digital readers prefer books about physics. C. a majority of e-reader users still choose to read paperbacks. D. it is easy to take 4 Twilight books everywhere.答案:5.DBDA CADA
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