Nothing can destroy a vacation quicker than losing your money or credit cards. A few simple steps before you head out of the door can help protect your cash, card and personal information while you’re traveling.
Paul Stephens, a policy analyst San Diego, notes that people spend a lot of time planning their trips, from buying guidebooks to finding just the right beach outfits（装备）.“But their eyes glaze（呆滞） over when the subject of keeping money safe comes up,” he said.
“Why not take a few minutes to do something that could probably save your vacation?” Stephens asked．“In most cases, they can go on your to-do list with‘ buy travel bags’ and everything else,” he added.
The top recommendation is to clean your wallet. Remove unnecessary credit cards and any other unneeded documents that could compromise（危及...的安全）your identity(身份) if lost or stolen while you’re on vocation.
Then make a photocopy of the cards you’ve decided to take along and keep it in a secure location with you（not in your wallet）or leave it with a trusted relative or friend back home. Then you will know who you need to contact and how to reach it if your wallet is missing.
“Travelers should never leave their wallets or any identifying documents in their hotel room when they’re not there,” he said.” Choose a hotel with a safe to keep your valuable things in. Or keep your wallet and documents with you at all times. ”
1.According to passage, _______can destroy one’s vacation the most quickly.
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A．being lost on vacation |
B．losing money or credit cards |
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C．living in a bad hotel. |
D．losing contact with family |
2.What does the underlined word stand for?
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A．The people who are going traveling. |
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B．The outfits that are prepare4d for traveling. |
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C．The suggestions on what to buy when traveling. |
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D．The steps to avoid losing money or credit cards. |
3.What should people do with their wallet before they go on vacation?
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A．Take it with them all the time. |
B．Put it in a safe place at the hotel |
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C．Remove unnecessary cards and documents. |
D．Leave it with family or friend. |
4.What is the topic of the passage?
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A．How to prepare for travel. |
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B．How to be happy during your vacation. |
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C．How to keep cash and cards safe on vacation. |
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D．How to protect your luggage on vacation |
5.According to the passage, we know ______.
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A．people don’t always know how to protect their money or credit cards |
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B．people should take a lot of money with them while traveling |
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C． people can leave their identifying documents in rooms, if the hotel is expensive |
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D．people can spend a few minutes preparing the luggage for travelling |
To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence？The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet.
If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory. It can recite many facts. For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season.
He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US. However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers. A question about Smarter Child’s age returns, “One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives gets, “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California.”
Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank. To answer questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online. For the weather, he visits www.intellicast.com.
Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial(人工的) being with the combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears could be born. However, if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A. I. Artificial Intelligence, he must solve two problems.
The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files（文件） are sorted in different ways. That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather. It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself.
Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process（处理）information more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child.
1.From the text we can infer that www.intellicast.com is a website .
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A．which is specially designed to help Smarter Child |
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B．where we people can find Smarter Child |
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C．where weather forecasts are made |
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D．which is about artificial intelligence |
2.It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to .
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A．tell us how to spell a difficult word |
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B．tell us how the American government is run |
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C．provide us with a famous poem by Shakespeare |
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D．learn the ability to tell right behaviors from wrong ones. |
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. Smart Child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information.
B. A.I. Artificial Intelligence is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer.
C. Smart Child can recognize different files and find information needed on his own.
D. We have similar product now which has the knowledge of Einstein, Nixon and Spears.
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
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A．A New Web Child |
B．Smarter Child |
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C．The Future of Internet |
D．Intelligence Development |
Nearly everyone is shy in some ways. If shyness is making you uncomfortable, it may be time for a few lessons in self-confidence. You can build your confidence by
following some suggestions from doctors and psychologists.
Make a decision not to hold back in conversations. What you have to say is just as important as what other people say. And don’t turn down party invitations just because of your shyness.
Prepare for yourself for being with others in groups. Make a list of the good qualities you have. Then make a list of ideas, experiences, and skills you would like to share with other people . I think about what you would like to say in advance. Then say it.
If you start feeling self-conscious in a group, take a deep breath and focus your attention on other people, Remember, you are not alone. Other people are concerned about the impression they are making, too.
No one ever gets over being shy completely, but most people do learn to live with their shyness. Even entertainers admit that they often feel shy. They work at fighting their shy feelings so that they can face the cameras and the public. Just making the effort to control shyness can have many rewards. But perhaps the best reason to fight shyness is to give other people a chance to know about you.
1.Where would this article probably appear?
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A．In a popular magazine |
B．On the top-line position of a newspaper |
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C．In a science textbook |
D．In an encyclopedia (百科全书) |
2.The main purpose of the article is to _____.
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A．explain how shyness developed |
B．recommend ways of dealing with shyness |
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C．persuade readers that shyness is natural |
D．prove that shyness can be overcome |
3. Which of these can you conclude from reading the article?
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A．Shy people never have any fun |
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B．Entertainers choose their work to fight shyness |
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C．The attempt to overcome shyness is always frustrating |
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D．The attempt to overcome shyness is always rewarding |
4.Who probably gives the suggestion for fighting shyness?
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A．The author of the article |
B．Shy men and women |
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C．Doctors and psychologists |
D．Popular entertainers |
One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__21___ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be 22___.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him, 23 all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went 24 and landed in the grass.
My 25 went out to him. So, I ran over to him. 26 I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”
I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it 27 , he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.
Kyle was the 28 student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the 29 to prepare a 30 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 31 . So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be 32!” He looked at me and smiled.
He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to 33 those who helped you make it through those 34 years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best 35 you can give him.”
I just looked at my friend with 36 as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 37 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 38 me from doing the unspeakable.”
Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the 39 of your actions. With one small gesture you can 40 a person’s life. For better or for worse.
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Long ago, man used to ______ with his hands but now man is used to ______ with machines, and sometimes a robot is used to ___ instead of people.
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A．work, working, work |
B．work, working, working |
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C．working, work, working |
D．working, work, work |
There is no need ______ because Mr. Smith is still sleeping.
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A．hurry |
B．hurrying |
C．to hurry |
D．hurried |
