The final results of Best-Ever Teen Fiction v...

The final results of Best-Ever Teen Fiction vote are in. While it’s no surprise to see Harry Potter and The Hunger Games series on top, this year’s list also highlights some writers we weren’t as familiar with. For example, John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars, appears five times in the top 100.

Summer, like youth, passes quickly. But the books we read when we’re young can stay with us for a lifetime. The following are the top 4 on the list. Enjoy.

1. Harry Potter series

The Harry Potter books make up the popular series written by J. K. Rowing. The series includes seven books. The books concern a wizard (魔法师) called Harry Potter and his journey through Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The stories tell of him over coming dangerous obstacles to defeat the dark wizard Lord Voldemort who killed his parents when Harry was 15 months old.

2. The Hunger Games series

In the ruins of a future North America, a young girl is picked to leave her poor district and travel to Capitol for a battle to the death in the cruel Hunger Games. But for Katniss Everdeen, the main character in this series by Suzanne Collins, winning the Games only puts her deeper in danger as the strict social order of Panem begins to unravel (瓦解).

3. To Kill a Mockingbird

Author Harper Lee explores racial tensions in the fictional “tired old town” of Maycomb, Ala., through the eyes of 6-year-old Scout Finch. As her lawyer father, Atticus, defends a black man accused of a crime, Scout and her friends learn about the unjust treatment of African-Americans – and their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley.

4. The fault in Our Stars

Hazel Grace, a teenage girl, has got all sorts of cancer inside her body, and her lungs aren’t working very well. She knows she is dying and doesn’t live in hope any more. When a man named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at the Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.

1.What do we know about John Green?

A. One of his novels tops the list.

B. Many of his novels are very popular.

C. He is the favorite writer of many teens.

D. He was a well-known writer long before the vote.

2.Who is the author of The Hunger Games series?

A. Harper Lee.

B. John Green.

C. J.K. Rowling.

D. Suzanne Collins.

3.What is To Kill a Mockingbird mainly about?

A. Lifelong friendships.

B. Racial discrimination.

C. A man working as a lawyer.

D. A little girl’s difficult childhood.

4.Hazel in The Fault in Our Stars ______.

A. is very optimistic

B. writes a great story

C. makes many mistakes

D. is changed by Augustus.

5.In which part of a newspaper can we find the text probably?

A. Sports.

B. News.

C. Literature.

D. Entertainment.

高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析

It was 3:45 in the morning when the vote was finally taken. After six months of arguing and final 16 hours of hot parliamentary debates, Australia’s Northern Territory became the first legal authority in the world to allow doctors to take the lives of incurably ill patients who wish to die. The measure passed by the convincing vote of 15 to 10. Almost immediately word flashed on the Internet and was picked up, half a world away, by John Hofsess, executive director of the Right to Die Society of Canada. He sent it on by way of the group’s online service, Death NET. Says Hofsess: “We posted bulletins all day long, because of course this isn’t just something that happened in Australia. It’s world history.”

The full import may take a while to sink in. The NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law has left physicians and citizens alike trying to deal with its moral and practical implications. Some have breathed sighs of relief, others, including churches, right-to-life groups and the Australian Medical Association, bitterly attacked the bill and the hurry of its passage. But the tide is unlikely to turn back. In Australia—where an aging population, life-extending technology and changing community attitudes have all played their part—other states are going to consider making a similar law to deal with euthanasia (安乐死). In the US and Canada, where the right-to-die movement is gathering strength, observers are waiting for the dominoes (多米诺骨牌) to start falling.

Under the new Northern Territory law, an adult patient can request death — probably by a deadly injection or pill — to put an end to suffering. The patient must be diagnosed (诊断) as Terminally Ill by two doctors. After a “cooling off” period of seven days, the patient can sign a certificate of request. After 48 hours the wish for death can be met. For Lloyd Nickson, a 54-year-old Darwin resident suffering from lung cancer, the NT Rights of Terminally Ill Law means he can get on with living without the haunting fear of his suffering: a terrifying death from his breathing condition. “I’m not afraid of dying from a spiritual point of view, but what I was afraid of was how I’d go, because I’ve watched people die in the hospital fighting for oxygen and clawing at their masks,” he says.

