tour thoroughly explains how the citizens of Aquae Sulis （the Roman name given to Bath） socialized， worked and worshipped． At the end of the tour， visitors can sample some of that refreshing water． Jane Austen Centre
Novelist Jane Austen lived with family in Bath between 1801 and 1806． Avid readers of Austen's work know that Bath was a prominent setting in two of her books， Persuasion and Northanger Abbey． The Jane Austen Centre， a three﹣story building on Gay Street has a permanent exhibit and tea room．
The exhibit offers two floors of clothes， anecdotes about what daily life would have been like for Austen in Bath． You can end your wandering with afternoon tea in the third﹣floor Regency Tea Room． Royal Crescent
This half﹣moon formation of Georgian townhouses is one of Bath's most famous architectural masterpieces， an arc﹣shaped cluster of buildings set behind a green field． The first home， No.1 Royal Crescent， where former Parliament member Henry Sanford lived in the late 1700s， is also a museum． Rooms are furnished in 18th century style， with a glimpse of the upstairs﹣downstairs lifestyle of the era（think Downton Abbey but 150 years earlier）．
（1）According to the article， the following aspects of Bath are covered EXCEPT ．A． history B． architecture C． transportation D． accommodation
（2）Which of the following statement is INCORRECT according to the passage？ A． Bath Abbey occupied the site in the 15th century after several historical changes． B． The Roman Baths are featured by a hot spring water， where you can tour around with the local guide．
C． Two of Jane Austin's books were set in Bath， where she lived for 5 years．
D． The rooms in No.1 Royal Crescent are furnished in 18th century style， resembling that of Downton Abbey．
28．（6分）There are a couple of ways to forecast the destructive potential of a hurricane so that people in the way can take adequate precautions． Satellite images of cloud patterns can be analyzed to estimate peak wind speeds， but the estimates are often way off the mark． Specialized aircraft can fly into a storm to measure the winds directly， but the flights are costly．
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology come up with a third way： listening to a storm underwater．
In a paper to be published in Geophysical Research Letters， Nicholas C． Makris and a former graduate student， Joshua D． Wilson， report a strong connection between the intensity of sound recorded by an undersea microphone in the mid﹣Atlantic and the wind power of a hurricane that passed over it． They say that such microphones， known as hydrophones， could be a safe and relatively inexpensive means of estimating hurricane force． Dr． Makris and Dr Wilson， who are now with Applied Physical Sciences Corporation， worked out the theory of underwater acoustic monitoring of storms in a 2005 paper． \very frank with you， it's a mystery what makes storms noisy underwater．\Dr． Makris said． The most popular idea currently is that it has something to do with oscillating are bubbles（气泡振动）．
The researchers then went looking for experimental data to back their theory， and found it from a hydrophone placed at a depth of 2，500 feet by the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration． It happened that Hurricane Gert passed over the area in September 1999， and a hurricane﹣hunter plane directly measured the wind speed at the same time． The hydrophone data showed sound intensity rising when the storm's outside wind \over， and again when the inside wall， the most destructive part of the storm near the eye， passed over． \，\． Makris said， \data and the actual wind speeds as measured by the aircraft．\
Dr． Makris is conducting additional experiments， working with the Mexican Navy off the west coast of Mexico． The eventual goal， he said， would be permanent hydrophones in known hurricane zones or temporary ones that could be easily laid by plane or ship in the path of a coming storm．
（1）It can be inferred from the passage that ． A． The scientists didn't gain any support from different fields．
B． Dr． Makris and Dr． Wilson have figured out what makes storms noisy underwater． C． The scientists have found the relationship between the changes of sound intensity and the force of the hurricane．
D． There are several creative ways for people to forecast the force of the coming hurricane． （2）Why is Dr． Makris now making other experiments with the help of the Mexican Navy off the west coast of Mexico？
A． To place permanent hydrophones in some zones． B． To collect more images of cloud patterns． C． To be secure in carrying out their experiments．
D． To get more information from the hurricane﹣hunter planes．
（3）Which of the following might be the best title of the passage？ A． Ways to Stop the Destructive Force of a Hurricane
B． Connection between the Intensity of Sound and the Wind Power of a Hurricane C． Hydrophones， Safe but Expensive Means of Estimating Hurricane Force D． Measuring a Hurricane by Sound Underwater
29． （8分）I have had a lifelong fascination﹣call it obsession if you like﹣with communication，with making links to other places， other cultures， other worlds． The roots of this obsession have often puzzled me． I am not﹣never have been﹣a gregarious person． Quite the opposite， I was a solitary child and my classmates at school and university always thought of me as a loner． I was never crazy about the noisy solidarity of social gatherings． So why was I possessed of a desire to make contact with distant places？
It can partly be explained by the start I had in life． I grew up on what seemed at the time like the edge of the world﹣in a remote part of rural Ireland， in a household with few books or magazines， and no television． Foreign travel was unheard of． Apart from those who emigrated to Great Britain or the United States， virtually nobody we knew had ever been abroad． Nobody ever went overseas on holiday， and no foreign languages were taught in the schools I attended﹣with the exception of Latin． We lived in a closed society that thought of itself as self﹣sufficient．
There was however one chink of light in the suffocating gloom﹣the radio， which we called \．\， by modern standards， a huge apparatus powered by valves﹣which is why it took some time to warm up﹣and a \eye\tuning indicator﹣a greenish glass circle that winked at you as the signal waxed or waned． The best thing about our wireless， though， was that it had a shortwave band． This was the source of endless fascination to me， because it meant that even with this primitive device one could listen to the world． At first I couldn't understand how it worked． Why was reception so much better at night？ Why was it so infuriatingly variable？ I asked my father， who looked evasive and just said it had something to do with \whachamacallit sphere\（he always called complicated things the whachamacallit） but this gave me enough of a steer to go to the local ，library and start digging． In due course I discovered that he was referring to the ionosphere﹣a layer of charged particles high up at the edge of the Earth's atmosphere that acts as a kind of reflector for radio waves of certain frequencies． The reason shortwave radio could travel such huge distances was that it used the ionosphere to bounce signals round the world﹣which was why radio hams in Latin America or Australia could sometimes be heard by a young boy on the western seaboard of Ireland． Signals from such distant shores were more likely to get through at night because then the ionosphere was higher and transmission over longer distances was possible．
I was spellbound by this discovery of how technology could piggyback on a natural phenomenon to push forward low﹣power signals through immense distances． But most of all I was entranced by the idea of shortwave radio， for this was a technology which belonged not to great corporations or governments， but to people． It was possible， my father explained， to obtain a license to operate your own shortwave radio station． And all over the globe people held such licenses， which enabled them to sit in their back rooms and broadcast to the whole world． The world suddenly seemed wide open to me．
（1）The second paragraph primarily serves to ． A． reveal the author's attitude toward foreign cultures
B． present information that sheds light on a certain preoccupation C． to display the author's nostalgia for his adolescence
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