1、I didn’t see your sister at the party. If she ____, she would have met my brother.
A. has come B. did come C. would D. had come
2、Had the governments and scientists not worked together , AIDS-related deaths _______ since their highest in 2005.
A. had not fallen B. would not fall
C. would not have fallen D. did not fall
3、He is wearing a heavy overcoat as a_______against the cold.
A.prevention B.shelter C.protection D.defense
4、The conference ________ to discuss how to bring infections down to zero next week is of great significance.
A.to hold
B.having been held
C.to be held
D.being held
5、Those aiming high won’t be vain about their ______ achievements.
A. modest B. generous
C. valid D. vivid
6、It was_____ he said______ disappointed me.
A. what; that B. that; that
C. what; what D. that; what
7、The store______ I bought my textbooks is having a sale this week.
A.that
B.where
C.which
D.why
8、He was allowed to stay on with his grandma he restricted himself to his studies.
A.in case B.even if C.as though D.so long as
9、Millions of pounds' worth of damage by a storm which swept across the north of England last night.
A.will be caused B.had been caused
C.has been caused D.will have been caused
10、Children need many things, but ______they need love.
A. at all B. in all
C. after all D. above all
11、I have to say ______ the boy that he actually didn’t break the school rule.
A. in honor of B. in defense of
C. in favor of D. in celebration of
12、This kind of robot has been ______ for cleaning the floors, which is popular in our city.
A.signed B.sold C.sung D.designed
13、The twin brothers look so alike that it is very difficult to tell one from .
A. other B. another
C. others D. the other
14、__________, your article is of greater value than his.
A.All things considered B.All things considering
C.All things are considered D.All things are considering
15、---Let’s go to play basketball this weekend.
---I’d like to, but I ________ as a volunteer in my community then.
A.will work
B.have worked
C.will be working
D.was working
16、He had known the matter before you told him, so you _________ have told it to him.
A.mustn't B.can't C.needn't D.shouldn't
17、The actress is ________ of applause who has a strong desire for success.
A.precious
B.uncomplicated
C.ambitious
D.timeless
18、My new glasses cost me ______the last pair that I bought.
A.as much as three times
B.three times more than
C.three times as much as
D.as much three times as
19、Before driving into the city, you are required to get your car ____.
A. washed B. wash
C. washing D. to wash
20、Jenny can’t ______ to buy that mobile phone as it is too expensive.
A.offer B.pay C.afford D.spend
21、A large quantity of water _________ polluted in the past twenty years across China.
A.is
B.are
C.has been
D.have been
22、Reading light fiction, going out to see a romantic comedy, or sharing a pleasant time with friends is not ________ my bad feelings now.
A. in tune with B. in touch with C. in honour of D. in defence of
23、My uncle is a(n) _____ man. If he promises to do something, he is sure to do it.
A. modest B. reliable C. aggressive D. punctual
24、In such dry weather, the flowers will have to be watered if they _______.
A. have survived B. are to survive
C. would survive D. will survive
25、My money __________. I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I’ve none in hand.
A.has run out B.has been run out C.is to be run out D.is running out
26、 Organizers of Paris 2024 have suggested that breakdancing(霹雳舞) should be included as a new sport in the Olympic sports. The committee is pleased with the suggestion as it is in line with its aim of rejuvenating the Olympics. But, what is breakdancing on earth?
Breakdancing is not simply a style of dance. It’s a unique culture with its own history. Popularized by African Americans and US Latinos, breakdancing is an energetic form of dance including stylized footwork and moves such as spinning on the head, hands or knees. It arose in New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s from martial arts moves. The moves, originally learned as a form of self-defence eventually developed into the complex and athletic moves of today’s breakdancing.
Breakdancing is largely improvisational(即兴的) without standard moves or steps. The key is on energy, movement, creativity and certain danger. The people who perform this style of dance are known as b-boys or b-girls. They are also called breakers.
From those early roots, breakdancing began to add different moves to their routines, such as “pops” and “locks”, which brought a robotic quality to the dance. That style was popularized in the early 1970s by artists of the time. In the 1980s breakdancing reached a greater audience when it was adopted by mainstream artists like Michael Jackson. Jackson’s moonwalk, a step that involved sliding backward and lifting the soles of the feet so that he appeared to be sliding or floating, caused huge excitement among teens of all races.
