When it comes to the Internet, people talk about the password most. Actually, it’s been under fire for a long time. Research has shown that passwords are not a very good way to protect sensitive information.

People would use some random characters, numbers and symbols. Furthermore, a unique password would be used for every site or application the user uses. Unfortunately, the longer and more complex passwords become, the more people are likely to forger them. Therefore, they use the same password for every service or application. These are all big no-noes and essentially defeat the purpose of a password.

Google is trying to kill off passwords on Android devices by introducing the Trust API, which does what simple passwords cannot and gives developers a framework for securing their application using a number of security systems and metrics(衡量标准)on the device. A Trust Score will be generated based on a number of metrics including your device location, face scanning, fingerprints, and the things like your typing speed or the way you speak. Taken one at a time, these metrics are not secure. But taken together, these metrics will help recognize the real “you”.

The good news is that Google has already been testing this on real world data. Google has proven the Trust API works. Next Google will run tests will some banks to see if the Trust API meets their needs before rolling out the system on Android phones later. It may take another year for apps and popular sites to start using the Trust API.

This is a pretty exciting change. Passwords have been around for a lone time. Although the security of systems has been improved, the usability of systems hasn’t been proved much. Google appears to have the best of them. Maybe that never-ending conflict between security and convenience will be able to take a break once the Trust system comes out.

28. What is implied in the underlined sentence in Para. 2?

A. Users make mistakes in using passwords.

B. Users should know the purpose of passwords.

C. Users have learnt to say no to their passwords.

D. Users misunderstand the meaning of passwords.

29. How is the key part of the Trust API generated?

A. By taking one metric at a time.

B. By combining various metrics.

C. By developing security systems.

D. By analyzing complex passwords.

30. What can we know about the Trust system from the text?

A. It needs to be improved in the future.

B. It hasn’t been proven to be effective.

C. It will be used on Android devices first.

D. It is secure and convenient for the users.

31. What would be the best title for the text?

A. How does Google develop the Trust API?

B. Will the Trust API meet the users’ needs?

C. Will passwords soon be a thing of the past?

D. How do passwords protect personal information?

     Top five best dressed at the Oscars

      No. 5, Keisha Whitaker.  I'm still loving yellow.

      No. 4, Witherspoon seems to be making Best Dressed lists for every event she attends this season.

      No. 3, Nicole Kidman looked amazing. And honestly, she would have been higher on my list if her dress hadn't had that bow(蝴蝶结 )  thing off to the side that depending on the angle she was standing at, looked like a pirate parrot sitting on her shoulder.

      No. 2, Cate Blanchett, Armani, simple, yet not boring.  And I love the gun metal grey color.

    And this year's No. 1 Best dressed goes to Penelope Cruz. She gets the No. 1 spot for actually taking a chance, and pulling it off. On a different person, her dusty rose colored Versace could have easily been on the Worst Dressed List. But she looks perfect.

     Top five worst dressed at the Oscars

     The No. 5 Worst Dressed person was Kirsten Dunst. The dress itself was nice, or at least I'm sure it was fashionable. Maybe it would be on anyone but Kirsten, but she ended up looking like a deflated corpse(尸体).

       No.  4 goes to Gwyneth Paltrow.  Her face looked great, but every time the camera cut to a full body shot, it was like "Huh.  The dress looks bad. "

   No. 3, Anne Hthaway. Giant bows are very rarely a good idea, yet everyone keeps wearing them. Anne's bow looked OK at times, but from other angles looked like a large, dead, fuzzy black moth(蛾) on her chest.

      No.  2, Kelly Preston wearing Dolce &. Gabbana leopard print.  I'm sorry, it's the leopard print. I can't handle it. And nice hair.

       And the No. 1 Worst Dressed star at this year's Academy Awards was Jessica Biel.  At the Oscars, hot pink and a belt can make anyone look tacky. And then you just end up looking like an 80's pop star in a room otherwise full of princesses and one tiny layer cake.