1. Which of the following has the similar meaning to “But the tide is unlikely to turn back.”?

A. What happened in Australia can change world history.

B. It is impossible to pass the NT Rights of the Terminally Ill Law.

C. Doctors are allowed by law to take the lives of the ill patients.

D. That the Law has been passed probably can’t be changed.

2. From the second paragraph we learn that __________.

A. the objection to euthanasia is slow to come in other countries

B. physicians and citizens share the same view on euthanasia

C. changing technology is chiefly responsible for the hurry passage of the law

D. it takes time to realize the significance of the law’s passage

3.By saying “observers are waiting for the dominoes to start falling”, the author means __________.

A. observers are taking a wait-and-see attitude towards the future of euthanasia

B. similar bills are likely to be passed in the U.S., Canada and other countries

C. observers are waiting to see the result of the game of dominoes

D. the effect-taking process of the passed bill may finally come to a stop

4. We can learn from the passage that Lloyd Nickson __________.

A. will face his death with calm when dying

B. experiences a lot the suffering of a lung cancer

C. has an intense fear of terrible suffering

D. undergoes a cooling off period of seven days

5. The author’s attitude towards euthanasia seems to be that of __________.

A. opposition        　　　　 B. doubt            C. approval            D. anxiety

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The speech by the mayor of Shanghai before the final voting for EXPO 2010 is strongly impressed ___ my memory

A. to                B. over            C. by                D. on

高三英语单项填空困难题查看答案及解析

The 16th Annual Our Own Words Teen Poetry & Fiction Writing Contest

Attention, teen writers!

Win cash, get published.

Entries will be accepted between March 8th and April 21st, 2015.

Awards ceremony at Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University on December 27th, 2015.

Winning poems and stories will be published as written. Contest winners will read their work at the awards ceremony at Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University on December 27th, 2015.

Your poems and stories will be judged on the basis of originality, style, general presentation, grammar and spelling. All entries will belong to Pierce Country Library System and will not be returned. Winners' names may appear in newspapers and on the Library's Website.

You may enter both the short story and poetry categories, but you can only offer one entry per category.

1.To enter the contest, you should

A. hand in a poem

B. be a teenage student from Pierce County

C. turn in published works

D. pay some entry fees

2.Your poem or story will be judged on_____.

A. how many words there are

B. when you hand it in

C. whether it is first written by yourself

D. what topic it is about.

3.What information can we get from the passage?

A. There will be 18 teenagers to be awarded in all.

B. Your work will be published in newspapers.

C. Your work will be returned to you if you fail.

D. Winners will be awarded prizes in more than half a year.

4.The passage can be classified as______.

A. a contest announcement

B. an official report

C. an art show review

D. an exhibition explanation

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Nearly half a million people are believed _________ their homes in the past months as a result of the disaster.

A. to leave        B. to have left      C. to be leaving    D. to be left

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

——Have      you got the results of the final exam?

——Not yet. I'm afraid it will be a few days we know the fall results.

A. before         B. after            C. until            D. when

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

—Jim, what’s the result of the final?

—Believe it or not, China _______ beat its strong opponent France.

A.narrowly B.casually C.manually D.typically

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

— I just can’t stop worrying about the result of the final exam.

— ______. There’s nothing you can do now but wait.

A.Go ahead B.Good luck C.Relax D.Go for it

高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析

—What about the result of your final examination?

—Not so bad. Not so good as my parents expected, ________.

A．either　     B．instead

C．though　     D．too

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

— Have you got your result of the final?

— Not yet. I was told that the papers ________ .

A. were not grading                      B. have already been graded

C. were still being graded                 D. have not grading

高三英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析