Despite the high technology and investment(投资)in flood defenses by the Environment Agency(环保局)，there is no way to stop all flooding--sooner or later mature will produce something that will beat even the strongest defenses.
Warning people of this danger is very important if we are to prevent the great loss of life seen fifty-three years ago. Indeed if the Flood Warning system that already exists had been around on that cold and stormy night in January 1953 many lives would have been spared.
The Environment Agency look over the roll of fold warning in 1995 from the police who had to go door to door or sound alarms to get the news out. The service is being constantly improved and a combination of better technology and increased investment following the Easter Flood of 1998 has led to the creation of Flood line and an automatic (自动的) messaging system that can warn thousands of people in very little time.
Flood line 0845 988 1188 offers information and advice 24 hours a day and if warnings are in place, callers can get information cither from local updates or by using a quick dial code for their area.
The Flood Warning team in Kent has also sent letters to the people living close to the rivers or the sea and invited them to join the AVM（automated voice messaging）system. Anyone choosing to take up this free service will receive a recorded message directly to their home, business or pager telling them of the level of warning, giving them as much time as possible to carry out their flood plan and save items that cannot be replaced if lost or damaged, such as photographs or children’s favorite toys.
1.Choose the correct statements from the following according to the passage.
a. Many people lost their lives in the flood in 1953.
b. The Flood Warning system was already in use in 1953.
c. Flood defenses can stop all flooding.
d. The Environment Agency began to warn people of flood in 1995.
e. Flooding was created after the Easter Floods of 1998.
A. a, b, e B. b, c, d C. a, c, e D. a, d, e
2.What does the underlined word “pager” mean in the passage?
A. A boy employed to carry luggage in hotels.
B. A piece of equipment designed to receive and show messages.
C. A page of papers written to offer messages.
D. A person invited to write pages of messages.
3.People can easily get information and advice about flood any time of the day from________.
A. automatic messaging system B. Floodline 0845 988 1188
C. the Flood Warning team in Kent D. automated voice messaging syatem
4.The best title for this passage may probably be________.
A. Environment Agency B. Technology In Flood Defenses
C. Flood Warning System D. Easter Floods
There are two main forms of teaching in Nottingham University: seminar(研讨会)and lecture. They are very different from the sort of teaching most often used in schools and colleges.
In seminars you will be taught with discussion focusing on a text or topic set in advance in a friendly and informal atmosphere. The purpose is to provide an opportunity to try out new ideas and to think through difficulties with fellow learners. Students develop friendships through groups ,as well as learning more about other people’s ideas. You can also know your tutors as an individual rather than a face at the end of the room.
Lectures are the most formal. There may be over a hundred in the audience and the lecture will last about fifty minutes. The value of the lecture is that it can present to a large number of people information which is not readily available in books, that it can give you an opportunity to hear a specialist devclop a coherent(有条理的) argument and that it can show visual material to a wide audience.
Your typical week’s work will feel strange after school or college since there are fewer timetabled teaching hours. Each week in the first year you may attend about six lectures and four to six seminars or tutorials (辅导). For the rest of the time you are working on your own doing the necessary reading in preparation for tutorials or writing seminar papers .When writing an essay or carrying out project work, you can often discuss with your tutor about the title and topic.
1.The purpose of the passage is_________.
A. to introduce two main forms of teaching B. to persuade you to try out new ideas
C. to stress the importance of discussion D. to make you believe that seminar is more helpful
2.One of the values of the lecture is________.
A. to make friends through groups
B. to learn more about other people’s ideas
C. to offer a chance to discuss with a specialist
D. to present to students information not found in books
3.Your typical week’s work in the university will feel strange because ________.
A. you may have no project work after class
B. you may give lectures and seminars
C. you may have tower timetabled teaching hours
D. you may write seminar papers with fellow-learners.
4.We can learn from the passage that________.