25. How many best dresses are relevant to color according to the comment?

      A. 2             B.  3              C.4               D. 5

26. Nicole Kidman would have looked better if            .

     A. her dress had had that bow thing off to the side

     B. her dress hadn't had that bow thing off to the side

     C. she had moved that bow thing off to the side

     D. she hadn't moved that bow thing off to the side.

27. Kirsten Dunst became one of the worst dressed because            .

      A. she wore a wrong dress                      B. the dress was ugly

      C. the color didn't fit her                       D. the decoration was bad

28. What does the underlined word "tacky"in the last paragraph mean?

   A. Immature.       B. Original.         C. Fashionable.       D. Tasteless.

  It’s reported that a male waiter recently poured boiling water over a female customer at a hot pot restaurant after the woman was caught complaining about the waiter’s bad service online.  36

The female victim，surnamed Lin，reportedly got into an argument with the waiter，surnamed Zhu，when Zhu refused her repeated request for additional soup for her pot．Lin was rushed to hospital and was diagnosed with severe bums on up to 40％of her body．  37 

Many netizens criticized the waiter for being too impulsive and ignoring the possible consequences，but some also accused Lin of being too picky．Meanwhile，some came up with a question worthy of discussion：38

Many tragedies are caused by arguments and if the victim can control his or her anger and try to reach a compmmise，the tragedies could possibly be avoided．Sometimes so-called“cowardliness”can be a form of self-protection，especially when you are faced with strangers and you know little about their personalities．

  39 When they calm down afterwards，they would regret their“ridiculous”behavior and have to pay the price for the consequences·

In May，a male driver in the southwestern city of Chengdu was captured on film intercepting a woman’s car and dragging her out of her seat，throwing her on the ground，before cruelly kicking her several times on the head，simply because the woman suddenly changed lanes in front of his car.

 40   Forgive others’mistakes and avoid fueling others’anger．Accordingly，you may be less likely to suffer from unexpected troubles．

A．Will the situation be out of control because of your anger?

B．Intolerance has contributed to lots of violent incidents．

C．How to keep ourselves safe when we argue with others?

D．The waiter has been arrested for further investigation and trial．

E．This incident caused an outcry among netizens and opinion leaders．

F．But it is difficult to control our anger when we have conflict with others.

G．So next time you deal with conflict，it is more advisable to control your temper and say“sorry”with a smile．

 To succeed in life, one first needs to set a goal and then gradually make ____________ more practical.

A. it B. one C. this D. those

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.

1. 吉姆不假思索地回答了老师的问题。(hesitation)

2. 青年人很有必要学会对自己所做的事情负责。(essential)

3. 这份工作要求太高, 没有几个人能胜任。（So…）

4．网上购物虽然便捷，但个人信息的安全问题不容忽视。(while)

5. 出国学习会使学生受益匪浅，但是他们也有可能会面临一系列前所未有的挑战。（likely）

Online shopping is coming into fashion in most cities, where people are able to make full use of the rapidly-developed internet technology. Nowadays, can we find a person  61  has not experienced online shopping? Definitely not.

Online shopping  62  (welcome) by most people due to various reasons. From the perspective of consumers, it can save some time for people who don’t have much spare time. Just click the mouse, they can get 63  they want while staying at home. For the retailers, it can cut some costs for those who don’t have much circulating funds. 64 (compare) with the traditional trade mode, they don’t have to spend money in renting a house. 65  , there are still some disadvantages on online shopping. First, a face-to-face deal makes online shopping less 66  (rely) and trustworthy. Second, people will lose 67   fun of bargaining.

68  is undeniable  that shopping on the internet has become an irresistible trend in modern society. It’s of great urgency that we need to make the relative laws in accordance 69   the rapid growth of online shopping. Only in this way can we enjoy the pleasure and 70   (convenient) of online shopping without the concern of being cheated.

— I’m sorry, Mum. I made a mistake in what you had told me to do, and....

   — Take it easy, my darling! Everybody ________ make mistakes.

A. may                   B. need                   C. should                   D. can   

The homeless dog, known as Xiao Sa, has been following a team of cyclists for 24 days along 1,833 kilometers of highway from Kangding, Sichuan province, to Lhasa in Tibet.

Nobody knows where the white dog came from or how long she has been straying on highway G318. Netizens call her the "dog with determination" and the micro blog "Go Go Xiao Sa" recording her life has attracted more than 37,000 followers in two weeks.

A picture of Xiao Sa in the arms of a young man in front of the Potala Palace on Thursday night drew more than 4,000 comments congratulating the small dog and expressing dreams of going to Lhasa.

The young man in the picture is Zhang Heng, 22, a student in Wuhan, Hubei province. As his graduation trip, he decided to face the challenge of riding to Lhasa alone. On the way he met a lonely dog. "She was lying, tired, on the street around Yajiang, Sichuan province," he said. "So we fed her, and then she followed our team.”

