The internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card(信用卡) fraud. Your card inf
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The internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card(信用卡) fraud. Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal Website(非法网站). Websites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care Online shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they thought they bought.
The thieves then go shopping with your card number—or sell the information over the Internet. Computer hackers(黑客)have broken down security(安全) system, raising questions about the safety of card holder information.
Several months ago, 25,000 customers of a CD universe, an online music retailer(批发商), were not lucky. Their names, addresses and credit-card numbers were posted on a Website after the retailer refused to pay US $ 157,828 to get back the information.
Credit-card firms are now fighting against online fraud. Master-card is working on plans for Web only credit-card, with a lower credit limit. The card could be used only for shopping online. However , there are a few simple steps you can take to keep from being cheated.
Ask about your credit-card firm’s online rules: under British law, cardholders are responsible for the first US $ 78 of any fraudulent spending. And shop only at secure sites: send your credit-card information only if the Website offers advanced secure system.
If the security is in place, a letter will appear in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. The Website address may also start http://--the extra “s” stands for secure. If in doubt, give your credit-card information over the telephone.
Keep your password safe: most online sites require a user name and password before placing an order. Treat your password with care.
小题1:The underlined word “fraud” in the first paragraph probably means ______.| A．cheating | B．sale | C．payment | D．use |
小题2:According to this passage most people worry about shopping on the Internet because ______.| A．a great number of stolen credit-cards are sold on the Internet every day | | B．fraud on the Internet happens very often | | C．many Websites break down every day | | D．there are too many illegal Websites on the Internet |
小题3:Thieves usually get the information of the credit-card ______.| A．because many customers lost their cards | | B．by paying money for people working in the information companies | | C．because of the carelessness of the customers | | D．by stealing the information from Websites |
小题4:If the passwords of your credit-cards are not probably kept, _____.| A．the bank and the shop will suffer great losses | | B．you will not be able to get back your information | | C．you might suffer great losses | | D．the bank will answer for your loss |
小题5:What’s the best title of the passage?| A．How to Beat Online Credit-card Thieves | | B．How to Shop on the Internet | | C．Never Use Credit-card Without an Advanced Computer | | D．Why Thieves Steal Credit-card Information |
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小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:A |
解析
试题分析：本文主要讲述现在在网络上普遍存在的信用卡诈骗的问题，并给出了自己的预防信用卡诈骗的建议。
小题1: A 推理题。根据第一段后4行Your card information could even be for sale in an illegal Website(非法网站). Websites offering cheap goods and services should be regarded with care Online shoppers who enter their credit-card information may never receive the goods they thought they bought.
说明这些都是一些网站的诈骗行为。故该词是指A项。
小题2:B 细节题。根据文章第一句The internet has led to a huge increase in credit-card(信用卡) fraud.说明现在网络上有大量的信用卡欺诈行为，所以我们一定要小心。故B正确。
小题3:D 推理题。根据文章第二段The thieves then go shopping with your card number—or sell the information over the Internet. Computer hackers(黑客)have broken down security(安全) system, raising questions about the safety of card holder information.说明黑客是通过偷窃网站的信息资料这种方式来进行信用卡的诈骗的。故Ｄ项正确。
小题4:C 推理题。根据文章第三段内容Several months ago, 25,000 customers of a CD universe, an online music retailer(批发商), were not lucky. Their names, addresses and credit-card numbers were posted on a Website after the retailer refused to pay US $ 157,828 to get back the information.
通过这个例子类来说明信用卡诈骗会给人们带来很多的损失。故C正确。
小题5:A 主旨大意题。本文的讨论的话题是信用卡诈骗，在文章最后3段告诉我们如何预防信用卡诈骗。故A正确。
点评：本文主要讨论的是信用卡诈骗的话题。要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系，结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断，理解文章的言外之意，从而揭示文章的深层涵义。任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的，读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文，在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据，即：已知部分－推论的前提，从中推测出未知部分－推理的结论，切忌妄加评论，把自己的观点当成作者的观点。 |
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An increase in students applying to study economics at university is being attributed to the global economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how the financial system works.
Applications for degree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according to UCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A spokesman for the Royal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were also up.
Professor John Beath, the president of the society, and a leading lecturer at St Andrews University, said his first-year lectures—which are open to students from all departments—were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.
“There are a large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like to learn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate my teaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done.” He added.
University applications rose 7% last year. But there were rises above average in several subjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in careers in the public sector, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.
A recent study showed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teach pupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had asked them what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did not understand it themselves well enough to explain.
