高考英语阅读理解练习题《possession》

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高考英语阅读理解练习题《possession》

　　The sea is the common possession of all nations. It belongs equally to all. No one can take it entirely to themselves; nor is it‘foreign’to any one.‖

　　This was the decision of John Marshall, chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835. It was made known as a basic rule of the sea that no one, and therefore everyone, owns the ocean. This means that outside territorial waters (the waters within three miles of a country‘s coast),the law is whatever nations agree on in peacetime and whatever the strongest navy powers can enforce in wartime.

　　After the United States bought Alaska, Americans began to seize Canadians who were hunting seals outside Alaskan territorial waters. The Americans said that the seals were American possession because they often came into the Alaskan shores owned by the United States. International judges disagreed with this reasoning. In some cases, however, the special rights of a nation that makes good use of an open-sea area are recognized.

　　All of the sea‘s rules are set up by international conferences and agreements.

　　1.The idea that the sea‖ belongs equally to all‖ was put out by______.

　　A. an unwritten agreement

　　B. a U.S. Supreme Court decision

　　C. an international conference

　　D. a written agreement

　　2.The basic rule of the sea means that______.

　　A. any powerful nation may control the sea

　　B. any area of the sea belongs to the nation closest to it

　　C. no one has whole rights to the open sea

　　D. no nation has any sea rights

　　3.International judges decided that______.