Tsunami warning system is tested
If he, the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, were alive, Thomas Jaggar would be proud of the U.S. tsunami warning system after Friday’s devastating earthquake in Japan sent a surge (大浪，洶涌) of ocean water dashing toward the West Coast.
● WASHINGTON — So many people surged to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center website that it slowed to a crawl early Friday, unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impact in the U.S. of a massive earthquake in Japan.
McClatchy Washington Bureau — Mar 11 06:09 p.m.
● CHICAGO — A tsunami warning has been issued for the central and northern California coast and Oregon, the National Weather Service announced early Friday.
Chicago Tribune— Mar 11 06:07 a.m.
● HONOLULU — A tsunami warning was issued late on Thursday for Hawaii after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, prompting state civil defense officials to order all coastal areas evacuated（把…撤出…）by 2 a.m. local time. Tsunami sirens (警報) began sounding at 9:59 p.m. on Thursday. They have sounded every hour since 11:15 p.m.
Alaska Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.
Reuters via Yahoo! News — Mar 11 01:22 a.m.
● LOMPOC — Tsunami warning ‘a wake-up call’
A tsunami warning that led to evacuations for coastal

communities and campgrounds in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Friday served as a successful trial for a more serious emergency, officials said after the danger passed.
The Lompoc Record — Mar 11 11:29 p.m.
● WELLINGTON — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, and it said the sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated and was in effect for some Pacific islands — Hawaii, China’s Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia etc.
New Straits Times — Mar 11 07:48 a.m.
— Reproduced by Yahoo Greenwich Meantime
【小題1】.
. A tsunami warning was issued for all the following states in the U.S. except for _____.

Tsunami warning system is tested

If he, the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, were alive, Thomas Jaggar would be proud of the U.S. tsunami warning system after Friday’s devastating earthquake in Japan sent a surge (大浪，洶涌) of ocean water dashing toward the West Coast.

● WASHINGTON — So many people surged to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center website that it slowed to a crawl early Friday, unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impact in the U.S. of a massive earthquake in Japan.

McClatchy Washington Bureau — Mar 11 06:09 p.m.

● CHICAGO — A tsunami warning has been issued for the central and northern California coast and Oregon, the National Weather Service announced early Friday.

Chicago Tribune— Mar 11 06:07 a.m.

● HONOLULU — A tsunami warning was issued late on Thursday for Hawaii after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, prompting state civil defense officials to order all coastal areas evacuated（把…撤出…）by 2 a.m. local time. Tsunami sirens (警報) began sounding at 9:59 p.m. on Thursday. They have sounded every hour since 11:15 p.m.

Alaska Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.

Reuters via Yahoo! News — Mar 11 01:22 a.m.

● LOMPOC — Tsunami warning ‘a wake-up call’              

A tsunami warning that led to evacuations for coastal communities and campgrounds in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Friday served as a successful trial for a more serious emergency, officials said after the danger passed.

The Lompoc Record — Mar 11 11:29 p.m.

● WELLINGTON — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, and it said the sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated and was in effect for some Pacific islands — Hawaii, China’s Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia etc.

New Straits Times — Mar 11 07:48 a.m.

                                  — Reproduced by Yahoo Greenwich Meantime

1..

. A tsunami warning was issued for all the following states in the U.S. except for _____.

    A. Ohio         B. California           C. Oregon          D. Alaska

2..

 The underlined word “prompting” (in the fourth paragraph) most probably means _____.

A. promoting      B. advocating     C. urging         D. appealing

3..

According to the passage, the Pacific Tsunami warning was first reported by _____.

A. New Straits Times                    B. Reuters via Yahoo! News

    C. McClatchy Washington Bureau          D. Chicago Tribune

4..

In which city did the news agency issue a tsunami affecting for some other places apart from Japan and Hawaii?

A. LOMPOC.        B. WASHINGTON.      C. HONOLULU.    D. WELLINGTON.

 (06·江蘇)

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time .That was my real   36   .

He had gone out of the study for some   37   , leaving me alone . In his absence I looked to see   38   was on his desk . In the   39   was a small piece of paper on which were written the   40   “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies (人物傳記).”

A(n)  41   boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the   42   . I did not . The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a   43   until the start of the exam so I could not   44   reading it .

When the headmaster   45   , I was looking out of the window .

I should have told him what had   46   then . It would have been so   47   to say : “I’m sorry but I   48   the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk . You’ll have to   49     it.”

The chance passed and I did not   50   it . I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t     51   to cheat , but it was still cheating anyhow .