A. seminar is better than lecture B. lecture is better than seminar
C. seminar is more formal than lecture D. lecture is more formal than seminar
Café Hub
Next to the Castle lies The Hub, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and one of the most talked about spots in town. Our Café is open every day for mouth-watering lunches, snacks and fine dining. Come in and enjoy the atmosphere of The Hub on watch the world go by from our beautiful terrace.
The Hub, Castlehill ,Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Open every day from 9∶30 a.m. till late.
Tel: 0131 473 2067 www.thehub-edinburgh.com
Farm World
Enjoy being. “A Farmer for a Day”. Join in delivering and feeding our spring babies-bottle feeding sessions twice daily. Fun for all family. Horse Rides, BMX Bikes Cross Country Course, Tractor Ride throuth 60 acres, New Adventure Playground, Nature Trails. Full details on website.
Open: May-Oct Wednesdays to Saturdays and daily during school holidays 11 a.m. –5 p.m.
Tel: 01797 260256/260321 www. farmworld-kye .co.uk
Enter the Europe-wide student competition!
Are you curious, creative and energelic? Are you interested in the new media? Are you between 12 and 19 years of age? Then Join Multimedia 2006 is for you!
Your challenge will be to build a team and develop a multimedia presentation in English-based one of three different topies.You can register(报名)between May I and June 15,2006 and will have to turn in your entry before September 15, 2006.
The rewards are wonderful: 150,000 in prize for schools and teams and the chance to attend a European student camp-plus new experiences, an opportunity to make friends throughout Europe!
For further information and registration forms go to: www.siemens.com/join_multimedia.
1.You’ll have to register first if you want________.
A. to enjoy delicious food
B. to try Tractor Ride through 600 acres
C. to enter the Europe-wide student competition
D. to watch the world go by from the beautiful terrace
2.According to the passage, there will be________rewards for the Europe-wide student competition.
A. only one B. two C. threee D. four
3.You can visit Farm World________.
A. on Monday in May B. any day in October
C. at 2 p.m. at Chmatmas D. at 10:30 a.m. during school holidays
4.From the advertisements above, we can learn that________.
A. Café Hub is a popular place in the local area
B. families can enjoy Horse Rides on New Adventure Playground
C. Farm World provides lunches, snacks and fine dining
D. the Europe-wide student competition will be held on June 15,200
As skies are filled with millions of migrating（迁徙） birds, European scientists say the seasonal wonder appears to be strange. The fatter the bird, the better it flies.
The results of their study led to a theory opposite to a central one of aerodynamics(空气动力学), which says that the power needed to fly increases with weight.
For birds, obviously, the cost of flying with heavy fat is much smaller than we used to think. Researchers found that red knot wading birds double their normal body weight of 100 grams before making their twice-a-year nonstop flight between the British Isles and the Russian Arctic.Distance;5,000 kilometers.
Another study in the magazine Nature measured the advantage of flying in an aerodynamic group which allows birds to save energy by flying smoothly and quietly in the lead bird’s air stream.
Flying in groups, their heart rates were 14.5 percent lower than flying alone, according to Henri, a French scientist. The findings help explain how birds complete difficult migrations. Researchers had thought stronger birds would have the best chance to survive.
The first study suggests that building up fat to be burnt as fuel during the migration is worth more than the energy it take to carry the additional weight.
In the study, researchers said their team studied the birds flown at different body weights during 28 simulated(模拟的)flights. They forced a small amount of special water into the birds’ bodies so that they could measure the amount of energy burnt during the flight.
1.A red knot wading bird of 100 grams will probably weigh ________before making its nonstop migrating flight.
A.50 grams B.100 grams C.150 grams D.200 grams
2.During their migrating flight, red knot wading birds can save energy by flying________.
A. separately B. alone C. in groups D. in pairs
3.A ________red knot wading bird has a better chance to survive during its migrating flight.
A. stronger B. weaker C. thinner D. fatter
4.The best title for this passage may probably be ________ .