"We felt she might want to come along with us, so we decided to bring her along to the end." A week later, Zhang and his buddies opened a micro blog account for her. "We thought the dog was encouraging us, and wanted others to know its story," he said. They created the name Xiao Sa by combining xiao meaning "little" with the last syllable of Lhasa.

During their journey, Xiao Sa, Zhang and his team covered more than 1,700 kilometers and climbed 10 mountains higher than 4,000 meters. Xiao Sa just ran up the mountains or along dirt roads.

"Many people stopped cycling in some sections, then took the bus, but the dog made it," he said. Zhang put the dog on the back of the bike when the team was riding downhill. "The speed can reach 70 kilometers per hour, impossible for the dog to catch us."

Zhang Heng, who accompanied Xiao Sa for 20 days, called her "a buddy and a friend". "I would like to take the dog home and take care of her. She has been a stray on the road for a long time. She needs a home."
21 How did the netizens feel when they read the micro blog related to the dog?

A. inspired              B. sympathetic                   

C. pitiful                  D. unbelievable

22. Zhang Heng and his team opened a micro blog account for the dog just because __________.

A. the dog is very cute and friendly

B. the dog encouraged them and they wanted more people to know its story

      C. it is the first dog to travel to Lhasa

D. They had nothing else to do on their journey

23. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. The dog had been straying on highway G318 before it met the team of cyclists .

B. During their journey, Zhang and his team climbed 10 mountains higher than 4,000 meters .

C. The micro blog “Go Go Xiao Sa ”has attracted more than 37,000 followers in two weeks .

D. The dog ran alone behind them when the team was riding downhill.

24. Which might be the best title for the passage?

A. A Dog with Determination                   B. A Micro Blog and a Dog

C. Travel to Lhasa with a Dog                  D. A Dog Follows a Team

I am not sure who is going to get the files.We ____ get them but nothing is certain.

A.must                     B.Shall                   C.should         D.might

     Fed up with constantly having to recharge or replace batteries in your ever-expanding electronic devices? The solution may be just a few steps away.

   “Energy harvesting” promises to power countless consumer devices, often with nothing more than your body’s movement or heat. Dozens of companies around the world already offer such products, but many experts believe the market for the technology could explode due to electronic devices being developed for the Internet of Things.

   “It’s huge，” said Graham Martin, CEO of the EnOcean Alliance, a San Ramon-based group of businesses that promotes wireless energy-harvesting technologies. With the Internet of Things expected to combine billions of devices, “if they are all battery-powered, we’ll have a problem because there’s not enough lithium(锂）in the world，” he added. “So a lot of them will have to use energy harvesting.”

    Among the most basic forms of the technology is body power. When certain materials are squeezed or stretched, the movement of their atoms creates an electrical charge. Automatic watches have employed the concept for decades, for example, by winding themselves when their user moves their arm. Now, the concept is being considered for a number of other devices.

    In a contest seeking visionary ideas for wearable technologies, Intel awarded $5,000 for a concept to change the temperature difference between a person’s body and a special piece of clothing they’d wear into electricity for mobile devices.

     Using sound to power devices is another energy-harvesting variation. Stanford University engineers are testing smart microchips that create electricity from ultrasound to power implantable devices that can analyze a person’s nervous system or treat their diseases.

     A textile research association in Spain is proposing to obtain electricity from radio waves that flow around everyone to power sensors sewn into clothes, which can monitor a person's heartbeat or other vital signs. Research firm lDTechEx has estimated that annual global sales of energy-harvesting products could hit $2.6 billion by 2024, while WinterGreen Research predicts sales of $4.2 billion by 2019.

    Obtaining stable energy from devices can be complex, however. For one thing, the motion that generates the electricity has to be constant to be useful. Moreover, the amount of power the devices produce depends on the person using them，according to a Columbia University study. It determined that taller people on average provide about 20 percent more power than shorter ones when walking, running or cycling.

    It’s also unclear how eagerly consumers might welcome energy-harvesting products. While such devices are expected to cost less than battery-powered alternatives when compared over many years, experts say, people may continue buying ones with batteries merely because those would be cheaper in the short term.

