1、 Acontracted Bcontacted Cconsulted Dconvinced3Diderot was also a philosophical materialist, that thought developed from the movements and changes of matter Abelieving Bhave been located Cbelieves Dbe locating4We felt to death because we could make nothing of the lecturers speech Aexposed Btired Cexh
2、austed Dbored5The population of many Alaskan cities has doubled in the past three years Alarger than Bmore than Cas great as Das many as6It was very difficult to build a power station in the deep valley,but it as we had hopedAcame off Bwent off Cbrought out Dmade out7A baby might show fear of an unf
3、amiliar adult, he is likely to smile and reach out to another infant Aif Bwhenever Cso that Dwhereas8Christmas is a holiday usually celebrated on December 25th the birth of Jesus Christ Ain accordance with Bin terms of Cin favor of Din honor of9Weather ,there will be an open air party with live musi
4、c here this weekend Apermits Bshould permit Cwill permit Dpermitting10When workers are organized in trade unions,employers find it hard to lay them . Aoff Baside Cout Ddown11The symbols of mathematics we are most familiar are the signs of addition,subtraction,multiplication,division and equality Ato
5、 which Bwhich Cwith which Din which12The machines in this workshop are not regulated but are jointly controlled by a central computer system Ainevitably Bindividually Cirrespectively Dirregularly13We are sure that to do this face to face,he would find it difficult to express himself without losing h
6、is temper Awere he to try Bwould he try Cwas he trying Dif he triesl4The local people were joyfully surprised to find the prices of vegetables no longer according to the weather Aevaluated Bconverted Cfluctuated Dmodified l5 he realized it was already too late for us to return home ANo sooner it gre
7、w dark when BHardly it grew dark than CIt was not until dark that DScarcely it grew dark than 16Without computer network,it would be impossible to carry on any business operation in the advanced countries Apractically Bpreferably Cprecisely Dpossibly 17 will MrForbes be able to regain control of the
8、 company AWith hard work BAs regards his hard work COnly if he works hard DDespite his hard Work 18From the incident they have learned a lesson: decisions often lead to bitter regrets Aurgent Bhasty Cinstant Dprompt 19What the teacher of the science class does and says of great importance to the stu
9、dents at college Awas Bare Cis Dwere 20The Chinese community there,consisting of 67 000 ,is the largest concentration of Chinese outside Asia Avisitors Bworkers Cadults DinhabitantsPart II Reading Comprehension(70 minutes,40 points)There are 5 passages in this partEach of the passages is followed by
10、 4 questions or unfinished statementsFor each of them there are 4 choices marked A,B,C and DChoose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the centerPassage OneIn the United States the way people spend their leisure time is an important part of their identity
11、Perhaps everybody does nearly the same thing all day in the office or the factory,but leisure time is what makes people distinct and reveals who they areSome people like rock music,for example,and others may like jazz or classical musicSome people are runners or swimmers,and others are“couch(睡椅)pota
12、toes”who“surf”the television channels with a remote controlSome go to museums while others spend long hours at a shopping centreThese kinds of choices are ways that people define themselvesIt hasnt always been this way“Leisure time”was almost unknown in the United States in the eighteenth and ninete
13、enth centuriesWhen most people worked on farms,the workday was from sunrise to sunset every day except Sunday,which was devoted to churchLater,with the rise of factories and city populations,people worked equally long hours and had only Sunday for restSome people did many of the things then that the
14、y do nowattend concerts,have parties,go to restaurantsread novels,or play sportsbut to a much lesser extent. Slowly,throughout the twentieth century,leisure time grewTechnology made farm work less burdensomeand changes in laws shortened the factory work day and weekNew inventions such as the phonogr
15、aph(留声机)and the radio gave people access to music and mass entertainment on a scale unknown beforePeople gradually became consumers of entertainment,and businesses competed fiercely for their dollars For many people leisure time means going somewhereto a museum , to a concert , to a restaurant, or t
16、o a baseball game , for example. Or it means doing something such as playing volleyball,backpacking,swimming,biking,or playing in a park with their childrenFor other people free time means staying home with wonderful sources of entertainment,such as a VCR,stereo(立体声系统),or cable TV with dozens of cha
17、nnelsOthers pursue creative activities such as cooking,gardening,and home improvementThe latest stay-at-home activity is“surfing the net”that islooking for information and entertainment on the Internet People in the United States are basically not much different from others in what they do in their
18、leisure timeThe real difference may lie in the energy,time,money,and sheer enthusiasm that they devote to it21“Couch potatoes”in paragraph 1 refers to those who Acontrol their viewing of TV programs Bare happy watching situation comedies Cwatch TV while eating potato chips Dare crazy about watching
19、TV programs22 According to the passage,in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries,some Americans Aworked from sunrise to sunset seven days a week Bpreferred working in factories to working on farms Chad many of the leisure time activities that people now have Dfought for shorter working hours and mo
20、re leisure time23Apart from technology,the growing leisure time throughout the twentieth century is also due to Achanges in laws Bmass entertainment Cnew types of consumption Dcompetitive businesses 24In terms of leisure time activities,people in the United States Aenjoy a larger variety than people
21、 in other countries Bare not much different from people in other countries Cenjoy more stayathome activities such as“surfing the net Dare less energetic and enthusiastic than others Passage TwoWhether you are logging on to your personal computer,using a credit card,or disarming a door security syste
22、m,passwords or PINs(personal identification numbers)jealously guard access to numerous regular operationsIt is estimated that within ten years,consumers could be faced with handling more than 100 passwords! Given the popularity of passwords,how Can you choose ones that are sufficiently complicated t
23、o be secure yet are simple enough to remember?There are basic guidelines to bear in mindFirst,the dontsDont use as a password your name or that of a member of your family,even in modified formAlso avoid use of your telephone number,your Social Security number,or your addressSuch information Can easi
24、ly be obtained by a determined hacker(黑客)In addition,if possible,dont use passwords made up entirely of letters or digitsA relatively simple computer program can crack such a code quicklyFinally,do not use a word that can be found in any dictionary,even a foreign-language oneHuge lists are available
25、 that contain words,place names,and proper names from all languagesPrograms can test for variations of these words,such as if they are spelled backward,capitalized,or combinedSo,what kinds of passwords should be used? Usually ones that have a minimum of six to eight characters and that have a mixtur
26、e of upperand lower-case letters,digits,and punctuation(标点)symbolsHow difficult is it to crack such a combination of characters? One source says that“a machine that could try one million passwords per second would require,on the average,over one hundred years”How can you choose a combination that is
27、 easy to remember?Some suggest that you takethe title of a favorite book or film or a line from a song or poem and use the first letter from each word as your password,adding capital letters,punctuation,or other charactersFor example,“to be or not to be”could become“2Bnot2B”Other suggestions include
28、 taking two short words and link them with a punctuationcharactersuch as“High。?Bug ”or“Song;Tree”Taking into account the suggestions outlined above can help you to protect importantinformation from unwanted hackersRemember,too,the importance of changing your passwords regularlyJust a final comment:W
29、hatever passwords you decide to use,dont pick any of the examples given above25What is the main idea of this passage? AHow to strengthen security through a password BHow to choose a password that is easy to remember CHow to prevent your password from being cracked DHow to choose a safe and convenient password26Why shouldnt we use a word that can be found in any dictionary as a password? ABecause it can be easily remembered by a computer hacker BBecause computer programs can crack it CBecause computer hackers are determ
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