题目内容
Will the 3:50 train be c__________for you?If it is,I’ll book a ticket for you.
convenient
Back those photos up
The images were striking. Homes on the East Coast were washed away by Superstorm Sandy. People were in tears, picking up faded photographs, among their only remaining possessions.
If that doesn’t move you to get serious about safekeeping your lifetime of memories, what will? The digital age offers tools never imaginable before—including one-click access to a lifetime of family photos.
Here is a brochure on how to back up (存) your photos and save them online, where they can live forever and be accessible in good times and bad.
Scanning
The first step for those old photos is to scan them and save them to a digital format. Most printers come with scanners these days, so that’s an easy but extremely time-consuming step.
Storing the photos
With your scans in place, import the photos into your computer, and back them up.
You could make multiple copies of the disks and spread them to loved ones. Or you could choose external(外接的) hard drives or USB thumb drive, and add your photo and video collection from your computer.
Online backup
If you need lots of space, look at a pure online backup service, Caronite.
Caronite backs up 300 million files daily. Once you sign up, it starts to pick up everything you have on your hard drive. But photo collection on your computer’s main hard drive charges for $59 a year.
Cloud Storage
For folks who don’t need automatic backup, but instead want to take a more active approach, Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft’s SkyDrive let you store files online by yourself, share and instantly access them. All offer free options—2GB of free storage for Dropbox, 5GB for Google and 7GB for SkyDrive. But if you want more, you need to pay.
Bottom Line
The hard drive or flash drive is the cheapest and easiest. But drives can fail. Online services are more expensive, but more secure. With more of us switching back and forth between our computers, such services are the best way to get access to our data from wherever we are.
【小题1】Why does the author mention Superstorm Sandy?
| A.To tell the background of the scanning photos. |
| B.To describe a severe natural disaster. |
| C.To attract the readers’ interest in the backups. |
| D.To win the readers’ sympathy. |
| A.Scanning photos take little time but costs a lot. |
| B.Caronite charges for backing up photos from hard drive. |
| C.Google Drive offers unlimited free photo storage on line. |
| D.The hard drive or flash drive is the cheapest and safest. |
| A.Dropbox. | B.SkyDrive. | C.Caronite. | D.Flash drive. |
| A.introduce some of the storage services |
| B.tell real stories about storage services |
| C.describe the functions of storage services |
| D.argue about the advantage of storage services |
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INVITATION TO A GOING-AWAY PARTY Sunday, June12 Dear Li Yang and Lu Ming, You are invited to a party for our foreign teacher Miss Green’s return to England for her holiday. She leaves on June 21. The best part of the party will be when we sing and dance together. Party given by: Students’ Union Date: Saturday, June 18,2006 Time: 6:00p.m. to 9:30p.m. Place: The Students’ Dining Hall Reply by: Friday, June 17 Food and drinks will be provided at the party. Zhang Yu PS: This event is NOT to be missed! We hope to see you there! |
1. When will they have the party?
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A.On Sunday, June12th. |
B.On Friday,June 17th. |
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C.On Saturday, June18th. |
D.On Tuesday,June21th. |
2.How long will the party last?
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A.For three hours. |
B.For two hours and a half. |
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C.For four hours and a half. |
D.For three hours and a half. |
3. According to the invitation, which sentence is TRUE ?
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A.Miss Green leaves on Tuesday. |
B.They are not going to sing. |
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C.They are not going to dance. |
D.They can’t eat food at the party. |
4. Who are Li Yang and Lu Ming?
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A.Zhang Yu’s teachers. |
B.Zhang Yu’s students |
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C.Zhang Yu’s schoolmates. |
D.Zhang Yu’s sisters. |