Question

Better think twice before choosing a password for email, 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% took a first name as a password. Another 14% used the easiest keyboard combinations such as “12345678”or “QWERTY”. 5% of the stolen passwords were names of television shows or stars popular with young people. 3% 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.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案，并将其字母标号填入答题卡相应的题号内。

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. ZWVHPO.    B. password34     C. wy64#OMv     D. Ihateyou

4.How many percent(%) of the stolen symbol were the easiest keyboard combinations?

A. 16%      B. 14%           C. 5%        D. 3%

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Someone will steal your password if it is very simple.

B. 28,000 passwords were stolen recently from a popular website.

C. The harder to remember the passwords, the safer the passwords are.

D. Password is very important in our life.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了密码容易被盗的原因，大部分人用简单数字、自己的名字等当作自己的密码，以及最安全的密码是由什么构成的。

1.C词义猜测题。谨慎的电子邮箱密码可知password是密码的意思。故选C。

2.B细节理解题。根据对文章内容的理解，可知百分之四十的密码被偷是因为他们的使用者非常懒惰，故选择B。

3.C细节理解题。通读整篇短文可知 wy64#OMv是最安全的一个密码。故选C。

4.B细节理解题。根据文中Another 14% used the easiest keyboard combinations such as “12345678”or “QWERTY”可知。故选B。

5.C细节理解题。通读整篇文章可知只有The harder to remember the passwords, the safer the passwords are.是不正确的，不是难记住的密码就是更安全的。故选C。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。