It is hard to say that a telephone is just a telephone anymore. Not only does it let you hear Grandma's voice from miles away clearer than ever before, but it is providing even more important information services to its users. By the year 2000, American householders will rely on the telephone system for shopping, computing, playing the stock market, making airline reservations, and watching television. The lives of heart patients may depend on telephones with on line electronic systems altering their doctors to emergencies. This is in addition to American business managers who currently rely on their telephones for sales orders, inventory control, banking, video image transmission, and many other tasks.
New technologies, such as advanced computing and fiber optics, make telecommunications services cheap and quick. In addition, since the breakup of AT&T, the competition spawned (引起) among many phone companies has emphasized price changes and introduced innovative services.
But despite the stimulus to provide commercial benefits during normal operation, one essential ingredient is missing—the incentive to design for emergency preparedness in the event of disaster. The telephone system is improving its ability to respond to some emergencies such as wartime attack, but is not prepared to handle terrorism, natural disasters, fires or accidents.
Before divestiture (解體) AT&T operated a national emergency center that coordinated all procedures during a disaster. Today, in lieu of the previous AT&T center, a government agency—the National Communications System (NCS) —operates the National Coordinating Center to address disasters related to telecommunications. In addition, the numerous phone companies and large communications suppliers have developed mechanisms of their own to respond to limited emergency situations, but massive emergencies are beyond their capabilities.
1. What does “anymore” in the first sentence of Paragraph 1 mean?
A. in any case B. at no time
C. not longer D. nowadays
2. “In Lieu of” in Paragraph 4 is used to mean
A. instead of B. because of
C. In spite of D. due to
3. The writer's main purpose is to
A. describe phenomena
B. propose a motion of the modem telecommunications sciences
C. amuse attention to the limited uses of telephone in the event of disaster
D. argue a belief of telephone
4. What would the following paragraph after Paragraph 4 more probably deal with?
A. the examples of emergencies that telephone system can not deal with
B. different opinions towards the telephone services
C. the writer's conclusion of the passage
D. the disadvantages of the National Communications System
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It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I __________in love , at the age of seven , with the library in my hometown .
A．wouldn’t have fallen B．should not fall
C．had not fallen D．were not to fall
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Ever thought you’d get to experience the smell of ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra’s hair, or the scent(氣味) of the sun? Visitors to the Reg Vardy Gallery will soon be able to do just that.
The gallery, at Sunderland University, England, is holding a new exhibition “If There Ever Was”. It focuses on scent rather than sight.
The innovative(創新的) idea is the brainchild of curator(館長) Robert Blackson. His inspiration came from reading the book Fast Food Nation. The book discussed the use of artificial chemicals to flavor things such as milkshakes, making them smell and taste like strawberries, when they’re not actually made from them.
A smell can often conjure up(召喚) memories such as school dinners or a childhood holiday by the sea, but the smells on display, will allow visitors to experience smells their noses won’t have been able to pick out before.
“There’s a whole variety of different smells, including some extinct flowers,” explains Blackson. “Some have been gone for hundreds of years.”
One extraordinary fragrance(香氣) is the aftermath(災難的后果) of the first atomic bomb, dropped on Japan on August 6,1945.
There is also the smell of Clepatra’s hair, based on incense(熏香) that was popular among ancient Egyptians.
The Soviet Mir space station, which burnt up in the atmosphere in 2001, smells of charred(燒焦的) material (the space station caught fire).
Among the stranger smells is the “surface of the sun”.
“It is hard to sum up. It is an atmospheric smell, like walking into a room when the sun has been pouring in” says Blackson. “It gives a freshness, a sun kissed feel with a bit of metal. If you can say something smells hot, this is it.”
A team of 11, including perfume designers, have been working on recreating the smells for the exhibition. James Wong, a botanist（植物學家）at Botanic Gardens Conservation International, UK, helped in the recreation of the smells of four extinct flowering plants.
He did this by closely linking the extinct flowers with the smells of existing ones. With the help of historical reports of how the extinct flowers smelled, he was able to remix the aromas(芳香).
The exhibition runs until June 6.Fourteen extinct and impossible smells are on display.
What might be the best title of the passage?
A. The Reg Vardy Gallery B. Egyptian queen Cleopatra’s hair
C. A visit to a new exhibition D. The scents of ancient Egypt
Visitors can enjoy all of the following scents at the Reg Vardy Gallery EXCEPT .