Zack Hocking, the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing to arise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser and better equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”
小题1:Professor John Beath’s lectures are .| A．given in a traditional way | | B．open to both students and their parents | | C．connected with the present situation | | D．warmly received by economics |
小题2:Incomes in the public sector are more attractive because of their .| A．greater stability | B．higher pay | | C．fewer applications | D．better reputation |
小题3:In the opinion of most parents .| A．economics should be the focus of school teaching | | B．more students should be admitted to universities | | C．children should solve financial problems themselves | | D．the teaching of financial matters should be strengthened |
小题4:According to Hocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters .| A．have access to better equipment | B．wiser in money management | | C．confident about their future careers | D．get jobs in Child Trust Funds |
小题5:What’s the main idea of the text?| A．Universities have received more applications. | | B．College students benefit a lot from economic uncertainty. | | C．Economics is attracting an increasing numbers students. | | D．Parents are concerned with children’s subject selection. |
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Did Steve Jobs kill the music industry? That’s the question on many people’s lips since rock star Jon Bon Jovi accused the Apple boss of personally destroying the music industry.Bon Jovi centers his criticism on how he believes music downloading has robbed young people of what he calls the “beauty of buying an album”. “Kids today have missed the beauty of taking your pocket money and making a decision based on the jacket (封面), not knowing what the record sounded like,” he said.
But far from killing the industry, many young people today think Jobs has been a blessing (带来幸运的人), offering you instant, and selective access to a whole world of music.
Keith Staskiewicz at Enthertainment Weekly speaks for the feelings of many music lovers. He believes listening to MP3s rather than records or CDs “just save money” and doesn’t “remove the sense of discovery they get from new music”. Staskiewicz also argues that it’s wrong to blame Jobs and Apple for destroying anything. “Change is just part of the business,” Staskiewicz said. “No doubt in 50 years, Justin Bieber will complain about how kids don’t listen to ipods anymore.”
For now, though, it appears that music downloading is set to continue for the near future.
According to Summer Redstone, chairman of media company Viacom, iTunes has “resurrected(复兴) the music industry by creating a legal, affordable purchasing system for fans”.
But recent surveys suggested that, despite the “legalizing(合法化)” of music downloading through sites like iTunes, young people are still choosing to download music illegally. A report by Jupiter Research suggested that illegal downloading sites are used three times as much as legal ones. The problem, according to its analyst Mark Mulligan, is how today’s youth grow up viewing music as something they can get for free.
He said, “Unless the musci industry can shift these consumers while they are young away from free consumption to paid music formats(格式), they may never develop music purchasing behavior and the recording industry could suffer long-term harm.”
小题1:Which one is TRUE about young people nowadays?| A．They are music lovers and are willing to save money to enjoy music. | | B．The majority of them download music through legal sites like iTunes. | | C．They are most likely to go back to the store to buy albums in the near future. | | D．They are robbed of the change of enjoying music by Apple. |
小题2:According to Mark Mulligan, the best solution to the problem of illegal music downloading is to_______.| A．legalize music downloading through sites like iTunes | | B．help young people get used to paying for music | | C．offer young people instant and selective access to a variety of music | | D．create an affordable purchasing system for fans |
小题3:What is the main point of the article?| A．How Steve Jobs and Apple destroyed the music industry. | | B．Why young people prefer downloading music to buying albums. | | C．The problem of illegal downloading of music. | | D．Different opinions on effects of music downloading. |
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Throughout the world, boys and girls prefer to play with different types of toys. Boys typically like to play with cars and trucks, while girls typically choose to play with dolls. Why is this? A traditional sociological explanation is that boys and girls are socialized and encouraged to play with different types of toys by their parents, peers, and the “society”. Growing scientific evidence suggests, however, that boys’ and girls’ toy preferences may have a biological origin.
In 2002, Gerianne M. Alexander of Texas A&M University and Melissa Hines of City University in London surprised the scientific world by showing that monkeys showed the same sex typical toy preferences as humans. In the study, Alexander and Hines gave two masculine toys (a ball and a police car), two feminine toys (a soft doll and a cooking pot), and two neutral toys (a picture book and a stuffed dog) to 44 male and 44 female monkeys. They then assessed the monkeys’ preference for each toy by measuring how much time they spent with each. Their data showed that male monkeys showed significantly greater interest in the masculine toys, and the female monkeys showed significantly greater interest in the feminine toys. The two sexes did not differ in their preference for the neutral toys.
If children’ s toy preferences were largely formed by gender socialization, as traditional sociologists’ claim, in which their parents give “gender appropriate” toys to boys and girls, how can these male and female monkeys have the same preferences as boys and girls？They were never socialized by humans, and they had never seen these toys before in their lives.
小题1:Traditional sociologists believe boys’ and girls’ toy preferences ________| A．are passed down from their parents | | B．are largely formed in later life | | C．have nothing to do with gender socialization | | D．have a biological origin |
小题2:The study by Alexander and Hines shows that monkeys________| A．also have a sex typical toy preference | | B．also play toys as humans do | | C．have no toy preferences | | D．like to play different toys at different time |
小题3:Alexander and Hines carried out the study to ________| A．find more evidence for traditional sociology | | B．test the intelligence of monkeys | | C．test whether monkeys like to play toys | | D．find out why boys and girls prefer different toys |
小题4:According to the study, if given a stuffed dog, _______| A．only the male monkeys showed interest | | B．the female monkeys showed more interest | | C．the male and female monkeys showed the same interest | | D．neither the male nor the female monkeys showed any interest |
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"Beating is a sign of affection, cursing (骂）is a sign of love."
Many may not expect to hear the words of the old Chinese saying in these modern times—with parents wealthier and better educated than they have ever been-but experts say they still ring true.
