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When you're surfing the Internet on your laptop from your dorm or home, do you know your personal details are being gathered secretly? And would you be surprised to know the information may be sold cheaply to advertisers and marketers?

According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, all it takes is a tiny file in a computer—a single code consisting of a long series of numbers and letter—to record the computer user's age, gender, location, favorite movies and hobbies．

The newspaper reports that Lotame Solutions Inc．, a New York company, uses sophisticated software called a  '"beacon" to capture what people are typing on a website．

Lotame packages the data into profiles （个人资料） about individuals, only without their names, and sells the profiles to companies seeking customers．Such data may be sold for a few dollars．

The Wall Street Journal survey discovered that spying on Internet users is one of the fastest-growing businesses on the Internet．

The "cookie", a tiny text file put on your PC by websites or marketing firms, which might be used to remember your preferences for one site or to track you across many sites, is already old news．There are new and more complex tools such as "beacons" which scan in real time what people are doing on a webpage．'These beacons instantly assess the Internet user's location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions．

Millions of Internet users around the world also face great threats．Their private, sensitive, personal and business information is being gathered and sold without their knowledge．

Companies insist that the information they gather is anonymous （匿名的） and the data is used harmlessly．But the technology has grown so powerful that even some of the biggest websites in the US don't know that they were．installing （安装） intrusive （侵入的） files on visitors' computers．These include MSN．com and Yahoo．com．

Next time you visit a webpage and find an ad banner advertising something you've been planning to buy, don't be amazed that your computer can read your mind．

57．The purpose of the passage is to ______．

       A．show how your private information is let out when surfing the Internet

       B．introduce a very tiny file in your computer—a single code

       C．tells you about the ways of protecting your privacy on the Internet

       D．introduce the sophisticated software called a "beacon"

58．Why do people want computer users' personal information via the Internet?

       A．Because they haven't realized the function of the tiny file．

       B．Because they want to use the information to make some money．

       C．Because the cookies in computers encourage them to do so．

       D．Because they know it's harmless if they get anonymous information,

59．It can be inferred from the passage that ______．

       A．Internet users around the world will not face threats, for the data is used harmlessly

       B．when you surf the Internet, your personal details may be let out without knowledge

       C．your computer is so smart that sometimes it can really read your mind

       D．MSN．com uses software to capture what people are typing on a website

60．According to the passage, a "beacon" ______．

       A．is a tiny text file put on your PC by websites

       B．is not more complex than the "cookie"

       C．can assess Internet users' location, income and other personal data

       D．is the software that can package the data into personal profiles

 ABBC

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  Microwaves may be great at warming up food, but what about warming people?

    Using microwaves to directly heat owners of a room would save much of the energy wasted by heating walls and furniture. And despite popular ideas about microwaves, this technique would be safe, according to Charles R. Buffler of the Microwave Research Center in Marlborough, New Hampshire. Low-power microwaves only penetrate (贯穿) the skin (low-power microwave penetration in a ham is about 0.2 inches, for example) and with no negative effects.

    To test this idea, Buffler subjected himself to microwaves in a special room using a standard 500-watt, 2459 MHz magnetron (磁控管). He found that a person will start to feel warmth at about 20 milliwatts per square centimeter (mw. /sq.cm.); a satisfactory feeling of warmth occurs between 35 and 50 mw./sq.cm. By comparison, a person standing in noonday summer sun feels the amount of 85 mw./sq.cm. And a frozen meat pie in your microwave oven receives about 1000 mw./sq. cm.

    In houses of the future, each room could be provided with its own magnetron, says Buffler. When you stepped into the living room, for example, a motion detector would turn on the magnetron, filling the room with low-power microwaves. In the same way that a microwaves oven heats up a hamburger, but not the plate it’s on, you would feel warmth from the microwaves without changing the temperature of your coffee table. (You could, however, make your favorite easy chair even more comfortable by treating it with a radiation-absorbing chemical.)

    While it might be some time before homeowners are comfortable enough with the idea to set up whole body microwave heaters in houses, Buffler says microwaves may attract livestock farmers. Lambs that are born outdoors in winter, for example, are frequently lost to cold. Microwaves could warm the lambs safely and quickly.

Which of the following can tell the main idea of the passage?

    A. A new heating system.    B. A new microwave oven.

    C. A popular technique.     D. The magnetron.

The test conducted by Buffler shows that when a person feels comfortable warmth, he receives about ____.

