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Some schools, however, have started to realize the negative effects of such harsh discipline for non-violent infractions. Policies, in turn, are changing.
There must be a way for schools to address violations of school policies that do not have the harmful effects of criminalizing students. Students who have been expelled and charged with felonies have a much greater likelihood of receiving less education going forward, and may also have more encounters with the criminal justice system. 63. What did Wilmot do to invite herself trouble? A. She did a chemistry project.
B. She took some chemicals to school.
C. She went to school with mixed chemicals and exploded her school.
D. She went to school with mixed chemicals, which exploded unexpectedly. 64. What does the author think about the penalty the girl received?
A. It’s unfair. B. It’s justice. C. It’s a tragedy D. It’s exciting. 65. What does the word “it” in paragraph 3 mean?
A. the water bottle B. the behavior of mixing chemicals C. a bad choice D. local television station 66. What is the background of the adopting of the Zero-tolerance policy? A. It has something to do with the receiving of federal funding. B. There was too much cheating in schools.
C. There were too many criminal cases in schools. D. Educators in schools wanted to reduce their workload.
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New York (CNN) -- An international custody battle over a 70 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton ended Monday with the fossil being returned to Mongolia after having been illegally smuggled (走私), handed from owner to owner multiple times and sold at auction.
The \of Mongolia by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. attorney's office in a New York City repatriation ceremony.
\cannot allow the greed of a few looters and schemers to trump the cultural interests of an entire nation.\
\dinosaur at home in Mongolia,\grateful to all the organizations and individuals who helped make it happen.\
Under Mongolian law, dinosaur fossils are property of the Mongolian government and exporting them from the country is a criminal offense.
According to court documents, the dinosaur skeleton was imported into the United States from Great Britain on March 27, 2010.
Largely inaccurate import documents listed the bones' country of origin as Great Britain, while several paleontologists say Tyrannosaurus bataars have been recovered only in Mongolia.
The skeleton, standing 8 feet tall and stretching 24 feet in length, also was incorrectly described as various fossil reptile bones and other broken bones.
U.S. authorities gained possession of the skeleton after a self-described \pleaded guilty in December 2012 to smuggling and other charges. As part of his plea agreement the defendant, Eric Prokopi, agreed to give up the bataar skeleton.
Prokopi, whom federal investigators called \bond and is awaiting sentencing that is tentatively scheduled for August.
He faces a maximum sentence of 17 years in prison, according to his lawyer Georges Lederman.
The government has requested, however, that Prokopi be available to lend his expertise to Mongolian paleontologists about shipping and reconstructing of the skeleton, and he is complying, according to his lawyer.
Earlier in 2012, the skeleton had been listed in an auction catalogue of Texas-based Heritage Auctions, Inc. at an estimated value between $950,000 to $1.5 million. An undisclosed buyer in New York bought it for $1.05 million on
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In the following months, investigations by U.S. authorities and paleontologists determined the skeleton was from the western Gobi Desert in Mongolia, uncovered between 1995 and 2005.
The U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York filed action to seek forfeit of the bones, which were eventually seized by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Monday, \artifacts are part of the fabric of a country's history, and it is immensely satisfying to play a role in their return.\ 67. The passage reports mainly the _______ of a dinosaur skeleton. A. smuggling B. returning C. finding D. dealing 68. At least how many countries were involved in the smuggling of the dinosaur skeleton? A. 3. B. 2 C.1 D. 4 69. According to the passage, Prokopi is not likely to be known as a _______. A. smuggler B. commercial paleontologist C. criminal D. contributor 70. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The importation of illegal cultural product is against law. B. ICE has done something real silly.
C. The country of Mongolia is very grateful for the US. D. The dinosaurs’ skeleton is worth fortune. 书面表达
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请仔细观察下面的漫画, 结合图表所反映的信息, 用英语写一篇短文。
注意: 1. 揭示漫画所反映的主题, 并谈谈自己的看法。
2. 字数：150词左右。开头已经写好, 不计入总词数。 3. 短文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
For a time, disposable chopsticks(一次性筷子) became popular, which caused great damage to forests. But since our country began to ban the use of them in 2004, _________________________________________
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请根据下面的图片，写一篇短文，内容包括：
1、描述漫画内容； 2、揭示漫画所反映的主题3、谈谈你自己的看法。
注意: 1. 字数：150词左右。
2. 短文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
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最近，很多中学生都纷纷开通了自己的微博，一方面，微博可以作为展示自己的窗口，可以释放学习的压力。因此已经被越来越多的中学生所接受。但是，另一方面，很多家长和老师都认为管理个人微博要花相当多的时间和精力，会耽误学习。
请对这一现象在英语博客网上进行简要介绍，并发表自己的看法。 注意: 1. 字数：150左右。
2. 短文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
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