题目内容
Criminals have come up with a new fraud （欺诈） targeting the chip and PIN cards used by shop and petrol station customers across the country. They are stealing card-reading machines, taking them apart and installing （安装） devices which record card numbers and PIN’s, before returning them to the store. The installed devices are so hi-tech that they can transmit customers’ card details to a mobile phone. Cards are then cloned and used abroad in countries including the United States, Italy and Australia where cash machines do not have to read the unique microchip in British cards.
Police have issued a warning about the fraud after arresting two men at a card-faking factory in Birmingham. A search of a house found stolen chip and PIN terminals, card account numbers, card readers and fake magnetic stripe cards.
The criminals targeted shops by forcing staff to give them the card machines or getting a job there themselves. In some cases, they posed as engineers and took the machine away for an “upgrade.”
Card fraud abroad has increased by 77 percent— and cost ￡207.6 million—in the past year. While fraudsters used to put pinhole cameras above the chip and PIN device to get hold of the number, they now use the chip and PIN terminal to get that basic data．They are getting hold of the PIN from inside the reader. Police said the Birmingham factory had stolen card machines from 30 shops, supermarkets and petrol stations across the country. These arrests are a significant development in the fight against the organized criminal gangs responsible for this type of fraud．
1．The criminals mentioned in the passage are most probably from ________.
A．Britain B．America C．China D．Italy
2．According to the passage the criminals get money from the banks by ___________.
A．stealing credit cards from petrol station customers
B．installing devices inside the card machines
C．cloning cards with customers’ card details
D．taking away card machines with PIN numbers
3．From the passage we can infer that______________.
A．the fraud is mostly taking place in Birmingham
B．the criminals withdraw money from banks in Britain
C．the credit cards made by the criminals cannot be discovered
D．criminals cannot make exactly the same cards as real ones
4．The passage is mainly about ____________.
A．the fighting against credit card fraud
B．criminals and their new fraud
C．a new fraud to be discovered
D．police and smart criminals
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Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Website you've visited，Or perhaps
someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact, it's likely that some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a spouse, a girl friend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen ---- the 21st century replacement of being caught naked.
Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it's important to reveal yourself to friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs(碎屑) you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.
The key question is: Does that matter?
For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no."
When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey found a strong bad feeling about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is "slipping away, and that bothers me."
But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny part of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths(收费站) to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will give away personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon(优惠卷)。
But privacy does matter ---- at least sometimes. It's like health: When you have it, you don't notice it. Only when it's gone do you wish you'd done more to protect it.
【小题1】What does the author mean by saying "the 21st century replacement of being caught naked"?
| A．People's personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge. |
| B．In the 21st century people try every means to look into others' secrets. |
| C．People tend to be more frank with each other in the information age. |
| D．Criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology. |
| A．Friends should open their hearts to each other. |
| B．Friends should always be faithful to each other. |
| C．There should be a distance even between friends. |
| D．There should be fewer arguments between friends. |
| A．Modern society has finally developed into an open society. |
| B．People leave traces around when using modern technology. |
| C．There are always people who are curious about others' affairs. |
| D．Many search engines benefit from giving away people's identities. |
A．They change behaviors that might disclose their identity. |
| B．They use various loyalty cards for business transactions(交易).. |
C．T hey rely most and more on electronic devices. |
| D．They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it. |
| A．people will make every effort to keep it. |
| B．its importance is rarely understood |
| C．it is something that can easily be lost |
| D．people don't treasure it until they lose it |
Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are now going online instead．The World Wide Web is quickly becoming the world’s most popular matchmaker（媒人）．
Singles are flocking（涌向）to the Internet mainly because their busy lifestyles leave them little time to look for a significant other．Using dating sites（约会网址）is quick and convenient．Many singles say the regular dating scene has just led them from one bad experience to another and are ready to try something else．Dating sites also make it easy to avoid someone you are not interested in．In the real world, however, ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult．
Despite all the advantages, online dating also presents its own set of problems．People aren’t always those who they declare to be in their online description．Safety is another concern．You are just likely to find a criminal online as you are Mr．Or Miss Right．
Online dating experts recommend following a few safety tips:
Guard your personal information．Never give out your personal information online．This includes your last name, phone number, home address and place of work．
Watch for red flags．Do any of the people you are chatting with make disrespectful comments? Do they try to control you? Do they give false information about themselves? If so, forget them!
Meet in a safe place．When meeting someone in person, choose a public location with other people around．
Following these tips and you might be able to find the person of your dreams．
【小题1】The underlined words in the second paragraph “a significant other” mean “________”．
| A．a true friend | B．a matchmaker | C．a marriage partner | D．a happy family |
_________．
| A．unpopular | B．troublesome |
| C．convenient | D．forgettable |
| A．there are mostly homely and unemployed people online |
| B．the police had better find criminals online |
| C．we can find love only through the dating sites |
| D．following safety tips ensures a safe online dating experience. |
| A．At his / her house． | B．At the museum． |
| C．At McDonald’s． | D．At the bookstore． |
Many crimes and social problems are caused by children. Despite the damage these teenage criminals cause, parents are not responsible in most countries. This article will discuss whether parents should be forced to pay for their children’s crimes.