With the growing popularity over the years, breakdancing has gone from a street phenomenon to one that is accepted by the wider culture.
Breakdancing is universal and it is popular with more than one million b-boys and b-girls in France. We hope the energetic dance is to be in the Olympic Games.
【1】Which of the following best describes breakdancing?
A.Unique and defensive. B.Standard but dangerous.
C.Energetic and creative. D.Improvisational but simple.
【2】What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about breakdancing?
A.Its features and history. B.Its birthplace and audience.
C.Its changes and culture. D.Its moves and complexity.
【3】Why did breakdancing attract more people in the 1980s?
A.It took on a robotic look. B.It caused excitement among teens.
C.It involved pops and locks. D.It was adopted by mainstream artists.
【4】What might be the purpose of writing the text?
A.To popularize breakdancing worldwide.
B.To explain what breakdancing is on earth.
C.To promote breakdancing to an Olympic sport.
D.To introduce the development of breakdancing.
27、Experts agree that good digestive health is important for absorbing nutrients from the food you eat. 【1】 Therefore, there are some tips for you.
【2】 Not only can these substances cause stomachaches in high quantities, but they slow digestion, causing constipation. They will also prevent you from being hungry for healthier foods, like high fiber foods.
Drink plenty of water. Water will increase the efficiency of your digestion by helping to soften and break down foods so your body can absorb the nutrients. It will also make regular bowel movements easier. 【3】 However, the amount you need will vary with your body weight, how active you are, and what climate you live in.
Eat many small meals rather than only a few large ones. 【4】 And eat these small meals at the same time every day so that your body can anticipate the meal and physiologically prepare.
Reduce stress in your life. Stress has been shown to cause weight gain, constipation, diarrhea and a lowered immune system. It will leave you to the bacteria that causes ulcers. 【5】 Regular exercise will also release certain chemicals and help you relax.
Seek medical advice if you have improved your diet and your lifestyle, but your digestive conditions remain.
A.Take low-calorie but high-fiber foods.
B.Eat less salty, sugary, and fatty foods.
C.Doctors sometimes recommend eight glasses per day.
D.If your body lacks water, you may get headaches and feel tired.
E.This will prevent you from getting extremely hungry and eating too much.
F.However, digestive problems can occur if your system isn’t running properly.
G.Meditation and other relaxation ways can help you to handle stress and help your digestion.
28、 This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers(young people aged from 13—19)from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected-much harder. Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.
“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his idea.“I suppose I should criticize American schools,”he says.“It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”
【1】This year teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and other countries.
A.twenty three hundred B.thirteen hundred
C.over three thousand D.less than two thousand
【2】The whole exchange programme is mainly to .
A.help teenagers in other countries know the real America
B.let students learn something about other countries
C.send students in America to travel in Germany
D.have teenagers learn new languages
【3】After experiencing the Amercian school life, Mike thought .
A.a better education should include something good from both American and Germany
B.German schools trained students to be better citizens
C.American schools were not as good as German schools
D.the easy life in the American school was more helpful to students
【4】The underlined word “criticize” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “ ”.
A.praise B.regret
C.ignore D.accuse
29、Self—talk helps us all
Talking to yourself may seem a little shameful. If you've ever been overheard criticizing yourself for a foolish mistake or practicing a speech, you'll know the social problems it can cause. 【1】 Talking to ourselves, whether out loud or silently in our heads, is valuable. Far from being a sign of madness, self—talk allows us to plan what wea re going to do, manage our activities and control our emotions.
Psychologists call self—talk private speech—language that is spoken out loud but directed at yourself. We do a lot of it when we are young. As children, we use private speech to control our actions in the same way that we use public speech to control the behavior of others. 【2】
Psychological experiments have shown that dais so—called inner speech can improve our performance in tasks like telling what other people are thinking. One recent study suggests that self—talk is the most effective when we talk to ourselves in the second person: as "you" rather than "I".
We keep the private speech we use as children inside—but we never truly put away the out—loud version._ 【3】 You're sure to see an athlete shouting at himself or herself.
【4】 Heating different points of view means our thoughts can end up in different places, leading to a solution to a problem, just like a regular dialogue, and might turn out to be one of the keys to human creativity.
Both kinds of self—talk—silent and out loud—seem to bring many different benefits to our thinking. 【5】
A.But there's no need for embarrassment.
B.If you want proof, turn on a sports channel.
