题目内容
We use passwords(密码)to keep our personal information secret and safe, but some passwords we use may not be as reliable as we think.
Splash Data, a computer security company, recently released a list of the 25 worst passwords of 2011.This list is based on the research of hackers’ files containing stolen passwords. According to the list, “password” is the worst and most common password. Many others on the list are numbers in order either forward (for example,1234) or backward. Letters on the keyboard in order, such as “qwerty” are also common, as well as some first names and animals. “Hackers can easily break into many accounts(账户) just by trying common passwords again and again, ” said Morgan Slain, CEO of Splash Data.
How can you make a strong password? It should be eight characters or more, with a mix of letters, numbers and symbols. One way to create a long and easy-to-remember password is to separate short words with spaces or numbers. Having safe passwords is necessary for surfing the Internet safely. But it’s not the only thing you must do to keep safety online. Here are some other web safety tips:
●Never give out information that will allow someone to find you offline. That includes your full name, address and phone number.
●Don’t include your real name as part of your online screen name.
●Never meet people you met on the Internet in person. If you insist on breaking this rule, meet in a very public place and consider taking an adult with you.
Top 10 worst passwords: 1.password 2. 123456 3. 12345678 4. qwerty 5. abc123 6. monkey 7. 1234567 8. letmein 9.trustno1 10. dragon
【小题1】What is “Splash Data”?
A.A company. | B.A TV station. | C.A scientist. | D.An American. |
A.流浪者 | B.黑客 | C.银行职员 | D.软件设计师 |
A.abc123. | B.monkey. | C.password. | D.123456. |
A.address | B.phone number | C.name | D.A,B and C |
A.Animal names can be very safe passwords. |
B.You can meet people you met on the Internet in person in a very public place. |
C.You can’t use your real names as part of your online screen name. |
D.It’s necessary to have a password for surfing the Internet safely. |
【小题1】A
【小题2】B
【小题3】C
【小题4】D
【小题5】A
解析
Rent(出租)a room
Spare room? Not only will a lodger (房客) earn you some money, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you won’t have to pay any tax (税) on the first £4,500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy.
Make money during special events
Don’t want a full-time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis (基础). If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money. Grashpadder can advertise your space.
Use your roof (屋顶)
You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment (around£14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier (供应商), which could prevent you from changing the roof.
【小题1】If you earn £5,000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ________.
A.£300 | B.£500 | C.£4,500 | D.£5,000 |
A.sign an agreement with the government |
B.pay around £14,000 for the equipment |
C.sell the roof to some energy companies |
D.keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years |
A.Lodgers. | B.Advertisers. |
C.House owners. | D.Online companies. |
It is not easy for people to sail (航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents can happen easily and quickly.
One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped. At last people in a ship saved them.
How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way, they must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire(愿望)to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people can not cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw (生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.
【小题1】When the boat sank (下沉), the lifeboat gave the people _______.
A.food | B.beds | C.rainwater | D.hope |
A.their boat met bad weather | B.their boat hit a big rock and it was broken |
C.nobody knew how to sail | D.a fish bit holes in their boat |
A. fish and birds B rainwater
C. both sea water and rainwater D. both A and B
【小题4】From the article (文章) we can know that ______.
A.It’s not interesting to sail around the world. |
B.Fish in the sea are so dangerous. |
C.we must have a strong desire(愿望)to live when we are in danger. |
D.Nobody knows when we will die. |
The American book Who Moved My Cheese has been a best seller all over the world. It teaches people how to face changes in their lives. It is just for teens. The book tells us that when facing change in our life, like a new school or new friends, don’t be afraid. Use this change to make a better life.
The book gives an example of a change at school. A school is changing from having two terms to three terms because there are too many students. Several teens are talking about this. Most of them are unhappy and worried. But Chris is not. He laughs and tells a story about two mice, two“little people”and some cheese.
The four are in a maze(迷宫)looking for The cheese. Here, cheese means some thing important in life. But they find the cheese is gone. The mice realize that they can’t change what has happened and have to find more cheese. This means finding different dreams. The little people can’t do this. They are afraid of change so they find no cheese.
After Chris finishes the story, the friends understand one thing:to get more cheese, move in a new direction quickly. His friends understand how this can be used in the changes all teens face, such as doing well at school or feeling good about yourself.
【小题1】The book Who Moved My Cheese wants to teach us_______.
A.how to find the cheese | B.how to face changes |
C.how to make a better life | D.how to do well in our study |
A.finding more food | B.finding more friends |
C.finding different dreams | D.feeling good about ourselves |
A.He wants to help his friends out. | B.He likes telling stories. |
C.His friends like listening to stories. | D.His teacher asks him to do so. |
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【小题1】If you don’t know how to use a computer, you can work as________.
