题目内容
Japanese Pet Owners Turning to JellyfishPet owners in Tokyo have found a new companion—the jellyfish(水母).
They don’t bark or make your clothes dirty. They don’t leave claw marks on the sofa. And, best of all, they provide calm.
“It relaxes me to watch them float. ” Miki Koyama, a 28-year-old office worker, said of two doughnut-sized(饼圈大小的) jellyfish floating in a tank at her Tokyo apartment.
The pet jellyfish craze has been the topic of special shows on nearly all major TV net works in Japan. Jellyfish have ever pushed their way onto the pages of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the country’s leading economic newspaper.
As is often the case here, single women in their 20s and 30s appear to be encouraging this fashion.
Many consider the creature’s low, gentle movement in the water as their main attraction. Jellyfish are a kind of relaxation-introducing object of art.
They aren’t a lot of trouble to take care of. And their sting(刺) is mild.
“Jellyfish never disturb you, ” said Hironobu Fuji, an employee at a Tokyo pet shop. “If you leave the house for a week, it doesn’t matter to them. I think that’s why they are popular with women who live alone and want to keep a pet. ”
The pet species tend to be small, and are transparent(透明的), pale blue or milky white. They range in price from about US $14 to $38—a seal in a country where an atlas beetle(一种甲壳虫)(another popular pet) lives can fetch thousands of dollars.
Some 50 to 60 pet shops in Tokyo are now selling jellyfish, according to Hiroshi Yazaki of Nisso Industry co. Lrd. , which has introduced special jellyfish aquariums(养鱼缸) costing between $461 and $508.
1. In Japan, jellyfish are _______.
A. hard to find
B. raised as pets
C. able to bark
D. hated by many single women in their 20s and 30s
2. Jellyfish owners _______.
A. are never at home B. are always alone at home
C. train their pets to float D. buy the creatures in pet shops
3. Pet owners claim（声称）that _______.
A. they feel calm when they watch floating jellyfish
B. most of the sea creatures are overpriced
C. the pets are boring
D. in Japan they can never buy jellyfish at a reasonable price
4. Jellyfish are believed to be popular with so many young single women because the pet _______.
A. looks like doughnut B. help them relax after work
C. doesn’t sting D. always float on the water
5. According to the story, the latest pet craze has _______.
A. hurt the Japanese economic (经济)
B. been the topic of special TV programs in Japan
C. not been popular with children
D. only been popular with single women in their 20s and 30s
提示：
| 1 在日本，水母是当成宠物来养的。
2 想养水母的人可以在宠物商店中买到它们。 3 It relaxes me to watch them float.可知本题选A 4 Many consider the creature’s low, gentle movement in the water as their main attraction. Jellyfish are a kind of relaxation-introducing object of art.可知本题选B 5 最近的宠物热已经上了电视。
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A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at two forty-six p.m. local time on March eleventh.2011. Japan's Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami（海啸） warnings just three minutes later. The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world.
There are more than four thousand Seismic Intensity Meters in place throughout Japan to measure earthquake activity. These meters provide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening. Information about the strength and the center of the earthquake can be learned within three minutes.
There are also concrete(混凝土) sea walls around much of the Japanese coastline. But these measures proved no match for the powerful earthquake and tsunami.
Costas Synolakis ，a tsunami expert at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles said，"Japan is one of those most well-prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning. They had a warning. I think what went wrong is that they had not expected the size of this event."
He says there are two reasons for this. Japan has not had any event anywhere near as big as this one in the last one hundred fifty years. And scientists had not expected such a large earthquake happening off the coast of Japan.
The nine point zero magnitude earthquake was the fourth most powerful earthquake ever recorded worldwide. It was also the worst earthquake ever to hit Japan. The tsunami waves that followed were reported to have reached as high as thirteen meters in some areas.
Costas Synolakis says Japan's concrete sea walls were not built to handle such high waves.
Experts say early warning systems will continue to be limited by these facts until earthquakes and tsunamis can be predicted
【小题1】Where can this passage probably be adapted from?
| A．A magazine on science | B．A fairy Tale |
| C．A scientific fantasy book | D．A newspaper |
| A．A terrible earthquake hit the northeastern coast of Japan |
| B．It was also the worst earthquake in Japan |
| C．The 9.0 earthquake was the fourth most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan |
| D．Japan's concrete sea walls was unable to handle such high waves. |
| A．The country has never experienced any event as big as this one over the past 150 years |
| B．Japan has the best earthquake early warning systems in the world. |
| C．There are not concrete sea walls around all of the Japanese coastline |
| D．The government didn’t announce its first tsunami warnings three minutes earlier. |