C.As we grow older, we keep this system inside.
D.Take a trip to any preschool and watch a small child playing with toys.
E.Words to the self, spoken silently or aloud, are so much more than just chatter.
F.According to the well—known saying, talking to yourself is the first sign of madness.
G.Self—talk seems to be a very good way of solving problems and working through ideas.
30、Mike was 11. As his birthday was coming up,he _____ his father to buy him a bike, so that he could go to school cycling and not by _____ or relying on his father to _____ him at school, which was _____ a mile away from his home.
On his _____ , seeing a set of books wrapped nicely in his father's hand, though _____ , he thanked his father. Mike's father was _____ as he didn't have enough money to buy a bike.
After a week,when Mike was walking home from school, he saw a boy riding a bike. Mike _____ that the bike was too small for the big boy. _____,the boy ran into a post and fell on the street. Mike rushed to him and ______ him who was his schoolmate Sam.
Mike helped him stand up and provided him with water. _____ Sam was riding the bike fast, his left leg and hands were ______ injured. Mike asked him to sit in a corner and took the bike and rushed to a ______ nearby.
An ambulance (救护车)came and carried Sam to hospital. He then rushed to Sam's home and ______ his parents about the accident.
Sam and his parents thanked Mike for the ______ help. Mike in turn said, “It was all ______ just because I rode Sam's bike. ” He added, “The bike is too small for Sam to ride and that's why he was _______” Mike met Sam every day in hospital until he ______.
Sam got a new bike and he came to know that Mike didn't have the ______ to own a bike. He gave his old bike to Mike and with his parents' ______, Mike accepted the gift.
【1】
A.persuaded
B.arranged
C.requested
D.ordered
【2】
A.jumping
B.driving
C.walking
D.wandering
【3】
A.drop
B.discover
C.hug
D.pick
【4】
A.gathered
B.spotted
C.fixed
D.located
【5】
A.holiday
B.birthday
C.graduation
D.celebration
【6】
A.frightened
B.hopeful
C.unhappy
D.impatient
【7】
A.calm
B.grateful
C.puzzled
D.upset
【8】
A.felt
B.learned
C.agreed
D.argued
【9】
A.Suddenly
B.Eventually
C.Thankfully
D.Actually
【10】
A.treated
B.remembered
C.regarded
D.recognized
【11】
A.Before
B.Since
C.Unless
D.Though
【12】
A.slightly
B.necessarily
C.seriously
D.gently
【13】
A.church
B.school
C.hospital
D.shelter
【14】
A.complained
B.reminded
C.impressed
D.informed
【15】
A.generous
B.pleasant
C.honored
D.limited
【16】
A.unlikely
B.possible
C.exciting
D.unbelievable
【17】
A.worried
B.injured
C.beat
D.attacked
【18】
A.broke out
B.missed out
C.checked out
D.pulled out
【19】
A.interest
B.confidence
C.right
D.chance
【20】
A.permission
B.admission
C.guidance
D.introduction
31、 Brandon and Derek's mother, Beth Lash, shared a Facebook video on Dec. 25, 2017. It captured the moment when Brandon_________his card out loud. On Brandon Lash's 24th birthday, his little brother, Derek,_________him with a rather large card filled with an even bigger_______.
“I have always_______ you," Brandon reads from the front of the card, _______ by his brother.
"I love spending time with you... I'm so _______ I have you for my brother. You have always been there for me, even though I get on your nerves sometimes. You will always have a piece of my heart," Brandon continues, opening up the _______ .
"And now you will have my_______, too. We are a _______ match," Brandon reads,__________the card to the floor and breaking down into ________
Brandon has kidney disease and is currently in chronic(慢性的) failure and has extremely low kidney function. He receives__________three times a week, and was told that he had been recommended for the transplant list. Unfortunately, his parents are not a match, but__________his brother is.
“I can’t believe Derek would__________so much all this for me,” Brandon tells the publication. “He's giving me a__________to have a healthy life again. I__________can't believe it's happening.”
“I__________seeing him sick and knew something needed to be done to make him healthy again,” Derek adds. "Not only was it the__________thing to do, but the only thing to do. He's my brother... We didn't know__________he could be on the transplant list, and I knew I just wanted my__________brother back."
