SHANGHAI: The Transportation Information System for 2010 Shanghai World Expo has been completed and put into trial operation, officials said yesterday．

       The system which consists of three sub-systems will provide seven options to receive transportation information, including websites, transportation guides, radio and TV broadcasting, hotlines, message signs, mobile phone and enquiry machines, to satisfy tourists’ requirements for transport information in the Expo garden and around the city at all time．

Option 1: Official site for Expo traffic information

       Inspired by Aichi Expo and the Beijing Olympic Games, the Shanghai event will also launch its official website of traffic information, www．jtcx．sh．cn．Mobile phone users can log on to www．jtcx．sh．cn/m．The website delivers daily traffic information as well as travel guide around Expo garden, and advocate using public transport during the event．

       Option 2: Expo Transportation guide

       Two portable travel guides were produced for the convenience of tourists in the Yangtze River Delta．

       One mainly targets visitors from the 19 prefecture-level cities of the Yangtze River Delta．The map introduces information of intercity coach lines, car parks, subway transfers．It will be distributed free at highway tolls and is also available for download on the website．

       The other one focuses on visitors in Shanghai．The map will detail the various entries leading to the Expo site, as well as bus stops and subway stations around the city．The introduction of over 90 bus lines connecting the Expo garden to the rest of the city will also be listed．The map will be available at hotels, railway stations, airports and residential areas．

       Option 3: Radio and television broadcasts

       Visitors can also get updated traffic information at home or on their mobile devices as the Shanghai Traffic information center will broadcast live traffic condition via radio and TV during the event, so that travelers can adjust their travel plan accordingly．

       Option 4: Expo transport hotline

       If radio and television broadcasts can not meet your needs of traffic information, organizers in Shanghai have also set up a special hotline for Expo traffic enquiries．There will be two hotline numbers 962010 and 12319 at your service twenty-four hours．

       Option 5: Variable message signs

       For drivers the variable message signs will become the first choice to access to traffic information．During the Expo, the signs will play an important role in helping drivers to receive traffic flow, speed, models and other information, as well as traffic incidents and road closure information, so as to avoid congestion．

       Option 6: Mobile phone browsers and taxi terminals

       Visitors can obtain real-time traffic conditions via mobile phone browsers．Traffic information will also be provided to car mounted terminals on the 4,000 Expo taxis, which will enable drivers to have timely access to real-time status on roads．

Option 7: Touch screen enquiry machine

       As for visitors who stay at hotels who are unfamiliar with the place, the tourism bureau have set up in more than four hundred 3-star hotels the Tourist Information enquiry machine．Visitors can check at terminal routes to Expo garden from the hotels．

1．Which of the following is the best title of the passage above?

       A．Seven ways to get Expo transportation info

       B．Information on the move

       C．Transportation on the way             

       D．Shanghai and Expo

2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．Visitors can get the map of Shanghai Expo Transportation free of charge．

       B．Visitors have access to the hotline of Expo traffic enquires only at night．

       C．Traffic drivers will be well informed of the traffic conditions on the road．

       D．Not all the 3-star hotels are equipped with the screen enquiry machines．

3．The underlined word “congestion” probably means ____．

       A．squeeze                B．jam              C．noise            D．mess

4．During the Shanghai Expo, tourists can know the traffic information in the following way EXCEPT ____．

       A．TV   B．Radio     C．Internet        D．Magazine

．____ the news, so far, has been good, there may be bad days ahead．

       A．While              B．When     C．If   D．As

When he realized the police had spotted him, the man _______the exit as quickly as possible．

A．made off            B．made for?          C．made out            D．made up?

.__________having hundreds of online "friends" is great, our real and closest connections still lie with those who are a part of our daily lives.

   A. As            B. Once         C. While           D. When

The teacher, together with his students,        visiting the museum when the earthquake struck.

