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(chǎn) 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 _____.
A．OhioB．CaliforniaC．OregonD．Alaska
小題2:.
The underlined word “prompting” (in the fourth paragraph) most probably means _____.
A．promotingB．a(chǎn)dvocating C．urgingD．a(chǎn)ppealing
小題3:.
According to the passage, the Pacific Tsunami warning was first reported by _____.
A．New Straits TimesB．Reuters via Yahoo! News
C．McClatchy Washington BureauD．Chicago Tribune
小題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.

小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B
小題1:D

小題1:根據(jù)Alaska Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.描述，可知不包括俄亥俄州。故選A。           
小題1:結(jié)合下文to order all coastal areas evacuated（把…撤出…）by 2 a.m. local time.命令所有人在當(dāng)?shù)貢r間下午兩點前撤出西岸地區(qū)，可知這個含有催促的含義。故C，催促。
小題1:根據(jù)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.從時間上來看Reuters via Yahoo! News報告的最早，故選B。
小題1:根據(jù)unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impact in the U.S. of a massive earthquake in Japan.描述可知選D。
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小題1:How did Dr. Shen find the solution to the problem of aging?
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B．By learning traditional Chinese medicine.
C．By combining both Western and Chinese medicine.
D．By doing research on both Western and Chinese people.
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A．Medical treatment.B．People’s good kidney.
C．Level of people’s activity.D．Positive life attitude.
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A．their bodies produce T-cells
B．their bodies are unable to fight diseases
C．they have reduced strength, loss of hair
D．they become weaker and weaker
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You want to enjoy the electric accordion on Saturday. Which telephone number do you have to ring to find out what time it starts?
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C．the big tree standing still brings the local people good luck
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B．A huge earthquake once hit Yushu County in the Tang Dynasty.
C．The whole nation does its best to help rebuild the new homeland.
D．There was still electricity after the earthquake struck the town.
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The underlined word “restore” in Paragraph 4 probably means _______.
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B．There are on average 5 persons killed by lightening in Nepal each day.
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B．People go to buy fireworks and firecrackers every where in Beijing．
C．Beijing residents all welcome the return of firecrackers．
D．Many stores began to sell fireworks and firecrackers．
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A．every Spring Festival falls on February 18
B．Beijing residents can set off fireworks everywhere ．
C．fireworks are allowed to be sold because people like them．
D．from February 19 to March 4, Beijing residents can set off fireworks twenty four hours every day．
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