Question

    One of the problems with passwords (密码) is that users forget them. In an effort to remember them, people use simple things like their dog’s names and their birth dates — anything that will give them a clue to remember what their passwords are. But for a hacker(黑客), this is the same as locking your door and leaving the key under the doormat(门口地垫).

To create a safe password that is easy to remember, follow these simple steps:

You should never use personal information as part of your password. It is very easy for someone to guess things like your last name and your pet’s name.

With the help of today’s computing power, it doesn’t take long to try every word in the dictionary and find your password, so you’d better not use real words for your password.

You can make a password much safer by mixing different types of characters. Use some capital letters along with small letters, numbers and even special characters such as & and %.

In order not to create a password using different character types that is hard to remember or using a word from the dictionary, you can use a “passphrase(代码)”. Think of a sentence from a song or a poem that you like and create a password using the first letters from each word. For example, instead of just setting a password like “yr$1Hes”, you can take a sentence such as “I like to read the about.com Internet network security website” and make it a password like “il2rta!nsw” by using the number “2” for the word “to” and using “!” in place of “Internet”. You can use may characters types and create a safe password that is hard to guess, but much easier for you to remember.

1.The underlined word “clue” in the passage is similar to “_____” in meaning.

A.an explanation B.a condition

C.a conclusion D.a piece of information

2.According to the passage, a passphrase is made up of _________.

A.different capital letters B.long English words from the dictionary

C.sentences from a song or a poem D.the first letters from each word of a sentence

3.Which of the following passwords might be the best according to the passage?

A.jessica208. B.19890703.

C.il2rta!nsw. D.3About&5.

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.How to use you passwords correctly.

B.How to keep others away from your computers.

C.How to protect your private information online.

D.How to make you passwords safer and easier to remember.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.D

【解析】

本文属于说明文，介绍了设置容易记忆又安全密码的方法。

1.词义猜测题。根据第一段In an effort to remember them, people use simple things like their dog’s names and their birth dates— anything that will give them a clue to remember what their passwords are可知，通过宠物狗的名字以及生日等例子来帮助记忆密码，或者其他任何可以帮助记住密码的东西，that will give them a clue to remember what their passwords are为定语从句修饰先行词anything，their dog’s names and their birth dates是帮助记住密码的信息，故可以推断出clue是信息的意思，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据最后一段Think of a sentence from a song or a poem that you like and create a password using the first letters from each word.可知，密码代码是关于每个单词的首字母组合，故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段 instead of just setting a password like “yr$1Hes”, you can take a sentence such as “I like to read the about.com Internet network security website” and make it a password like “il2rta!nsw” by using the number “2” for the word “to” and using “!” in place of “Internet”.可知，作者举例说明安全的密码应该是什么样的，例举了il2rta!nsw这个密码，故选C。

4.主旨大意题。根据文章可知，本文的主旨句为To create a safe password that is easy to remember, follow these simple steps，主要介绍设置容易记忆又安全密码的方法，故选D。