Today, it seems, Chinese parents are more likely to send their children to pre-college military academies in the United States in the hope that some tough love will pave the way tosuccess.
"Good education doesn"t mean letting your child enjoy privileges, especially our boys," said Song Wenming, an entrepreneur(企业家）in Jinhua, East China"s Zhejiang province." They should be raised in tough conditions to know what to fight for in the future."
In August, Song sent his 17-year-old son to Valley Forge Military Academy (VFMA) in Pennsylvania. And he is far from alone, even though it takes a lot of money - around $48,000 per year —to send a child to a strict military school.
Statistics shows that an increasing number of Chinese students have been registering with such academies.
A few years ago, there were no Chinese students at Valley Forge. Today, there are 28."All of the Chinese students at Valley Forge came from wealthy families, some of them were spoiled," said Jennifer Myers, director of marketing and communications at the school.
Song"s only son, Song Siyu, had a rocky start during his first six weeks at the school. The teenager said he went to the school voluntarily but did not expect it to be as difficult.
Now, three months later, he has perfected the art of taking a bath in 35 seconds, finishing a meal without looking at his food, and making his bed with precision. He can even take criticism, no matter how unreasonable.
"The training is hard but I know it is good for self-development of individuals," said Song Siyu."The endless training and scolding are just ways to build up our character, they are not personal."
But his enthusiasm is not universal. Ten of the 13 Chinese students who joined the academy this year have transferred to other schools.
But for those who stick with it, there is a reward for all the hard work.
小题1:From the second paragraph, we can know the old Chinese saying _____.| A．is out of date in modern times. | | B．is disagreed by rich parents. | | C．is still worth trusting | | D．is deeply believed by better educated parent. |
小题2:The underlined sentence means that _____| A．Song sent his only son to military school, so he feels lonely. | | B．Song is the only one who sends his child t to military school. | | C．There are other people sending their children to military school besides Song. | | D．The fee of the military school is so high that only Song can afford it. |
小题3:Song Siyu got some achievements in the military school except _____.| A．taking a bath in a short time | | B．having his meal with his eyes closed | | C．taking unreasonable criticism | | D．improving his character |
小题4:How many Chinese students are there at Valley Forge before this year?小题5:Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A. It"s likely that more and more Chinese students will attend VFMA.
B. Most Chinese parents approve of educating their children by beating and cursing nowadays.
C. Song Siyu had no difficulty in adjusting to the life at VFMA.
D. Most Chinese students support the way of education at VFMA. |
Sneaker is a kind of shoe worn by many people all over the world. Some say that the word “sneaker” is another word for tennis shoe, 36 no one really knows where the word came from. 37 say it came from the old English verb “sneak”, which 38 moving silently and quickly. The only thing we are 39 is that when you put on a pair of sneakers, you 40 light-hearted, light-footed and ready to play.
Sneakers of some kind are used by 41 who play tennis, basketball, and other sports. New design has been made 42 for people who run slowly. But perhaps sneakers are 43 used by children in the United States. In fact American children of 44 ages would much rather play in sneakers than anything else, except perhaps 45 at all.
New York City once held a poetry contest (诗歌比赛) for children. The subject was only “sneaker”. Thousands of children sent in their 46 and praised the sneakers they love. One prize winner called 47 poem “The Sneaker and the World Peace”. “When everyone is wearing sneakers,” she said, “it will be impossible to 48 .”
American school children can be seen every day 49 sneakers of all colours. They put them on in the morning and take them off 50 . Sneakers are 51 washed. In fact the older and dirtier they are, the 52 loveable they are. When their sneakers wear out (穿破), children hate to throw them off. How do you explain the closeness between 53 ? Perhaps another young 54 in the New York Poetry Contest said it best. “A shoe is just a shoe,” he said. “But a sneaker is a 55 .”
| 小题2: | | A．All | B．Some | C．People | D．The others |
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| 小题3: | | A．appears | B．remains | C．means | D．wants |
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| 小题4: | | A．excited about | B．sure of | C．surprised at | D．pleased with |
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| 小题5: | | A．think | B．feel | C．consider | D．suggest |
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| 小题6: | | A．men | B．women | C．those | D．these |
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| 小题7: | | A．lovely | B．specially | C．lively | D．cheaply |
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| 小题8: | | A．only | B．greatly | C．hardly | D．finally |
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| 小题10: | | A．some shoes | B．no shoes | C．no children | D．some sneakers |
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| 小题11: | | A．photos | B．compositions | C．poems | D．drawings |
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| 小题13: | | A．explain | B．guide | C．hate | D．love |
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| 小题14: | | A．dressing | B．wearing | C．putting on | D．having |
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| 小题15: | | A．the next day | B．at noon | C．at bedtime | D．in the evening |
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| 小题16: | | A．forever | B．always | C．seldom | D．sometimes |
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| 小题18: | | A．sneakers and other shoes | B．boys and girls | | C．children and sneakers | D．winners and sneakers |
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| 小题19: | | A．girl | B．man | C．woman | D．winner |
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| 小题20: | | A．sneaker | B．friend | C．poem | D．shoe |
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