Over 2. 5 quintillion （1018） bytes of data are created each day. Many of them consist of information that would allow people to be personally identified.
At the same time that we share our personal information, there is a growing concern with how that information is being gathered, stored, used and shared. While many economies like Canada and the EU have privacy laws dating back to the mid-1990s, changes to data practices in the past five years have motivated governments to review or update existing laws.
Changes to privacy laws are being fuelled by growing public concerns with the idea of unrestricted data accumulation and use. For instance, earlier this year, the World Economic Forum found that 1/3 of global citizens have no idea about how their personal information is used and that trust is lacking.
Privacy laws are changing to deal with the real and noticed risks of harm which result from the under-regulated or unregulated data economy. The EU has introduced big reform to laws which are aimed at protecting privacy. The EU's General Data Protection Regulation （GDPR） introduced strict requirements for those that control or process the personal data of the people who live in the EU. The GDPR's stated goals focus on the protection and basic rights of personal information. Certain US states are also entering the ring in the fight for control over personal data. They have passed or are actively considering privacy laws. California is out front. The California Consumer Privacy Act （CCPA） provides greater control to individuals over their personal information. There is a sense that privacy laws are on the near horizon in the US.
These are two examples that are actively pursuing more progressive privacy laws. One important consideration is to harmonize global standards for best law practices. This will ease compliance （遵守）across border and provide a valuable signal to the public that governments are keeping pace with rapid change.
1.What's the cause of the change of privacy laws?
A.A growing need for information. B.Public concerns over data security.
C.General awareness of data control. D.Collection of personal information.
2.How does Paragraph 4 develop?
A.By giving examples. B.By listing statistics.
C.By analyzing reasons. D.By making comparisons.
3.What is an important consideration for global law makers?
A.The practice of laws in different fields.
B.The reflection of reality in different eras.
C.The consistency of laws in different regions.
D.The adaptation to changes in different societies.
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.EU passes new laws for privacy protection.
B.Governments ignore the violation of personal privacy.
C.Privacy laws are changing to protect personal information.
D.People lack the awareness of personal information protection.
Archeology （考古学）isn't the dusty science it was a generation ago. New technologies that once seemed out of sci-fi are now locating buried traces of buildings and revealing the ruins of cities.
For more than a decade, Sarah Parcak and her team have been on the front line of this revolution. They use satellite images to find and explore ancient sites around the globe. Now they're about to take on a new challenge as they focus Global Xplorer citizen-science project on India.
In 2017, Parcak launched an online platform, called Global Xplorer, to crowd source （群众外包）the initial assessment of satellite images for signs of cultures from long ago. Anyone in the world with a computer and Internet access could help discover and protect remains of Peru's rich cultural heritage. The results have been surprising. About 80,000 participants from a hundred countries have identified 19,000 sites that were not in Peru's database. The platform for Peru is still running.
If all goes well, the work in India could last for years. "India has had relatively little archaeological work done," Parcak says. Also, the full extent of India's archaeological work has never been mapped completely. Parcak expects her project to make up that. “Wherever we end up going, the crowd's going to be able to see extraordinary things," Parcak says.
Thirty six India's cultural heritage relics are already listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Parcak thinks there could be tens of thousands of as yet unknown sites mapped as part of this project. The discoveries promise to be amazing across the land that has seen a parade of cultures come and go.
In the future, she hopes other countries will contact her to launch their own satellite surveys. The possibilities are huge. Parcak estimates that there are at least 12 million potential archaeological sites yet to be discovered. That means the sky is the limit for her project now that it has gotten off the ground successfully.
1.What's the purpose of Parcak's project?
A.To interview citizens via the Internet.
B.To dig out more remains of ancient cities.
C.To build databases for unknown cultural heritage.
D.To identify unknown ancient sites through joint efforts.
2.What do we know about the participants in Peru project?
A.They are Internet-equipped volunteers.
B.They are well-trained voluntary scholars.
C.They are mostly fans of archeology in Peru.
D.They are all archaeologists all over the world.
3.Why is Parcak's project important to India?
A.India lacks thorough archaeological work.
B.Indians call for the protection of their rich cultures.
