Despite the high technology and investment(投资)in flood defenses by the Environment Agency(环保局)，there is no way to stop all flooding--sooner or later mature will produce something that will beat even the strongest defenses.
Warning people of this danger is very important if we are to prevent the great loss of life seen fifty-three years ago. Indeed if the Flood Warning system that already exists had been around on that cold and stormy night in January 1953 many lives would have been spared.
The Environment Agency look over the roll of fold warning in 1995 from the police who had to go door to door or sound alarms to get the news out. The service is being constantly improved and a combination of better technology and increased investment following the Easter Flood of 1998 has led to the creation of Flood line and an automatic (自动的) messaging system that can warn thousands of people in very little time.
Flood line 0845 988 1188 offers information and advice 24 hours a day and if warnings are in place, callers can get information cither from local updates or by using a quick dial code for their area.
The Flood Warning team in Kent has also sent letters to the people living close to the rivers or the sea and invited them to join the AVM（automated voice messaging）system. Anyone choosing to take up this free service will receive a recorded message directly to their home, business or pager telling them of the level of warning, giving them as much time as possible to carry out their flood plan and save items that cannot be replaced if lost or damaged, such as photographs or children’s favorite toys.
1.Choose the correct statements from the following according to the passage.
a. Many people lost their lives in the flood in 1953.
b. The Flood Warning system was already in use in 1953.
c. Flood defenses can stop all flooding.
d. The Environment Agency began to warn people of flood in 1995.
e. Flooding was created after the Easter Floods of 1998.
A. a, b, e B. b, c, d C. a, c, e D. a, d, e
2.What does the underlined word “pager” mean in the passage?
A. A boy employed to carry luggage in hotels.
B. A piece of equipment designed to receive and show messages.
C. A page of papers written to offer messages.
D. A person invited to write pages of messages.
3.People can easily get information and advice about flood any time of the day from________.
A. automatic messaging system B. Floodline 0845 988 1188
C. the Flood Warning team in Kent D. automated voice messaging syatem
4.The best title for this passage may probably be________.
A. Environment Agency B. Technology In Flood Defenses
C. Flood Warning System D. Easter Floods
1.D
【分析】根据原文，很容易发现a, d, e三个选项是正确的。
【高考考点】细节考查题。
【易错点】：做题不细心，无法找全三个正确的答案，误选其它选项。
【备考提示】：本题较为简单，用心查找，很容易找到。并选全各项。
2.B
【分析】从最后一段中的“Anyone choosing to take up this free service will receive a recorded message directly to their home, business or pager telling them of the level of warning”可以看出与home, business并列，所以B较为合理。
【高考考点】推测题
【易错点】：推测不准，误选其它项。
【备考提示】：根据原句推测词意时，要看该词与文中其它词之间的联系。不要孤立猜测。
3.B
【分析】从第四段第一句Flood line 0845 988 1188 offers information and advice 24 hours a day就可看出答案。
【高考考点】细节观察题。
【易错点】：本题很简单。不易出错，仔细查看就可知答案。
【备考提示】细节观察题，做此类题时要认真。
4.C
【分析】通读文章，总结概括。便可得出答案。
【高考考点】总结概括题。
【易错点】：此时要看文章总的内容是什么。也就是说不能看哪个答案本身正确与否，而要看全文的内容。
【备考提示】：总结概括题需综合理解。
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Directions：Read the following passage．Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer．
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【小题1】According to the poll, in this year's Christmas
| A．about 7 % of the population will do both online and actual shopping |
| B．about 31% of shoppers will do half of their shopping in actual shops |
| C．about 39% of shoppers will do more than half of their shopping in actual shops |
| D．over three million shoppers will quit actual shopping just because of the long queues |
| A．Something that makes people lose heart |
| B．Something that makes people lose face |
| C．Something that makes people lose interest |
| D．Something that makes people lose courage |
| A．retailers should reduce their in-store goods. |
| B．retailers wiR be pessimistic about the result of this research. |
| C．retailers should focus on the advantage of in-store shopping. |
| D．retailers will make more profits this Christmas than last Christmas |
| A．Concerned. | B．Doubtful. | C．Approving. | D．Objective. |
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Over three million people will do their Christmas shopping entirely online this year without once visiting an actual shop, a poll (民意调查) has found. Overcrowding and long queues in shops are forcing people away from the high street as the hassle (烦扰) of Christmas shopping becomes too much.
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Over a third of people said that the main turn-off about shopping on the high street is 0ver-crow-ding. Meanwhile almost a quarter said that long queues at the cheek-out are the worst thing about it.
Of the 2.065 people pored, even those who are stir taking to the shops plan to spend less time in them this Christmas. Around 31 percent of shoppers who plan to spend at least some time on the high street will spend less than half of their shopping time in actual shops, using the rest of the time to shop remotely via the internet. This compares to 28 percent of people last year. Meanwhile the proportion of people spending over half of their shopping time in high street shops has dropped from 41 percent last year to 39 percent this year. Just 2 percent of people said that they are looking forward to dealing wi.th store staff this festival season.
Guy Boxall, senior product marketing manager at Casio Business Solutions Division, which commissioned the research from YouGov, said that despite the fall in people visiting the high street,humans are "social creatures" who actually like spending time together.
"Although the high street is facing a big challenge Christmas, retailers (零售商) should see this research as a challenge to improve the in-store shopping experience, rather than the nail in the coffin. We are social creatures, and the desire to spend time with each other, particularly at Christmas, is never going to go away," said Mr. Boxall.
1.According to the poll, in this year's Christmas
A．about 7 % of the population will do both online and actual shopping
B．about 31% of shoppers will do half of their shopping in actual shops
C．about 39% of shoppers will do more than half of their shopping in actual shops
D．over three million shoppers will quit actual shopping just because of the long queues
2.What's the meaning of "turn-off" in Para.5?
A．Something that makes people lose heart
B．Something that makes people lose face
C．Something that makes people lose interest
D．Something that makes people lose courage
3.It can be inferred from Mr. Boxall's words that
A．retailers should reduce their in-store goods.
B．retailers wiR be pessimistic about the result of this research.
C．retailers should focus on the advantage of in-store shopping.
D．retailers will make more profits this Christmas than last Christmas
4.Wheat's the writer's attitude towards Christmas online shopping?
A．Concerned. B．Doubtful. C．Approving. D．Objective.
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A．space B．examples C．time D．comparison
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A．He takes them seriously all the time.
B．He values them more than before.
C．He expects only the Lunar New Year.
D．He thinks Chinese Festival are too commercialized.
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① stop working in the factory ② enjoy some special delicious food
③ have feasts with the family or friends ④ pray for peace in temples
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A．①③⑤ B．②⑤⑥ C．①④⑥ D．②③④
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A．people are eager to show their richer life
B．people have become tired of laba festival
C．people are living a better life than before
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