1、2选择题的作答:每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答:用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后,请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第卷第一部分 听力(共两节,满分 30 分)(略) 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题:每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIn fairy tales, its usually the princess that
2、needs protecting. At Google in Silicon Valley, the princess is the one defending the castle. Parisa Tabriz is a 31-year-old with perhaps the most unique job title in engineering- “Google Security Princess”. Her job is to hack into the most popular web browser(浏览器)on the planet, trying to find weakne
3、sses in the system before the “black hats” do. To defeat Googles attackers, Tabriz must firstly think like them.Tabrizs role has evolved dramatically in the eight years since she first started working at Google. Back then, the young graduate from Illinois University was one of 50 security engineers-
4、today there are over 500.Cybercrime(网络犯罪)has come a long way in the past decade - from the Nigerian Prince Scam to credit card theft. Tabrizs biggest concern now is the people who find bugs in Googles software, and sell the information to governments or criminals. To fight against this, the company
5、has set up a Vulnerability Rewards Program, paying anywhere from $100 to $ 20, 000 for reported mistakes.Its a world away from Tabrizs computer-free childhood home in Chicago. The daughter of an Iranian-American doctor father, and Polish-American nurse mother, Tabriz had little contact with computer
6、s until she started studying engineering at college. Gaze across a line-up of Google security staff today and youll find women like Tabriz are few and far between(稀少的)- though in the last few years she has hired more female tech geniuses. She admits theres an obvious gender disequilibrium in Silicon
7、 Valley.Funnily enough, during training sessions Tabriz first asks new colleagues to hack into not a computer, but a vending machine. Tabrizs job is as much about technological know-how(专门知识)as understanding the psychology of attackers.21. What can we learn about Tabriz from the passage?A. She was t
8、he first female engineer at Google.B. She must think differently so as to defeat the attackers.C. Her job relates to not only technology but also psychology.D. Her frequent contact with computers in childhood benefits her a lot.22. Why has Google set up a Vulnerability Rewards Program?A. To protect
9、Google against cybercrime.B. To monitor the normal operation of Google.C. To help the government locate the cybercriminals.D. To raise peoples awareness of personal information safety.23. What does the underlined word “disequilibrium” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. Imbalance. B. Preference. C. Differenc
10、e. D. Discrimination.24. Which of the following could be the best title of this passage?A. What leads to cybercrimeB. The “Security Princess” who guards GoogleC. Measures taken by Google to protect its usersD. How to become an excellent security engineerBThe English have a difficult and, generally s
11、peaking, dysfunctional (怪异的) relationship with clothes. Their main problem is that they have a desperate need for rules, and are unable to get along without them. This helps to explain why they have an international reputation for dressing in general very badly, but with specific areas of excellence
12、, such as high-class mens suits, ceremonial costumes, and innovative (革新的) street fashion. In other words, we English dress best when we are “in uniform”.You may be surprised that I am including “innovative street fashion” in the category of the uniform. Surely the parrot-haired punks (朋克摇滚乐迷) or th
13、e Victorian vampire goths are being original, not following rules? Its true that they all look different and eccentric (古怪的) but in fact they all look eccentric exactly in the same way. They are wearing a uniform. The only truly eccentric dresser in this country is the Queen, who pays no attention t
14、o fashion and continues to wear what she likes, a kind of 1950s fashion, with no regard for anyone elses opinion. However, it is true that the styles invented by young English people are much more eccentric than any other nations street fashion. We may not be individually eccentric, apart from the Q
15、ueen, but we have a sort of collective eccentricity, and ye appreciate originality in dress even if we do not individually have it.Another “rule” of behavior I had discovered was that it is very important for the English not to take themselves too seriously, to be able to laugh at themselves. However, it is well known that most teenagers tend to take themselves a bit too seriously.The goths, in their scary black costumes, certainly look as if they are taking themselves seriously. But when I got into conversation with them, I discovered that they too had a sense of humor. I was once chatting t
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