C.There's no amazing archaeological discovery in India.
D.India needs more relics listed as World Heritage Sites.
4.What does the underlined sentence "The possibilities are huge. " in Paragraph 6 mean?
A.Parcak's project will become successful.
B.Few countries will start satellite surveys.
C.There will be amazing discoveries in India.
D.More archaeological sites will be identified.
"Like a monster, it destroys everything. " That's how one school girl described a tsunami（海啸）.
On Dec. 26, 2004, a magnitude-9. 1 earthquake in Indonesia set off a massive tsunami. It killed more than 230,000 people across four countries and cost an estimated $ 10 billion in damage.
Nov. 5 is World Tsunami Awareness Day and at the United Nations Wednesday, disaster risk reduction was high on the agenda.
"What I can tell you is that the tsunami wave cannot be stopped," said Bulgarians U. N. Ambassador Georgi Velikov Panayotov. He was on vacation in Thailand in 2004 and survived the tsunami. "What we can do is build early warning systems and, of course, educate the population about the damaging power of the tsunami wave," he said.
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake rocked northeastern Japan triggering a fierce tsunami that also damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, south of Sendai.
"When the big earthquake hit Japan in 2011, people thought that we were prepared for it," said Japan's U. N. Ambassador Koro Bessho. "It caused severe damage. We had dams； we had drills. However, we had been counting on something that hits every 100 years and the earthquake was of the size of possibly every 500 years or thousand years, he said.
These two events sent the countries of the region into overdrive to review and improve disaster preparedness. In 2015 the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction was born. It aims to help create a better understanding of disaster risk and improve preparedness for an effective response.
Indonesia is made up of thousands of islands which are disaster-prone（易受灾地区）. Willem Rampangilei, head of the Disaster Management Agency of Indonesia, said his government now has plans for every disaster-prone city.
Countries at risk are also expanding their education programs. Children from an early age are taught how to react in case of a tsunami and then go with their classmates to higher ground away from coastal areas to avoid the walls of water the tsunami triggers.
1.What does Georgi Velikov Panayotov mainly talk about?
A.The general features of a tsunami. B.Ways for humans to face a tsunami.
C.His suffering in the 2004 tsunami. D.The loss caused by the 2004 tsunami.
2.In Koro Bessho's opinion, why did the 2011 earthquake cause severe damage?
A.It caused a fierce tsunami. B.It destroyed a nuclear plant.
C.The size was beyond expectation. D.There was no effective defense system.
3.What common belief pushed different countries to take action to face a coming tsunami?
A.Children should be protected by all means.
B.The improvement of preparedness can reduce damage.
C.Proper response in case of a tsunami can save one's life.
D.Stronger measures should be taken in disaster-prone areas.
4.Which can be the best title of the text?
A.World Tsunami Awareness Day
B.Nations Attacked by Massive Tsunami
C.The Unpredictable and Destructive Disaster
D.Learn from Disasters to Prevent Future Ones
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1.Who will most probably get the job as non-executive director?
A.An agricultural expert in his fifties.
B.A retired economist from Whitsunday.
C.A senior college student majoring in finance.
D.An accountant expecting a handsome income.
2.How many hours at least will a volunteer work in the Red Cross Shop for the season?
A.48. B.52. C.104. D.144.
3.Which one might interest a military fan most?
A.Gallery Attendant.
B.Community Visitors Plan.
C.Volunteer Non — Executive Director.
D.Red Cross Shop Summer Season Volunteer.
假定你是李华，你的交换生朋友 Thomas发来邮件请你给他推荐一些汉语学习资源( resource)，包括书籍、网站或者应用程序(app)。请你用英语给他回一封邮件。
注意: 1. 词数100左右
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Thomas,
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Yours,
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
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注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
There has a public library in every town in Britain. Anyone can borrow books if he or she wish. In some places you may borrow as more books as you need, but in others you are limited in a certain number of books. You may keep the books for several weeks so as you can have enough time to finish it. If the book you want is out, you may ask for it to kept for you. Most public libraries also have a reading-room, that you can sit at the desk and read the daily newspapers, magazines and the other books. However, you are not permit to take them out.