A. Birds Thin Down For Journey B. Birds Fatten Up For Journey
C. How Birds Build Up Fat For Journey D. How Birds Burn Energy For Journey
Getting paid to talk about the World Cup is a great job. I’m not a football commentator(评论员)，though--- just an English teacher in Japan.
I came to Japan two years ago, and didn’t think I would stay, but Japan has that effect on you. People often end up living here longer than they planned. I think it’s best to teach in a bigger city where there are other foreigners to mix with, rather than a small town where English teachers often complain of feeling like a goldfish in a bowl. Many people choose to live in Tokyo, of course, which is good for the nightlife factor. But I’d say that for general quality of living, cities of neither too large nor too small, like Sapporo where I live, are better choices.
I teach English privately, which means I’m my own boss. If you want to devote yourself to private teaching, it’s well worth doing a TEFL course first, because your lessons will be much better for it. The problem with private teaching is finding students; it took me a year to build up a full schedule(日程表)of private lessons, so I started out teaching in schools part-time.
Most of my foreign friends here work full-time for big English conversation schools. The salary is fine to live on, but whether you can save money depends on how much going out and traveling you do here.
The schools are reluctant to take time off -even teachers with tickets for the England-Argentina game had trouble getting the day off.
1.From the passage we know in Japan the writer likes to live in________.
A. Tokyo B. a small town
C. a city of middle size D. a big city
2.According to the writer, one had better________ first to do private teaching better.
A. take a TEFL course B. decide his or her own lessons
C. find students D. build up a full schedule
3.The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that________.
A. there are many foreigners in Japan
B. Japan is good for nightlife
C. they can teach English privately in Japan
D. Japan has something more attractive than expected
4.The underlined word” reluctant” in the passage may probably mean________.
A. kind B. unwilling C. free C. careless
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The battle was followed by a terrible storm. Therefore, it wasn’t until October 26 that Vice-Admiral(海军中将) Collingwood was 1to send off his report of Britain 2the victory and Nelson’s death.
He chose 3the task one of the smallest ships in his fleet, Pickle, 4by Captain in spite of 5winds and rough seas, Pickle made the 6of more than 1,000 miles in just over eight days, 7Falmouth on the morning of November 4.
From there, Captain Lapenotiere 8a fast post chaise（轻便马车）to London, traveling 9for 37 hours. He reached the Admiralty in Whitehall at I a.m. on Wednesday, November 6 –less than 11 days after he had 10Collingwood.
Most of the officials had gone to bed 11, but the secretary was still 12in the famous board room. Lapenotiere hurried in and 13the report with the simple words: “Sir, we have gained a great victory. But we have 14Lord Nelson.”
Copies of the report were quickly made and 15to the Prime Minister and King George Ⅲ. A special edition of a 16was rushed out and delivered all over the country.
The atmosphere of public 17for the victory was weakened by widespread sorrow for the 18of Nelson. As one poet later wrote: “The victory of Trafalgar was 19,indeed, with the usual forms of rejoicing (欢庆)， 20they were without joy.”
1.A. eager B. anxious C. able D. sure
2.A. announcing B. telling C. mentioning D. warning
3.A.with B. from C. for D. among
4.A.seated B. brought C. owned D. led
5.A.strong B. weak C. warm D. light
6.A.distance B. flight C. voyage D.march
7.A.leaving for B. arriving at C. staying in D. sailing for
8.A.made B. took C. kept D. sat
9.A.freely B. aimlessly C. slowly D. continuously
10.A.seen B. found C. told D. left
11.A.long before B. long ago C. before long D. long after
12.A.on leave B. on business C. at work D. at sea
13.A.took over B. handed over C. gave out D. turned out
14.A.defeated B. beaten C. missed D. lost
15.A.sent B. carried C. suggested D. written
16.A.book B. newspaper C. weekly D. magazine
17.A.hope B. search C. desire D. happiness
18.A.return B. failure C. death D. injury
19.A.congratulated B. celebrated C. gained D. reported
20.A.and B. so C. for D. but
