Federal regulators (管理者) Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergence alert (警报) system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry's trade association, CTIA, estimates（估计） more than 48 billion text messages are sent each month.
The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2009 federal law that requires improvements to the nation's emergency alert system. The act tasked(派给…工作) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.
"The ability to deliver accurate and timely warnings and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during, disasters and other emergencies," FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.
Participation in the alert system by carriers –telecommunications companies is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.
The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts.
There would be three different types of messages, according to the rules.
The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorist attack or natural disaster. The second would involve "approaching threats," which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child abduction (绑架) emergencies, or so-called Amber Alerts.
The service could be in place by 2012.
1.What is the purpose of the approved plan?
A. To warn people of emergencies through messages.
B. To popularize the use of cell phones.
C. To estimate the monthly number of messages.
D. To promote the wireless industry.
2.The improvement to the present system is in the charge of ____.
A. CTIA B. the Warning Alert and Response Network C. FCC D. federal regulators
3.The carriers’ participation in the system is determined by _____.
A. the US federal government B. mobile phone users
C. the carriers themselves D. the law of the United States
4.Which of the following is true of cell phone users?
A. They must accept the alert service. B. They may enjoy the alert service for free.
C. They must send the alerts to others D. They may choose the types of messages
5.An alert message will NOT be sent if _____
A. a child loses his way. B. a university shooting happens
C. a natural disaster happens D. a terrorist attack occurs
For a 400-year-old art form, opera had a bad fame: overweight actresses singing the words which were hard to understand in one of those romantic languages you were supposed to learn in high school. And with tickets costing as much as $145 a performance, operagoers also had a certain appearance in people’s mind: rich, well-dressed and old.
But now opera companies around the country are loosening their ties and kicking off their shoes in an attempt to keep opera alive and take it to a younger and not so wealthy audience.
Opera producers have found that to attract this crowd, they need to associate opera with the common people. That means no formal suits, old-styled theatre or bank-breaking ticket prices. And because young people don’t or won’t come to the opera, companies are bringing the opera to them, giving performances in such usual places as parks, libraries and public schools.
The Houston Grand Opera’s choice is the public library, where it performs “mobile operas”, shortened versions of child-friendly operas. This summer’s production is Hansel & Gretel. By performing smaller versions of large productions, producers are able to make people interested while keeping costs at a reasonable level. The San Francisco Opera, which will be celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, is staging Cinderella free of charge, keeping costs down by employing students from its Young Artists’ Training Program.
1.Which is the main idea of this passage?
A. Opera is famous for its long history.
B. Opera is only performed for rich people.
C. Opera companies are trying to keep opera alive.
D. Young people are not interested in opera.
2.The underlined phrase in the second paragraph means _________.
A. breaking up the old rules B. changing the dresses
C. making the audience at ease D. advertising themselves
3.Opera companies prefer to perform short versions because _________.
A. they can be performed in public libraries
B. short versions are easy to perform
C. it is hard to find long versions
D. they can make people interested
4.The San Francisco Opera employs students in order to _________.
A. celebrate its 75th anniversary
B. reduce the cost
C. attract young people
D. make Cinderella popular
5. From the passage we can infer that _________.
A. the tickets for opera are very expensive
B. opera is performed in a difficult language
C. opera is not so popular an art form today
D. students enjoy performing opera very much
She stepped on my foot _______, not _______, which made me angry.
A. by chance; on purpose B. on purpose; by chance
C. for purpose; by chance D. by chance; for purpose
假设你是李华，你刚参加了某培训学校组织的“英语夏令营”活动，请根据以下内容， 写一封投诉信。
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提高英语成绩 |
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一个班60多人，练习机会少 |
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内容简单，话题陈旧，枯燥乏味 |
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无午餐供应，到最近的饭店吃饭要步行30分钟 |
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仅组织了一次羽毛球比赛，与广告宣传不符 |
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描述你参加该活动后的心情和提出你的赔偿要求 |
【写作要求】
请用5个句子表达全部内容（信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总句数）。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
Dear Sir/Madam,
I have just returned from the English Summer Camp at your School of Language, and I’m writing to express my unhappiness with your program.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours,
Li Hua
1.They were going to have a party last Saturday but ______ ______(决定不履行) at the last
minute.
2. _____(无论在什么地方) he may be, he will be happy.
3.In the end, it _____ _____ _____(归结为) two choices: you either improve your work or
leave.
4. I ______ the copy _____(与...比较) the original, but there was not much difference.
5.You can’t escape punishment.
= You can’t escape ______ _______.
6.The advanced scientific technology benefits us.
= We _____ _____ the advanced scientific technology.
7.He saved the drowning boy at the risk of losing his own life.
= He risked _____ _____ _____ to save the drowning boy.
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