There are many reasons why parents should not be responsible for crimes committed by teenage children. First of all, teenagers today are independent. They often move out of the parents’ house at 18 years of age or younger. They are expected to learn to take care of themselves and make their own decisions, and not to stay like small children attached to their parents. Secondly, parents are working. They cannot watch their adolescent children all the time. A third point is that even children from good families can sometimes commit crimes. Parents should not be responsible if they have worked hard to raise their children properly.
However, young troublemakers cause many problems, and I feel we should make parents responsible. Firstly, most juvenile（未成年的）crimes are committed by adolescents whose parents do not care or make any effort to control their children. If parents had to pay fines（罚款）, they might make more effort. Another point is that even though the children may seem mature, they are not really able to make good decisions. Parents should be responsible for raising and teaching their children until they are fully grown. Furthermore, if children know that their parents will have to pay, they will think carefully before getting into trouble.
In summary, there are good reasons both for and against making parents pay for acts committed by their children. However, I feel strongly that if we want to reduce the number of such crimes, we need to make parents take more responsibility.
【小题1】Those who insist that parents should not be responsible for their children’s crimes believe that ________.
a. teenagers are able to deal with things on their own
b. children need to experience difficulties to be fully grown
c. it’s impossible for parents to be with their children all the time
d. parents are not to blame as long as they try their best to educate their children
| A．a, c, d | B．a, b, c | C．b, c, d | D．a, b, d |
| A．unstable social environment | B．parents’ carelessness |
| C．bad family relationship | D．heavy financial burden |
| A．useless | B．easy | C．necessary | D．impractical |
| A．Proper ways to educate children | B．Reasons for children’s crimes |
| C．Should children move out? | D．Should parents pay? |
Deep in the Amazon forest, thousands of people still live in isolation from the rest of the world.
In a recent press release, the Brazilian government confirmed the existence of another isolated tribe of about 200 people living in the Vale do Javari reservation. The 200 people living in the Vale do Javari reservation. The reservation, located near the Peruvian border, is about the size of Portugal. At least another 14 isolated tribes, with a total population of about 2000, call the area home.
The newly observed group lives on four large straw-roofed buildings and grows corn, peanut and other crops.
Brazil’s National Indian Foundation (BNTF) first noticed the reservation in the forest using satellite maps, but it wasn’t until April that an airplane expedition was able to confirm the tribe’s existence. “The work of finding and protecting isolated groups is part of Brazilian public policy,” said the BNIF officer for Vale do Javari, Fabricio Amorim. “To confirm something like this takes years of hard work.”
BNIF estimates there are 68 isolated tribes living in the Amazon. The organization uses airplanes to avoid disturbing the tribes through personal contact, but that doesn’t mean others are so respectful of their right to privacy.
Illegal fishing, woodcutting and hunting bring people into the protected area. Oil exploration on the Peruvian side of the border is another threat. All kinds of criminals also invade the lands of the local groups, said Amorim. The outsiders can damage the land and influence the cultures of indigenous(土著的)peoples. They can also bring diseases which can wipe out the whole population that still lack even basic antibiotics(抗生素).
Brazil’s indigenous peoples won the legal right to their traditional lands in Brazil’s 1988 Constitution, which stated that all indigenous lands shall be divided and turned over to tribes within five years. Indigenous groups now control 11 percent of Brazil’s territory, including 22 percent of the Amazon.
Allowing indigenous groups the right homelands is not just a matter of human rights. The rest of the world can benefit from their knowledge. Mark Plotkin has spent years living with the people of the Amazon and learning from their traditional healers. In his lecture, he pointed out that many useful materials and knowledge, including numerous drugs, can be gained from listening to the indigenous groups of the Amazon. Besides this, they are also more effective at protecting the land, and less expensive, than hired rangers(护林人).
1.The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means “a state of ”.
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A．separation |
B．interaction |
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C．satisfaction |
D．excitement |
2.From the passage we can learn that the tribes in the Amazon forest .
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A．only live on a reservation designated for them |
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B．prefer straw-roofed buildings to wooden ones |
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C．keep contact with the outside world through airplanes |
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D．have the legal right to the land they live on |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to Amorim?
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A．Privacy violation is common among the Amazon tribes. |
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B．The laws dividing the lands of the tribes are far from enough. |
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C．Modern civilization endangers the tribes and their cultures. |
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D．It is hard to make public policy to protect primitive tribes. |
4.The last paragraph is mainly about .
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A．the lost human rights of the indigenous peoples |
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B．the benefits of protecting the primitive tribes |
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C．the value of traditional healing |
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D．the indigenous peoples as guardians of the Amazon forest |