The Haitian tsunami gave scientists a chance to find out how well vital and potentially life-saving warning systems were working．
Noaa’s Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory has developed a warning system that picks up signals of tsunamis directly from the sea-floor．
It is called Dart-the Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis．If seismometers（地震仪） detect an earthquake, the Dart buoys（浮标） will determine what is happening to sea levels, and whether a big wave might be on the way．This information is then sent via satellite to a central location which can organize an alarm．Within 50 minutes of the Haiti earthquake, this system was able to issue an alarm to other countries in the Caribbean to say that a small tsunami had been caused to start, and that was unlikely to affect them．
Dr Bernard said, “The first 30 minutes following the earthquake, we have to rely on education．” The critical aspects of this are: do you feel the earthquake; do you see the ocean draw down; and do you hear that loud roar? If so, you should run for higher ground．
“But after the first few minutes, it’s crucial that we have the technology—the measurements to avoid unnecessary evacuation（疏散撤离）and tell people when it is safe to return．” Right now, there are 50 of these Dart buoys all over the globe—four of which are in the Caribbean．
Dr Bernard says that, with 75 to 100 buoys worldwide, this system could provide global tsunami warnings within one hour．
“That’s for everywhere we know that tsunamis have happened．If we wanted to go to half an hour detection, we could probably double or multiply by four times that number,” he said．
“In some countries, including Haiti, there may not be enough resources to support a specific tsunami warning centre for something that happens so infrequently．”
He said that this system was relatively inexpensive to fix and operate．
“To get it down to an hour for everywhere affected would cost $50m initial investment and then 10% of that to maintain it,” he said．
“That’s not a terribly expensive system considering the potential savings of lives．”
1.In which section would you probably read the passage in a newspaper?
A．Education and Society
B．Culture and Leisure
C．Science and Technology
D．Health and Medicine
2.How many buoys would at least be needed for global tsunami warnings within half an hour?
A．150 B．100 C．75 D．50
3.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A．The system can warn people of the coming of tsunami directly after the earthquake．
B．We can’t escape the danger of tsunami within 30 minutes following the earthquake．
C．Each country can easily afford a tsunami warning centre though it seldom happens．
D．It’s worthwhile to spend money on the warning system for possible savings of lives．
4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?
A．Tsunami Assessment B．Earthquake detecting
C．Disaster Warning System D．Life Saving System
浙江学生有了一门新课程——《通用技术》。请你给某英文报纸写一份通讯稿，介绍这一课程及其实施情况。内容要点如下：
1. 对象：高二学生。
2. 目的: 培养基本技能,提高设计能力。
3. 要求: 1）能使用不同类型的常见工具，修理、设计和制作一些物品。
2）毕业前通过书面测试。
4．同学们的反响，体会或评价。
注意：1．词数120左右；
2．可以适当增减细节，但不能逐字逐句翻译；
3．开头已给出，但不计入总词数
Senior high school students in Zhejiang province are doing a new course called General Technology._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加.删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
I often quarrel about my mother over whether I can watch TV after school．She holds view
that senior three students have to make fully use of every minute to work hard at their lessons．It
seems to me that once I am allowed to do that, I’ll unable to control myself and forget all about
my study．She also thinks it is bad for my eye．And I really can’t accept her ideas．In my opinion,
watch TV can set my mind at rest after a day’s hard work．Besides, it is important for us to know
what had happened at home and at abroad．Thus, we shouldn’t be forbidden to watch TV.
A．Use cash．Instead of paying things with credit cards, use cash for non-bill spending such as eating out, gas and groceries．Spending cash makes the spending more real, and there’s an added advantage of knowing when you’re out of cash.
B．Small weekly savings transfers．I got this idea from my friend, who automatically deducts(扣除) $20 a week from his check to savings．I decided that I could live with the deduction of $40/week without really feeling it — it’s a relatively small transfer that I barely notice, and I save about $2,000 a year!
C．Stay at home．Going out makes you spend money unnecessarily．You eat at restaurants, go to the mall, and stop at the gas station for snacks．It’s hard to avoid spending when you’re on the road．Instead, stay at home and find free entertainment．It’s also a great way to bond with your family.
D．Don’t get catalogs(商品宣传册)．Their announcements of sales or cool new products make it very temting(引诱人的) to buy something you don’t need．Instead, stop getting the catalogs, and you’ll spend less.
E．Keep a 30-day list．If you have an impulse(冲动) to buy something you don’t absolutely need, put it on a 30-day list．You can’t buy anything but necessities — everything else goes on the list．When the 30 days are up, you can buy it — but most likely, the strong urge to buy it will be gone, and you can evaluate it more calmly.
F．Cook at home．I know it seems more difficult than eating out．But it doesn’t have to be hard．Make home-made pizza with a ready-made crust, some sauce, cheese and veggies．Put some spices on something and throw it in the oven while you cook some brown rice．Not only is this much cheaper than eating out, but it’s healthier.
阅读下面几位消费者的情况介绍，并为他们匹配合适的建议。
1.Mr．And Mrs．Brown are a newly-married couple who work in the same company．They don’t earn much in their work, but they have to spend a larger part of their income to pay for their rent and daily necessities．Furthermore, they seldom eat at home because neither of them cooks well．Therefore, they have to pay a lot more extra money for food.