A. the scent of ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra’s hair
B. the smells of charred material of the Soviet Mir space station
C. the scent of having a childhood vacation by the sea
D. the smell of the aftermath of the first atomic bomb dropped on Japan
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Visitors go to Reg Vardy Gallery to enjoy beautiful sights.
B. James Wong managed to remix the aromas by referring to some historical reports.
C. The exhibition will last until July 6.
D. The scents visitors will smell are found in the tomb (墳墓) of the ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra.
In which session are you likely to read the passage in a newspaper?
A. Science B. Education C. Entertainment D. Economy
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It is hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I _______ in love at the age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown.
A. wouldn’t have fallen B. had not fallen C. should fall D. were to fall
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單詞拼寫（共10小題，每小題1分，滿分10分）
1.The new teacher has made a good __________________(印象）on all of the students.
2.As is known to all,there are seven _______________(洲；大陸）and four oceans in the world..
3.It is hard to know her well because she always keeps others at a ______________(距離）
4.The disease has _________________(蔓延）to at leat 7 countries .
5.These are the __________________（傳統的）foods for Christmas.
6.Yesterday we experienced a ________________(猛烈的；劇烈的）storm .
7.He is _________________(輕微地；稍微）better than yesterday.
8.There are three ______________(信封）and two stamps on the table.
9.He gave in to his ________________(好奇心）and opened the letter addressed to his sister.
10.You`d better ________________(咨詢）a doctor when you feel sick
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After their 20-year-old son hanged himself during his winter break from the University of Arizona five years ago, Donna and Phil Satow wondered what signs they have overlooked, and started asking other students for answers.
What grew from this soul searching was Ulifeline (www. Ulifeline. org), a Web site where students can get answers to questions about depression by logging on through their universities. The site has been adopted as a resource by over 120 colleges, which can customize it with local information, and over 1.3 million students have logged on with their college ID’s.
“It is a very solid Web site that raises awareness of suicide, de-stigmatizes mental illness and encourages people to seek the help they need,”said Paul Grayson, the director of counseling services at New York University, which started using the service nearly a year ago.
The main component of the Web site is the Self-screening program developed by Duke University Medical Center that tests students to determine whether they are at risk for depression, suicide and disorders like anorexia and drug dependences. Besides helping students, the services compiles anonymous student date, offering administrators an important window onto the mental health of its campus.
The site provides university users with links to local mental health services, a catalog of information on prescription drugs and side effects, and access to Go Ask Alice, a vast archive developed by Columbia University with hundreds of responses to anonymously posted inquires from college students worldwide. For students concerned about their friends, there is a section that describes warning signs for suicidal behavior and depression.
Yet it is hard to determine how effective the service is. The anonymity of the online service can even play out as a negative. “There is no substitute for personal interaction(個人互動才能解決)，” said Dr. Lanny Berman, executive director of the American Association of Suicidology, based in Washington.
Ulifeline would be the first to say that its service is no replacement for an actual therapist. “The purpose is to find out if there are signs of depression and then direct people to the right places,” said Ron Gibori, executive director of Ulifeline.
Mrs. Satow, who is still involved with Ulifeline, called it “a knowledge base” that might have prevented the death of her son, Jed. “If Jed’s friends had known the signs of depression, they might have seen something,” she said.
1. The first paragraph is written to_________.
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A．report a suicide of a young man |
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B．show the suffering of Mr. And Mrs. Satow |
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C．describe the Satows’ confusion over their son’s death |
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D．introduce the topic of a website called Ulifeline. |
2.One reason that many colleges adopt the website is to _________
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A．provide their students with campus information |
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B．offer medical treatment to students in mental disorder |
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C．encourage their students to seek advice about depression |
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D．give their students various help they may need |
3. Go Ask Alice as mentioned in the passage is________
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A．a side effect caused by some prescription drugs |
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B．intended to counsel college students in mental problems |
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C．a collection of medical responses from students the world over |
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D．meant to describe the various signs of mental disorders |
4.The underlined sentence of the seventh paragraph implies that ______
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A．only actual therapy can ensure adequate treatment |
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B．the help given by the web service is doubtful |
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C．doctors have expressed a negative view of the service |
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D．a therapist’s office is the first place for the depressed to go |
5. Mrs. Satow would probably agree that _________
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A．Jed’s friends can prevent her son’s death |
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B．her son’s suicide is unavoidable |
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C．Ulifeline is a worthwhile website |
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D．depression is the final cause of suicides |
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