【1】A.read B.sang C.called D.shouted
【2】A.provided B.issued C.presented D.supplied
【3】A.claim B.award C.smile D.surprise
【4】A.taken charge of B.looked up to C.got hold of D.lived up to
【5】A.signed B.drawn C.written D.described
【6】A.thankful B.satisfied C.awkward D.confused
【7】A.paper B.card C.book D.cover
【8】A.nerves B.eyes C.kidney D.heart
【9】A.perfect B.possible C.equal D.friendly
【10】A.losing B.dropping C.throwing D.blowing
【11】A.screams B.worries C.laughs D.tears
【12】A.treatments B.experiments C.directions D.observations
【13】A.finally B.possibly C.luckily D.exactly
【14】A.advise B.experience C.allow D.sacrifice
【15】A.chance B.fortune C.accident D.occasion
【16】A.always B.already C.forever D.still
【17】A.regretted B.minded C.hated D.opposed
【18】A.fair B.right C.normal D.real
【19】A.when B.how long C.how much D.while
【20】A.lovely B.brave C.honest D.healthy
32、 In October 2015, Shah began picking up rubbish from the beach every Sunday morning. At first, it was just him and a neighbor, and then he began_________others to join in. Word spread and with help from social media, more volunteers got_________.
Shah hasn't stopped since. He's now spent 209 weekends_________to this mission, inspiring more than 200,000_________to join him in what's been called the world's biggest beach cleanup. By October 2018, Versova Beach was_________clean and Shah's cleanups expanded to another_________as well as a stretch of the Mithi River and other regions of India.
For Shah, the work has_________been a personal journey, but it has earned_________attention. After he was_________as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations in 2016, Bollywood celebrities and politicians__________his mission and joined in his cleanups.
Today, Shah is also working with coastal communities to__________plastic pollution at one of the sources. In areas lacking waste management systems, __________often end(s)up in streams and rivers that empty into the__________. Shah and his volunteers__________and assist villagers in reducing, managing and recycling their plastic waste.
"This world__________too much. I think you must talk less and do action__________," he said. “Every citizen on this __________must be in for a long pull. I feel the__________to do something for my planet, so this will__________for life. If each one could start, this journey could become__________Can we do it together?”
【1】A.asking B.ordering C.warning D.forcing
【2】A.challenged B.encouraged C.involved D.required
【3】A.compared B.adapted C.related D.devoted
【4】A.workers B.volunteers C.journalists D.clerks
【5】A.originally B.finally C.suddenly D.theoretically
【6】A.park B.bank C.beach D.market
【7】A.occasionally B.hardly C.already D.always
【8】A.global B.local C.national D.coastal
【9】A.described B.honored C.opposed D.elected
【10】A.simplified B.changed C.accepted D.finished
【11】A.make B.discuss C.throw D.handle
【12】A.trees B.materials C.rubbish D.tools
【13】A.ocean B.factory C.mountain D.forest
【14】A.protect B.control C.scold D.educate
【15】A.talks B.complains C.thinks D.argues
【16】A.earlier B.faster C.more D.better
【17】A.sea B.planet C.water D.sands
【18】A.pity B.need C.pain D.effect
【19】A.come on B.get on C.look on D.go on
【20】A.great B.complex C.complete D.difficult
33、 Being born and brought up in a village called Bruis. I lived a simple life with my father. I was 16 when one morning, Dad told me I could drive him into a _______ village called Burbank, on condition that I took the car to be_______ at a nearby garage. I readily accepted. I drove dad into Burbank, and_______ to pick him up at 4 pm; then I dropped off the car at the _______. With several hours to spare, I went to a theater. _______, when the last movie finished it was six. I was two hours late!
I knew Dad would be angry if he _______. I’d been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the truth. When I _______ there I apologized for being late, and told him I’d_______ as quickly as I could, but the car had needed a major repair. I’ll never forget the _______ he gave me. “I’m disappointed you ________ you have to lie to me, Jason.” Dad looked at me again. “When you didn’t ________. I called the garage to ask if there were any ________, and they told me you hadn’t yet picked up the car.” I felt ________as I weakly told him the real reason.________ passed through Dad as he listened attentively. “I’m angry with ________, I realize I’ve failed as a father. I’m going to walk home now and think seriously about ________. I’ve gone wrong all these years.” “But Dad, it’s 18 miles!” My protests and apologies were ________. Dad walked home that day I drove behind him, ________ him all the way, but he walked silently.