61. Which “explode” in the following sentences has the most similar meaning to the word “explode” in   Paragraph 2?

A. They were clearing up when the second bomb exploded.  

B. The continued tension could explode into more violence.

C. The population exploded to 40,000 during the last tourist season.

D. The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary.

62. What makes “energy harvesting” necessary according to the passage?

A. The waste of lithium in the world.

B. The increasing number of electronic devices.

C. The development of technology.

D. The pollution caused by batteries.

63. It can be learned from the passage that _______.

A. energy-harvesting products save money in the long run

B. taller people can surely produce a larger amount of power

C. automatic watches harvest energy from the users’ body heat

    D. two ways of harvesting energy are mentioned in the passage

64. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. Energy harvesting: a low-risk technology

B. Energy harvesting: a high-profit technology

C. Energy harvesting: a problem-free technology

D. Energy harvesting: an environment-friendly technology

Dear Ms Linda,

Though I am living in a wealthy family, I don’t feel as happy as other boys because I’m forbidden to do what I want to, such as surfing the Internet, playing with my friends, buying what I want, and so on. My parents ask me to study all day. I feel they are too hard on me. I often feel upset as I have no freedom. What shall I do? I will greatly appreciate it if you could give me some advice.

Yours,

回信应包含以下两个要点：1. 简述自己的类似经历；2. 提出至少两条建议。

Dear David,

I can understand how you feel. When I was young,

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Yours,

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    假如你是值日班长，你要在班会课上做个发言，主题是别害怕失败。

    发言内容包括：

    1、对待失败不同的态度；

    2、自己的失败经历；

    3、你的建议。

注意：1、词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

      2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Hello, everyone. Today my speech is never to be afraid of failure in life.

     That’s all. Thank you.

__ You keep on coughing．What’s the matter?

__ Oh, I’ve got a cold．Nothing serious,  ______?

A．yet          B．though           C．indeed       D．anyway

The computer          by some unknown virus can’t work well now.

       A．attack                 B．to be attacked      C．attacking             D．attacked

       We often close ourselves off when unfortunate events happen in our lives; instead of letting the world soften us, we let it drive us deeper into ourselves. We try to deflect the hurt and pain by pretending it doesn’t exist, but although we can try this all we want, in the end, we can’t hide from ourselves. We need to learn to open our hearts

to the potentials of life and let the world soften us.

      Whenever we start to let our fears and seriousness get the best of us, we should take a step back and re-evaluate our behavior. The items listed below are ways you can open your heart more fully and completely.

Breathe into pain

       Whenever a painful situation arises in your life, try to embrace it instead of running away or trying to mask the hurt. When the sadness strikes, take a deep breath and lean into it. When we run away from sadness that’s unfolding in our lives, it gets stronger and more real. We take an emotion that’s fleeting and make it a solid event, instead of something that passes through us.

      By utilizing our breath we soften our experiences. If we dam them up, our lives will stagnate, but when we keep them flowing, we allow more newness and greater experiences to blossom.

Embrace the uncomfortable

      We all know what that twinge(刺痛) of anxiety feels like. We know how fear feels in our bodies: the tension in our necks, the tightness in our stomachs, etc. We can practice leaning into these feelings of discomfort and let them show us where we need to go.

      The initial impulse is to run away — to try and suppress these feelings by not acknowledging them. When we do this, we close ourselves off to the parts of our lives that we need to experience most. The next time you have this feeling of being truly uncomfortable, do yourself a favor and lean into the feeling. Act in spite of the fear.

Ask your heart what it wants

      We’re often confused at the next step to take, making pros and cons lists until our eyes bleed and our brains are sore. Instead of always taking this approach, what if we engaged a new part of ourselves that isn’t usually involved in the decision making process?

      I know we’ve all felt decisions or actions that we had to take simply due to our “gut” impulses: when asked, we can’t explain the reasons behind doing so — just a deep knowing that it had to get done. This instinct is the part of ourselves we’re approaching for answers.

      To start this process, take few deep breaths then ask, “Heart, what decision should I make here? What action feels the most right?”

      See what comes up, then engage and evaluate the outcome.

 Caroline doesn't have a gift for music, but she ________ it with hard work. 

   A. goes back on            B. takes away from      

   C. makes up for            D. catches up with   

I was always the joker, the one who could make people laugh by some jokes. I was   41   very popular but people liked having me around.

However, it all changed when I changed schools. I used to make fun of everybody with my    42  friends. We   43  whispered others’ names when they walked past us to make it look   44  we were talking about them.   45   , my new “friends” always kept  46    and would never say the things as we did before. So if you    47  any of them to   48    me in one word, it would probably be: MEAN.