A. was                         B. were                       C. had been                  D. would be

三．閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

Japanese couples, too busy for a normal social life, are increasingly turning to actors to play their friends on the most important days of their lives．

Several agencies have sprung up(涌現(xiàn))offering actors to attend weddings or even funerals．The

first guest-for-hire company was established about nine years ago and around 10 now send out dozens of pretend friends to family events．

Agencies such as Hagemashi Tai-which means “I want to cheer you up” -charge around ??100 for each “guest”．Other services such as giving a speech in praise of a bride or the groom cost extra．

The appearance of the small fake friends industry has been linked to social and economic changes in Japan．With lifetime employment (終身雇傭制)a thing of the past, couples feel uncomfortable about inviting work colleagues to their wedding．Increasingly busy and put upon, many Japanese surround themselves with only a very small circle of friends．

When they marry, however, they are under pressure to match the number of their new partner’s wedding guests．

Office Agents, the largest provider of pretend friends, makes sure that its employees have done their homework and know all about the bride or groom before the wedding．

Hiroshi Mizutani, the company’s founder, said the fake friends he provides must look happy, be well dressed and look like people with good jobs．

1．Why did fake friends industry come into being in Japan?

A．Because of social and economic changes       B．Because of lifetime employment

C．Because of normal social life                       D．Because of work pressure

2．Pretend friends will be present at the following occasions except ________．

A．weddings                B．funerals                C．work                     D．family gathering

3．The agents make sure that ________．

A．fake friends have done their housework

B．fake friends have good jobs

C．fake friends must look happy and be well dressed

D．fake friends feel uncomfortable

4．What is the best title of this passage?

A．Japanese couples are under pressure to get married

B．The first guest-for-hire company in Japan

C．Japanese couples’ social life

D．Japanese couples rely on fake friends

In insurance theory, moral hazard is the name given to the increased risk of immoral behavior, and thus a negative outcome (“hazard”), because the person who caused the problem doesn’t suffer the full (or any) consequences, or may actually benefit．Such a concern typically arises in the context of a contract (for example, an insurance policy)．

The most well known examples of moral hazard come from insurance．For example:

Fire insurance increases the motivation to commit arson (縱火), especially if someone is operating a failing business and decides that they’d rather have the cash from the insurance proceeds on the buildings than the buildings themselves．(The value of a business often is based on profitability; after arson, the owner can claim the business was profitable．) In a worst case, the building is over-insured or valuable contents are removed but claims are filed that they were destroyed in the fire．

In finance, low level of effort by the agent (employee) is called the “moral hazard problem” according to agency theory．The more autonomy (自主) the agent enjoys and the greater the information the agent possesses, and the greater the specialized knowledge required to perform the task, the greater the chances for the occurrence of moral hazard．

The problem of moral hazards for insurance can’t be eliminated, but can be minimized．For example:

Getting detailed information to evaluate the value of what is being insured, rather than simply taking the word of the person buying the insurance．

Requiring that there be a deductible(扣除額) (an initial up-front sum which the insured must pay out of his or her own pocket in case of a loss), and/or only paying out a percentage of the loss (say, 80 or 90 percent) via a coinsurance clause．

1．What might be the headache for the insurance company after a fire?

      A．Not knowing who set the fire．

      B．The owner might over-claim the loss．

      C．Where to get the insurance fee paid．

      D．How to punish those who cheated the company．

2．What might be the best way not to suffer over-loss in paying back insurance according to the above passage?

      A．Investigate carefully after a fire．

B．Try to get as much detail information about the insurance．

C．Try to catch hold of the person who committed arson．

D．Request the buyer of insurance to pay more． 

3．The two examples in the above passage are applied to ______．

      A．help people to have reasonable insurance

      B．present the difficulties the insurance companies have

      C．bring up a problem and a solution in insurance business

      D．invite people to buy more profitable insurance

4．The above passage is mainly about ______．

      A．a(chǎn) new theory in insurance                            B．a(chǎn) moral challenge in business

      C．a(chǎn) common business phenomenon          D．moral hazard in insurance

We are going to ______ meeting room to have ______ important meeting．Please get the room

ready at once．

A．the; the                  B．a(chǎn); the                      C．the; an                    D．a(chǎn); an

 My house is very _____ for getting to work as it is only a few minutes from the station.

A. comfortable B. suitable  C. convenient  D. available

She got married although her parents had not given her their _____.

A. allowance   B. consent   C. permit  D. appreciation