A.a secretary | B.a waiter or waitress |
C.an accountant | D.a salesclerk |
A.a woman | B.a university graduate |
C.shorter than 1.65 metres | D.younger than 30 years old |
A.$ 1, 800. | B.$ 2,200. | C.$ 3, 000. | D.$ 4, 000. |
A.being a woman | B.knowing how to use a computer well |
C.an experience of at least 2 years | D.having an accountant certificate |
A.a secretary | B.a waiter |
C.an accountant | D.a computer salesclerk |
Mike didn’t do his English homework. The teacher asked him 31 . “I’m sorry, I 32 .” “But why did you forget?” “It didn’t seem 33 or important,” said Mike. “Are you going to punish (惩罚)me?” asked Mike. “ 34 . The punishment is for me. I didn’t teach you well,” said the teacher.
“Thank you,” said Mike. “You are the best 35 in the world. I can never know as much as you , but you taught me a lot.” “How can I be a good teacher if the students do not know more than me? I will not succeed until that happens,” 36 the teacher.
Mike’s 37 teacher was a strict(严厉的) man.. Every day Mike played the same piece of music,and the teacher said it was not good and he must practise 38 . After two years of hard work, Mike left and felt sad. 39 when he played it in public, everyone said it was perfect, and he found he could play other pieces of music easily.
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When he was 16, his father seriously said to him, “I’ll give you whatever you want before you are 18. But after that, I won’t care much about you, and you should give me whatever I want.” When his 18th birthday was coming, the young man began thinking about looking for a job. So he sent resumes(简历) to many companies he liked on the Internet. But, most got no reply, he said, “Maybe they were surprised about my primary school education.”
By chance, one of his friends was looking for someone, who could work as an egg porter(搬运工) in the supermarket, for 0.5 Yuan a box. Facing lots of difficulties in getting a job, he said, “I’ll take this job. At least I can make some money for my petrol(汽油).” Then every day, he drove his car, his 18th birthday gift, to work in the supermarket. He did that for three months.
Later, he heard that a newspaper was looking for a network technician(网络技术员), so he asked for it. But they were also worried about his school education. He practiced his skill right in front of the computer, and showed the managers web pages he had designed. He started to work the next day, and became the director of network department in less than a year.
And now, the 23-year-old man is a boss. In January 2005, he started a magazine for children, with himself as the editor in chief(主编). And the only writer was his father.
【小题1】It was difficult for the young man to get a job because _______.
A.he was only 18 years old |
B.his father cared too much about him. |
C.he had an expensive car |
D.he didn’t have enough school education |
A.He could get a car as a gift. |
B.He had to make a living all by himself. |
C.He had to leave his parents. |
D.He had to work in a supermarket. |
A.a well-know and rich writer | B.a computer programmer |
C.a very old and kind man | D.a manager of a big company |
A.about network technicians | B.about working for newspapers |
C.made of many funny stories | D.sold only in supermarkets |
Has a doctor ever given you a note to take to the chemist for some medicine? Are you able to read the note easily? Some doctors write clearly , but most doctors do not. Chemists(药剂师) have more chances to read doctors’ notes, but sometimes doctors write so badly that even the chemist can’t read them.
One day a lady wrote to a doctor inviting him to have dinner at her house. The doctor wrote an answer, but he didn’t write clearly and the lady couldn’t read it.
“What shall I do?” she said to her husband, “I don’t know whether he is coming or not. I don’t want to give him a telephone call and say that I can’t read his writing.”
Her husband thought a moment, then he had an idea.
“Thank you,” said his wife. “That’s a very good idea.”
She went to the chemist’s shop and gave the doctor’s note to the chemist. The chemist looked at it very carefully. Then he said politely, “Could you wait a moment, madam?” He went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he returned carrying a large bottle. He gave the bottle to the lady and said, “Three times a day and one spoonful at a time.”
【小题1】It isn’t ______ for us to read the notes written by most doctors.
A.right | B.pleased | C.easy | D.difficult |
A.takes medicine | B.studies chemistry |
C.can read doctors’ writings | D.sells medicine |
A.she wanted to see him |
B.she wanted to invite him to dinner |
C.she wanted to get some medicine for her husband |
D.she didn’t want to give him a telephone call |
A.the chemist could give them answer |
B.the letter was for the chemist |
C.the chemist would give them the right medicine |
D.the chemist couldn’t read, either |
A.the doctor agreed to come to the lady’s house |
B.the doctor refused to come to the lady’s house |
C.the chemist couldn’t read the doctor’s note |
D.the doctor could not read the doctor’s note, either |