2.Mrs．Wang enjoys shopping very much because she is free all day long．Whenever she is wandering in the shops or stores, she will have a strong impulse and find it difficult for her to get back home with her hands empty．But it is quite often that she will find what she has bought is almost useless when she gets home.
3.Tony is a university student in New York, who is far away from his parents．He pays everything with his credit card．He finds it very cool for him to purchase with his credit card．However, he often finds his money has already run out in the middle of the month.
4.Miss Betty is a high school girl whose parents give her some money every week．As her parents don’t earn much money, she wants to save some money secretly so that she can buy a digital camera.
5.Miss Catherine is a young girl who is easily to be persuaded into buying something useless．She will get encouraged to buy something when she sees an advertisement．Her parents have warned her many times against doing such stupid things, but it doesn’t work much.
College libraries are designed primarily for research and study．To explain its use, let us choose a research topic and follow the step-by-step procedure of looking up the material for the paper．
Suppose your assignment is to write a paper on a novel called “The Sun Also Rises” by American writer Hemingway．The first step is to go to the main catalog．Many small drawers on the large wooden cabinets are lined up in alphabetical（字母的） order．Each of the drawers contains hundreds of alphabetical ordered cards．These cards are printed references to all material available in the library．Title cards are cataloged （为…编目录 ） by the first word of the book title, leaving out the articles like “a”, “an” and “the”．And then you get the cards for the books you need．On the upper left corner of each card is the call number．This is the numerical code that shows where the book is located in the library．The library has open and closed stacks．If your book is on the open stacks, you can go to the open-stack room, and according to the call number find it out by yourself．There are only about 30,000 books on open stacks, while most of the 800,000 books in our library are kept in closed stacks, which are accessible only to teachers and graduate students.
For undergraduates like you, borrowing books from the closed stacks have to be done with the help of our librarian．In that case, you must fill out a call slip（纸条） for the book, showing the call number, author and title．You can get call slips on tables near the catalog cabinets．You show your call slip together with your library card to a librarian at the information desk．He or she will help you find the book out in the closed stacks.
1.What is the main purpose of this text?
A．To present readers a brief introduction to a college library．
B．To guide readers how to find books needed in a college library.
C．To tell readers how to fill out a call slip in a college library.
D．To show readers where to find books in a college library.
2.What letter you should look for on the title card for the book “The Old Man and the Sea” by the Hemingway?
A．The letter “t”. B．The letter “h”.
C．The letter “s”. D．The letter “o”.
3.How are books arranged and shelved in the library?
A．By call numbers. B．By call slips of authors’ names.
C．In alphabetical order. D．By the first word of book title.
4.Suppose you are an undergraduate and you want to borrow a book from the closed stacks, which is the correct order to do it?
a．go to the main catalog b．show your call slip and library card
c．find out the call number d．fill out a call slip
e．get the cards for the books
A．a-b-e-d-c B．a-e-c-d-b C．b-a-c-d-e D．b-c-a-e-d
Jack Benny was one of the most famous names in show business．As a child, Benny learned to play the violin．After finishing his school, he joined the Navy．He continued using his violin to perform for sailors．In one show he was chosen more for his funny jokes than for his skill with the violin．That experience made him believe that his future job was a comedian.
Benny developed a show personality that had all the qualities people dislike．He was known for being so stingy ---- he refused to spend any money unless forced to do so．On his shows Benny often spoke of his appearance, especially his baby blue eyes．As he grew older, he always claimed to be 39 years old．Benny rarely made jokes that hurt other people．Instead, he would let the other actors on the show tell jokes about him.
In real life, he was very giving and he was a person people liked having as their employer．Benny entered the new media of television in 1950．Five years later, he dropped his radio program to spend more time developing his television show．At first his appearances on television were rare．By 1960 the Benny Show was a weekly television program．It continued until 1965．Benny appeared in about twenty films during his life．A few became popular．But most were not．In 1963 Benny returned to Broadway for the first time since 1931.
Benny received many awards during his lifetime．Perhaps the one honor that pleased him most was that his hometown of Waukeegan named a school for him．This was a special honor for a man who had never finished high school.
Benny continued to perform．He died of cancer in 1974．At his funeral his friend Bob Hope said, “ Jack Benny was stingy to the end．He gave us only eighty years.”
1.Benny was determined to be a comedian .
A．after he played the violin for the sailors
B．after he left he Navy for Broadway
C．after he performed in a show for the sailors
D after he joined the Navy with his violin
2.The underlined word “stingy” can be replaced by “ ”.
A．clever B．mean C．out-going D．hard-working
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Benny?
A．His first appearance on TV was very successful
B．Most of his films became well-known to Americans
C．Benny treated all his awards as nothing
D．His greatest achievement was developing show business
4.We can learn from Bob Hope’s words that .
A．he felt very sad about Benny’s death
B．Benny devoted himself to developing TV business
C．eighty years was enough for common people, but not for Benny
D．Benny performed only eighty years.