Seeing Dad in so much ________ and emotional pain was my most painful experience. However, it was ________ the most successful lesson. I have never lied since.
【1】A.small B.lonely C.distant D.familiar
【2】A.kept B.repaired C.watched D.changed
【3】A.agreed B.planned C.determined D.promised
【4】A.village B.community C.theater D.garage
【5】A.However B.Then C.Therefore D.Still
【6】A.found out B.gave out C.figured out D.came out
【7】A.went B.ran C.walked D.hurried
【8】A.come B.left C.moved D.started
【9】A.finding B.appearance C.look D.face
【10】A.find B.believe C.feel D.tell
【11】A.turn around B.drive out C.go away D.turn up
【12】A.things B.problems C.mistakes D.faults
【13】A.ashamed B.frightened C.nervous D.surprised
【14】A.Nervousness B.Sadness C.Silence D.Thought
【15】A.you B.myself C.me D.yourself
【16】A.where B.how C.why D.when
【17】A.meaningless B.useless C.helpless D.worthless
【18】A.asking B.persuading C.begging D.following
【19】A.natural B.practical C.personal D.physical
【20】A.completely B.always C.also D.almost
34、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?
Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.
In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.
When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.
Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.
Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.
That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.
And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.
But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.
Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.
Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.
In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.
35、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.
The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.
It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.
Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often 【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.
Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.
36、根据句意填空
In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.
37、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.
Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems? Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.
When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet,they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.
While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”,there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.
“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”
But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.
Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.
Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!,said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.
It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or,“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.
“We are, for the most part,predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.
38、假定你是李华,在网上看到美国学生Kate的发帖:
Kate | Hi, everyone. Staying at home during the epidemic really bores me. What's worse, for lack of workout, I have put on some weight. Is there anybody who can offer me some advice? |
Hi, Kate. This is Li Hua from China. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Don't hesitate to contact me if more help is needed. |
请你给Kate回帖,内容包括:
1.读贴后的感受;
2.给出两点建议。
注意:
1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
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39、假定你是李华,你的英国笔友Eric希望参加你校组织的古筝兴趣班。请根据以下要点,用英语给他回一封电子邮件。
1. 古筝兴趣班成立的宗旨;
2. 古筝兴趣班的每周活动安排;
3. 愿意提供帮助。
注意: 1、词数100左右;
2、可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3、开头语已为你写好,不计入总词数。 参考词汇:兴趣班 Interest Class
Dear Eric,
How’s everything going?
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Yours,
Li Hua
40、假定你是李华。你的加拿大网友Jim来信告诉你他最近染上了网瘾,导致成绩下降。请你 用英语给他写一封信,给予他帮助。内容包括:
1. 指出网瘾的危害(生活、学习、健康等方面);
2. 给出相应的建议。
注意:
1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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41、阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文,续写的词数应为150左右。
When my daughters reached the third and fourth grades, I occasionally allowed them to walk to and from school alone if the weather permitted. One warm spring day, a little dog followed them home after school. It had short legs and long lovely ears, with a fawn-colored coat. It was the cutest dog I had ever seen and the girls begged me to keep it.
The dog was barely twelve weeks old. It had no collar or identifying marks of any sort. I didn't know what to do. I thought about running an advertisement in the lost-and-found but I really didn’t want to. It would break the kids’ hearts if someone should show up. Besides, its owners should have watched it more closely.
By the end of the week the dog was part of our family. It was very intelligent and good with the girls. The following week something told me to check the lost-and-found section in the local paper. One particular advertisement jumped out at me and my heart pounded with fear at what I read. Someone was begging for the return of a lost dog in the neighborhood of our grade school. They sounded desperate. My hand shook. I couldn’t bring myself to pick up the phone.
Instead, I pretended I hadn’t seen the advertisement. I quickly put paper away in the drawer and continued with my dusting. I never said a word about it to the kids or my husband.
By now we had named the dog. It looked like a Molly, so that was what we called it. It followed the girls everywhere they went. When they went outside, it was one step behind them. When they did housework, it was there to lend a hand.
There was only one problem with this otherwise perfect picture: my conscience (良心) was bothering me. I knew in my heart I had to call that number and see if our Molly was the dog they were desperately seeking. It was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done.
Paragraph 1:
With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the receiver and dialed.
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Paragraph 2:
One look at Molly and the woman’s face lit up like a Christmas tree.
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