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1、【译林湖南版创新设计】2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练Module 2Unit 1Tales of the unexplained.填词Another US President won the Nobel Peace Prize for his calls to reduce the worlds stockpile of nuclear weapons and working for world peace on October 9,2009.US President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.The Norw
2、egian Nobel Committee praised Obama for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples”The first AfricanAmerican to hold his countrys highest office，Obama has called for disarmament(裁减军备)and worked to restart the stalled(陷入泥潭)Middle East peace proces
3、s since taking office in January.“Very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the worlds attention and given his people hope for a better future，” the Committee said.Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 as expresident for what the Nobel Prize Committee said “his decades o
4、f untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts，to advance democracy and human rights，and to promote economic and social development”Woodrow Wilson won the 1919 prize in recognition of his Fourteen Points peace programme and work in achieving inclusion of the Covenant of the
5、League of Nations in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War One.“The President succeeded in bringing a design for a fundamental law of humanity into presentday international politics，”the Nobel Committee said.Theodore Roosevelt won the 1906 prize for his role in ending the bloody 1905
6、 war between two of the worlds great powers，Japan and Russia.The result was the Treaty of Portsmouth signed by Russia and Japan on September 5,1905，at Portsmouth，New Hampshire.Title：_1_who won the Nobel Peace PrizeNameTime_2_for winning the Nobel Peace PrizeBarack Obama2009working for _3_strengtheni
7、ng international diplomacy and cooperationgiving the people hope for _4_5_2002finding peaceful solutions to _6_advancing democracy and human rightspromoting economic and social developmentWoodrow Wilson_7_recognizing Fourteen Points peace programme_8_the Covenant of the League of Nations in the 1919
8、 Treaty of Versaillesworking out the _9_Theodore Roosevelt1906ending the bloody 1905 _10_war.简答题A vast dust storm that blew in from the deserts of Australias red centre has blanketed the countrys largest city and eastern coast in a red fog，causing widespread traffic chaos and severe flight delays.Re
9、sidents from Sydney in New South Wales to Canberra inland and towns in southern Queensland awoke to a red sky and greatly reduced visibility after the countrys worst dust storm in 70 years blew in overnight.The Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House were covered in the red fog and hundreds of people w
10、ere reported to suffer from breathing problems.Children，the elderly and those suffering from asthma(哮喘)were advised to stay indoors as even healthy adults reported “itchy throats” after walking through the thick fog.Commuters used face masks，originally intended to protect them from the spread of swi
11、ne flu，to negotiate(越过)the blocked streets on their way to work.Some schools were closed and sports activities were called off as the conditions pushed air pollution levels to 1,500 times their normal levelsthe highest on record.Passengers at the busy Sydney Airport faced delays of up to six hours f
12、or international flights and three hours for domestic trips，and some international flights were cancelled as visibility was reduced to just a few feet.Locals，ringing in to radio stations to express their shock at the red dawn.“Its like a nuclear winter morning，”Daniel Hall told the Daily Telegraph，a
13、dding that when he awoke the sky was “bright red” and “all the cars were covered in dirt”The dust hanging over Sydney had largely cleared by midafternoon，although national carrier Qantas said severe delays would last all day because of diverted and laterunning flights.The sandstorm，which measured mo
14、re than 310 miles wide and 620 miles long，was caused by dust clouds blowing east from Australias dry interior，which has been attacked by the worst drought on record.It covered dozens of towns and cities in two states as strong winds snatched up tons of topsoil，threw it high into the sky and carried
15、it hundreds of miles.1Who were warned not to stay in the open air？(no more than 10 words)_2What was the face mask originally intended for？(no more than 10 words)_3What effect did the dust storm have on the flight？(no more than 8 words)_4What is the main idea of the last paragraph？(no more than 8 words)_.阅读理解What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think