I was never your normal high school mean girl. I never understood why what I said could hurt others. I   49  them.

It wasn’t much better at    50  . Being disrespectful and rude, I’d do all sorts of things to hurt my parents.  51 ,

I wanted someone to help me but I didn’t want to ask for help. So, I became even    52  .

One day, while looking for my earphone in my room, I found a long lost video    53   . After connecting it to the TV, I found there were hundreds of videos of me, as a baby crying, dancing as a toddler, my first day of school etc. I didn’t   54   when my mom and Dad came and sat beside me, holding my hand. We enjoyed the   55  together, smiling and laughing as we   56  the good days.

At night in my room I started crying, tears of   57  . So what if school was bad and life seemed tough? Right now, there were people standing beside me who would be there   58  me forever and that was all that   59  . I wiped the    60   and thought silently to myself—“What’s a little pain when you have so much to love?”

41. A. really                  B. never                C. always                    D. often

42. A. old                    B. real                   C. bad                          D. young

43. A. loudly                 B. purposely          C. happily                     D. slowly

44. A. even if                      B. as if                 C. only if                     D. what if

45. A. Otherwise           B. Therefore          C. However                  D. Furthermore

46. A. quiet                   B. noisy                 C. sad                          D. excited

47. A. discouraged        B. made                 C. asked                       D. gave

48. A. please                 B. attract               C. interest                     D. describe

49. A. understood          B. missed                     C. encouraged               D. hated

50. A. home                  B. school               C. church                            D. farm

51. A. Interested           B. Surprised           C. Confused                 D. Frightened

52. A. stricter               B. meaner              C. better                       D. happier

53. A. box                    B. earphone           C. TV                          D. camera

54. A. realize                 B. think                 C. doubt                       D. imagine

55. A. videos                B. books                C. photos                            D. films

56. A. saw                    B. recalled             C. dreamed                   D. thought

57. A. loneliness            B. sadness             C. happiness                 D. kindness

58. A. to                      B. on                    C. off                           D. with

59. A. took                   B. puzzled              C. happened                  D. mattered

60. A. floor                   B. sweat                C. tears                        D. dust

It was a cold night in Washington, D. C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man approached me. He asked me for some money so he could get something to eat. I had read the sign: "Don't give money to beggars." So I shook my head and kept walking.

I wasn't prepared for a reply, but he said, "I am really homeless and I am really hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat!" But I kept on walking.

The incident bothered me for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he had been lying. On a freezing cold night, I still assumed the worst of a human being.

Flying back to Anchorage, I couldn't help thinking of him. I tried to rationalize (找借口) my failure to help by assuming government agencies, churches and charities were there to feed him. Besides, you're not supposed to give money to beggars.

Somewhere over Seattle, I started to write my weekly garden column for The Anchorage Daily News. Out of the blue, I came up with an idea. Bean's Cafe, the soup kitchen in Anchorage, feeds hundreds of hungry Alaskans every day. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens devoted to Bean's Café?

Before long my idea took off. People would fax me or call when they took something in. Those who only grew flowers donated them. Food for the spirit. And relief for my conscience.

As more and more people started working with the “Plant a Row” concept, Many companies gave free seed to customers and displayed the logo, which also arose in national gardening public actions. Row markers with the “Plant a Row” logo were distributed to gardeners to set apart their "Row for the Hungry."

It is unexpected that millions of Americans are threatened by hunger. If every gardener in America---and we're seventy million strong---plants one row for the hungry, we can make quite a decrease in the number of neighbors who don't have enough to eat. Maybe then I will stop feeling guilty about abandoning a hungry man I could have helped.

5. Why did the author turn down the beggar’s request?

A. He was previously reminded not to do so.   B. He was eager to walk back to the hotel.

C. He thought that it was beyond his duty.    D. He was short of money at that moment.

6. Which of the following is the closest to the underlined phrase “took off” (Para 6) ?

A. We eventually took off at 11 o’clock.

B. To take off pounds, you have to cut down the number of calories.

C. On hearing the news, he took off at once and headed back to the hotel.

D. His business has really taken off owing to his advanced management.

7. What is the best title for the passage?

A. Plant a Row for the Hungry             B. Lend a Hand to Beggars

C. Never hesitate to Help Others          D. Plan a Gardening Project