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Part I Writing
Overseas Study at an Early Age
Nowadays, more and more parents are eager to send their children to study abroad before they finish high school by whatever means and at whatever cost.
It is quite understandable for parents to send their children to study overseas because they place high expectations on their children. They are encouraged by the success stories of those who have completed their overseas study. With the development of economy, companies and institutions at home are giving more and more emphasis on overseas experiences, too.
Consequently, pursuing overseas study has become a kind of short cut in gaining a better future. Moreover, there is still one underlying reason for this rush-economic reason. The rapid economic progress in the past few years in China has enabled more and more parents to afford the huge cost for their children’s overseas study.
As for me, overseas study is surely a helpful way to get both advanced knowledge and necessary experiences, but overseas study at an early age is neither necessary nor beneficial. The students may be too young to either tend for themselves or think for themselves. I do think that overseas study can contribute to one’s self-improvement, but it’s better to be pursued after one has finished his college study at home, when he is more capable of learning and living on his own .
Part II Reading Comprehension (Skimming and Scanning).
1. Y 根據題干中的信息詞bird flu和major cities定位到第一個小標題下的第一段，可知作者認為主要城市還會遭受襲擊，因為有很多災難可能發生，包括禽流感、大地震、暴風雨、恐怖襲擊等，再結合全文可知，本文是針對美國城市展開的，故該句表述正確。
2. NG 根據題干中的信息詞assessment和high-risk urban areas定位到第一個小標題下的第三段，可知作者等人對l0個高危城市地區進行了獨立評估，主要針對的是安全指數，但文章并沒有說明受評估的l0個城市地區是否涵蓋了美國所有的高危城市。
3. Y 根據題干中的信息詞policemen和first responders定位到第二個小標題下的第一段，可知括號中的內容是對first responders的解釋說明，即警察、消防員和急診醫士( EMTs) 等都是first responders，故該句表述正確。
4. N 根據題干中的信息詞search-and-rescue task force和made up of定位到第二個小標題下的第二段，可知聯邦城市搜救特遣部隊都是由DHS扶持的，每支特遣部隊都由62名隊員、4只狗和各種儀器組成，故該句表述錯誤。
5. handle the supplies。根據題干中的信息詞CDC's“green status”和local health teams定位到第二個小標題下第三段的最后，可知如果你所在的城市獲得了green status那是最好不過了，因為那意味著地方醫療隊可以自己應對補給問題，由此可得答案。
6. security fears。根據題干中的信息詞evacuation details和Las Vegas定位到第二個小標題下的倒數第二段，可知拉斯維加斯等城市出于安全考慮，不在網站上公布疏散細節，但當你有需要時，網站可以提供電話號碼等可以迅速獲得疏散的方式。
7. decades-old radio systems。根據題干中的信息詞incompatible communications和converted定位到第三個小標題下的第一段，可知通信不暢是全國(美國)性的問題，而修整或更換已使用數十年的無線電系統既費時又費錢，由此推斷，通信不暢的原因是無線電系統年久失修，因此可得答案。
8. “E911”/“enhanced 911”。根據題干中的信息詞precise location和GPS systems定位到第三個小標題下的第二段，可知E911使得處理緊急事故者可以通過全球定位系統確定打手機者的準確位置，由此可得答案。
9. enough spare beds。根據題干中的信息詞preparedness experts、500和100，000定位到最后一個小標題下的第一段，可知預備專家指出，一個城市只有每10萬人擁有500張病床，才能在緊急事故中找到足夠多的空床位，由此可得答案。
10. federal assistance。根據題干中的信息詞Metropolitan Medical Response System和developing plans定位到最后一個小標題下第二段的最后，可知一個城市如果屬于DHS的城市醫療應對系統，就可以得到聯邦政府在發展計劃上的援助，還可以得到重要的培訓和設備，由此可得答案。
