Better think twice before choosing a password for e-mail, online bank or shopping. Simple passwords are easy to be stolen.
A password is like a key to your home. If someone steals it, he’ll get chances to steal something else. We use passwords everywhere in our life. We are so used to passwords that we don’t pay any attention to them until we lose or forget one.
A study of 28,000 passwords recently stolen from a popular website showed that people often do the easy thing. It found that 16 percent took a first name as a password. Another 14 percent used the easiest keyboard combinations such as “12345678” or QWERTY. Five percent of the stolen passwords were names of television shows or stars popular with young people. Three percent of the passwords expressed feelings like “I don’t care,” “Whatever,” “I love you,” or their opposite, “I hate you.”
Robert Graham, who did the study, advises people to choose a password that is longer than eight characters with one capital letter(大写字母) and one symbol.
Of course, safe passwords don’t mean those hard to remember. Forgetting your password is sometimes a big headache for you. Maybe, the perfect password is easy for you and hard for others.
1. The underlined word “password” in Paragraph 1 means __________.
A. 标志 B. 护照 C. 密码 D. 口诀
2.About 40% passwords are easily stolen because the users are ______.
A. busy B. lazy C. stupid D. careful
3.Which of the following passwords is considered the safest?
A. ZXCVBN. B. password56. C. wy64#0Mv. D. I hate you.
These days picture news is very popular with young people. Here are some chosen from the Internet by Jack. Read on to find out which one you like best.
★ SPRING is coming, together with butterflies(蝴蝶)! On March 31, the Natural History Museum in London, UK, had a butterfly show. Children came over and played with these beautiful creatures. They also got to know how butterflies grow up. Colorful butterflies flew freely at the show. They sometimes landed on visitors. Look! A large blue butterfly sits on the nose of the girl.
★ Earlier in April 2014, Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing. It hopes to encourage more people to read books.
“We welcome everyone who loves to read books at any time.” The general manager of the store told China Youth Daily.
Although many people can now buy books online, many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch the books and smell the print.
★ This year, many children in the UK will have a new language to study: Chinese.
Starting in 2014, students aged 7-11 in the UK need to study one of seven foreign languages. They can choose from French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek(希腊语) and Chinese.
The British government is offering to train a group of Chinese-language teachers. They will teach Chinese to more than 3,000 primary school students.
China and the UK work together in many fields. So it’s important that the future generation(一代人) can speak Chinese.
1.What could children get from visiting the butterfly show?
A. Beautiful creatures. B. Pleasure and knowledge.
C. Colorful butterflies. D. Care by the visitors.
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the second news?
A. You can read in the bookstore only during the daytime.
B. Sanlian Taofen Bookstore opens 24 hours a day.
C. Reading online is more enjoyable than reading in bookstores.
D. Many people read in bookstores in order to save money.
3.The best title for the third news should be __________.
A. Primary schools in the UK B. Chinese teachers in the UK
C. Chinese comes to the UK D. Foreign languages in the UK
4.Which of the following correctly matches the picture with the news?
a. 
b. 
c. 
d. 
A. Picture a → Third news B. Picture b → First news
C. Picture c → Second news D. Picture d →Second news
A Trip into a Young Farmer’s Mind Chickens that can talk? Cows that can dance? They are all in Louis Black’s comic books(漫画书). Louis Black was born on a farm. The quiet young man spent most of his life helping his parents on the farm. When he was nine, he started to draw the animals on the farm. Later, he put them into his comic books in his own funny way. They were enjoyed by his family but never shown to people outside the farm. The shy farmer’s comic books became famous only after he died. He passed on in a fire three years ago, when he was only 35. In order to remember him, his family showed his comic books in the town museum, and people liked them very much. Now the original(原始的) pictures of Louis Black’s farm animals can be seen at the City Art Center for one month. Come and visit the beautiful world of Louis Black! |
1.At what age did Louis begin to draw the animals on the farm?
A. At 9. B. At 13. C. At 23. D. At 35.
2.The underlined part “passed on” is closest in meaning to “______”.
A. sat B. rose C. died D. stood
3.Which is the right order of the following what happened?
a. His books became popular. b. His family enjoyed his books.
c. He passed on in a fire. d. He started to draw animals.
e. He was born on a farm.
A. a-b-c-d-e B. e-b-d-a-c C. e-d-b-c-a D. b-d-c-e-a
4.What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To plan a trip to visit a farm. B. To tell people about an art show.
C. To attract people to the farm. D. To share ideas of drawing comic books.
1. Lily and her family moved to a new flat __________.
A. yesterday B. last week C. last month D. three days ago
2.Lily is very happy mainly because ________.
A. she has just heard from Alice B. she has got her own bedroom
C. she has a bigger bedroom now D. she shares a room with her sister
3. Lily ________ on her computer.
A. reads books and draws pictures B. learns to make different dishes
C. plays CDs and listens to the radio D. plays games and sends e-mails
4. From the letter we know all the following EXCEPT that ________.
A. there is a computer in Lily’s room B. Lily often helps her mother cook
C. Lily’s mother is good at cooking D. Lily’s mother is Chinese
Adam Lee is a very popular man in Ottawa. He is not famous in sports or the arts, people in the streets know about him, especially the .
For those people, he is “Gloves Lee”. How did he get that ? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文包). But he’s . His briefcase always has some gloves.
In winter, Mr. Lee walks in the streets, looking around at people. He stops when he someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he moves on, looking for more people with cold .
On winter days, Mr. Lee gloves. During the rest of the year, he buys gloves. People who have heard about him him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Lee began doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor people in the city know him and his behavior. But people who don’t know him are sometimes surprised by him. They don’t realize that he just wants to make them happy. A pair of gloves may be a thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
1.A. or B. so C. but D. and
2.A. old B. young C. rich D. poor
3.A. job B. name C. chance D. message
4.A. calm B. different C. crazy D. honest
5.A. helps B. chooses C. greets D. sees
6.A. hands B. feet C. faces D. ears
7.A. searches for B. picks up C. gives away D. puts on
8.A. call B. send C. lend D. show
9.A. understand B. dislike C. study D. excuse
10.A. big B. good C. small D. useful
— May I use your dictionary for a while?
— ______ . It’s on the desk.
A. Yes, sure B. Take it easy
C. You’ve got it D. Sorry, you can’t