That was thirty-eight years   52   when I was fifteen . I have never told anyone about it before ,  53   have I tried to explain to myself why not .

The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen me title  54   admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk .  55   there must have been more behind it . Whatever it was , it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入)you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).

36．A．plan                    B．fault                    C．grade                  D．luck

37．A．reason                 B．course                C．example              D．vacation

38．A．this                     B．which                 C．that                     D．what

39．A．drawer               B．corner                C．middle                 D．box

40．A．names                B．words                C．ideas                  D．messages

41．A．honest                 B．handsome            C．friendly               D．active

42．A．desk                   B．paper                  C．book                   D．answer

43．A．question              B．key                     C．note                    D ．secret

44．A．help                    B．consider              C．practise               D．forget

45．A．disappeared         B．stayed                 C．returned              D．went

46．A．existed                B．remained             C．happened             D．continued

47．A．tiring                   B．easy                    C．important            D．difficult

48．A．saw                    B．gave                    C．set                      D．made

49．A．repeat                 B．defend                 C．correct                D．change

50．A．take                    B．have                    C．lose                    D．find

51．A．remember            B．learn                   C．mean                  D．pretend

52．A．past                    B．ago                     C．then                    D．before

53．A．either                  B．never                  C．nor                     D．so

54．A．by                      B．besides                C．through               D．without

55．A．But              B．Though         C．Otherwise         D．Therefore

 (06·江蘇C篇)

I                                  Ⅱ

64．According to Advertisement I, the famous yearly competition is        .

       A．a music competition                                   B．an eating competition

       C．a cooking competition                                D．  a picture-taking competition

65．People who come to watch the competition earliest may        .

       A．get the best watching position                      B．get the best food

       C．watch whatever they want to                      D．take good pictures

66．The best title for Advertisement II would be        .

       A．The Vikings                                               B．Reliving of the Vikings

       C．Frjel                                                 D．A Viking Reliving Society

67．From the advertisement we know that Frjel used to be        .

       A．a Viking club                                              B．a family-based society

       C．a European island                                       D．a trading center

Tsunami warning system is tested
If he, the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, were alive, Thomas Jaggar would be proud of the U.S. tsunami warning system after Friday’s devastating earthquake in Japan sent a surge (大浪，洶涌) of ocean water dashing toward the West Coast.
● WASHINGTON — So many people surged to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center website that it slowed to a crawl early Friday, unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impact in the U.S. of a massive earthquake in Japan.
McClatchy Washington Bureau — Mar 11 06:09 p.m.
● CHICAGO — A tsunami warning has been issued for the central and northern California coast and Oregon, the National Weather Service announced early Friday.
Chicago Tribune— Mar 11 06:07 a.m.
● HONOLULU — A tsunami warning was issued late on Thursday for Hawaii after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, prompting state civil defense officials to order all coastal areas evacuated（把…撤出…）by 2 a.m. local time. Tsunami sirens (警報) began sounding at 9:59 p.m. on Thursday. They have sounded every hour since 11:15 p.m.
Alaska Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.
Reuters via Yahoo! News — Mar 11 01:22 a.m.
● LOMPOC — Tsunami warning ‘a wake-up call’
A tsunami warning that led to evacuations for coastal

communities and campgrounds in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Friday served as a successful trial for a more serious emergency, officials said after the danger passed.
The Lompoc Record — Mar 11 11:29 p.m.
● WELLINGTON — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, and it said the sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated and was in effect for some Pacific islands — Hawaii, China’s Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia etc.
New Straits Times — Mar 11 07:48 a.m.
— Reproduced by Yahoo Greenwich Meantime

1. 1.

   A tsunami warning was issued for all the following states in the U.S. except for _____

   1. A.
      Ohio
   2. B.
      California
   3. C.
      Oregon
   4. D.
      Alaska
2. 2.

   The underlined word “prompting” (in the fourth paragraph) most probably means _____

   1. A.
      promoting
   2. B.
      advocating
   3. C.
      urging
   4. D.
      appealing
3. 3.

   According to the passage, the Pacific Tsunami warning was first reported by _____

   1. A.
      New Straits Times
   2. B.
      Reuters via Yahoo! News
   3. C.
      McClatchy Washington Bureau
   4. D.
      Chicago Tribune
4. 4.

   In which city did the news agency issue a tsunami affecting for some other places apart from Japan and Hawaii?

   1. A.
      LOMPOC
   2. B.
      WASHINGTON
   3. C.
      HONOLULU
   4. D.
      WELLINGTON