    A. 20 mw. / sq. cm.         B. 40 mw. / sq. cm.

    C. 60 mw. / sq. cm.         D. 85 mw. / sq. cm.

According to paragraph 4, which of the following fills the room with low-power microwaves?

    A. The magnetron.       B. The motion detector.

    C. The microwave oven.      D. The radiation-absorbing chemical.

Which of the following statements about microwave heaters would Buffler most probably agree with?

    A. Microwave heaters will soon be widely used by homeowners.

    B. Microwave heaters sometimes make people feel uncomfortable.

C. Microwave heaters will be probably first used by livestock farmers to protect their lambs in winter.

D. Microwave heaters cannot be accepted by the public because they are somewhat unsafe.

I know what you’re thinking : pizza （比萨饼）? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a. m. if you want to. 

I know lots of women who skip breakfast （不吃早餐） , and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it . Some say they don’t have time. others think they’re “saving” calories （卡路里）, still others just don’t like breakfast food .  

But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking , R , D , who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.   21  Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southem California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.  

So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers-it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it…you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.  

The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means__________.

 A.food remaining after a meal        B. things left undone 

 C. meals made of vegetables          D. pizza topped with fruit 

What can we infer from the text? 

A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.  

B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.  

C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.  

D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.  

According to the last paragraph, it is important to____________.  

A. eat something for breakfast        B. be careful about what you eat 

C. heat up food before eating it        D. eat calorie-controlled food 

The text is written mainly for those_____________.  

A. who go to work early        B. who want to lose weight 

C. who stay up late            D. who eat before sleep 

I know what you’re thinking : pizza （比萨饼）? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night’s leftovers in the a. m. if you want to
I know lots of women who skip breakfast （不吃早餐）, and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it . Some say they don’t have time,others think they’re “saving” calories （卡路里）, and still others just don’t like breakfast food .
But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking , R , D , who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it’s loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.
Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southem California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers-it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it,and then you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.
【小题1】 The underlined word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means__________.

A．food remaining after a mealB．things left undone
C．meals made of vegetablesD．pizza topped with fruit
【小题2】 What can we infer from the text?
A．Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.
B．Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.
C．There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.
D．Eating vegetables helps save energy.
【小题3】 According to the last paragraph, it is important to____________.
A．eat something for breakfastB．be careful about what you eat
C．heat up food before eating itD．eat calorie-controlled food
【小题4】The text is written mainly for those_____________.
A．who go to work earlyB．who want to lose weight
C．who stay up lateD．who eat before sleep

单词拼写（共8题，每小题0.5分，满分4分）
【小题1】Those people, who had w______________ the 7.23 Train Crash in Wenzhou, said they would never forget the horrible scenes.
【小题2】Canadian teen pop star Justin Bieber, who has a t________ for music, is said to be the richest teenager in Hollywood.
【小题3】 It’s reported that the famous HK star couple, Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung, have got d___________ to end their unhappy marriage.
【小题4】 A___________ the plan means we have to give up what we have done and start things all over again.
【小题5】When you cut down a tree, you can see its a____________ ring.
【小题6】 Where there is an escalator, there is a sign saying, “The elder and children should be a______________ by adults when taking the escalator(自动扶梯).”
【小题7】 When her husband died in the accident, she received many letters and calls of s_______.
【小题8】“One World, one Dream” fully r____________ the universal values of the Olympic Spirit----Unity, Strength, Harmony and Participation.

请根据以下谚语的汉语和首字母提示写出正确单词，并将答案写在二卷答题纸上。

1. 你敬人一尺，人敬你一丈。

R     a man, he will do the more.

2. 当你同傻子辩论时，一定要弄清他是不是也在与傻子争论。

When you a     with a fool, be sure he isn’t similarly engaged.

3. 你不能把感谢装到口袋里。

You can’t put t      into your pocket.

4. 条条大路同罗马。

All roads l      to Rome.

5. 少许也满足是真正的快乐。

To be c      with little is true happiness.

6. 失败乃成功之母。

F     is the mother of success.

7. 进攻是最好的防卫。

Attack is the best d     .

8.以愤怒开始，必以耻辱告终。

What-e’er is begun in a     , ends in shame.

9. 行动胜于语言。

D     speak louder than words.

10. 失去自由就失去一切。

If we lose our f     , we have nothing else to lose.

 

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