The best password managersLastPassPerhaps the...

The best password managers

LastPass

Perhaps the best-known password manger made news last November by announcing that its app would be free across all platforms. “By offering LastPass for free across all your devices, we’re making it that much easier for everyone to make good password habits the rule, while resetting the expectations of what a great password management experience should be in a multi-device world,” Joe Siegrist, vice president of LastPass, wrote in a blog post.

Dashlane

You need to pay $39.99 for the updated version, which allows you to sync(同步)and share with all your devices. The free version is great if you just need the manager on one device. Dashlane provides a dashboard that judges how secure your passwords are, so you can see in real time if your new password is more secure than the old one, and it’ll automatically change your password for you if needed.

Keepass

One big reason why might choose Keepass is that Keepass doesn’t use a cloud to keep track of all of your passwords. Instead, all your information is kept on your own computer. That’s bad news if your computer dies or gets stolen and you haven’t backed it up, but if you’re cautious about a cloud-based system, this open-source platform might be the way to go.

Sticky Password

If safety and security are your biggest concerns, Sticky Password is a good option, especially considering its team from AVG Technologies. Perhaps its biggest feature is that you should sync your devices using your own Wi-Fi, meaning the passwords wouldn’t ever leave your home network.

1.LastPass is a kind of password manager that _____.

A. was designed last November

B. helps users develop good living habits

C. offers users good management experience

D. helps users experience password management

2.What is an advantage of Dashlane?

A. Users can get the updated version for free

B. It helps users change the password regularly

C. Users can use it on two different devices for free

D. It helps users evaluate the safety of the password

3.One may choose Keepass if ___________.

A. he is afraid of his computer being stolen

B. he likes keeping his information in his own e-mail

C. he doesn’t trust the safety of the cloud-based system

D. he doesn’t like spending money on password managers

4.What will be advised to do when people update Sticky Password?

A. Consider the safety of its team

B. Use the network in their own homes

C. Keep the new password written down

D. Call the engineers from AVG Technologies

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During the 1990s, Michael Jordan was 1. (probable) the best-known athlete in the world. He 2. (name) their most valued player five times. He was the top 3.(score) in the NBA. He attended the University of North Carolina for a year before 4. (leave) to join the Chicago Bulls.

5. him, the Bulls won their first NBA championship in 1991. There are many fantastic stories to tell about Michael Jordan. He 6.(step) to the line and made two free 7. (throw). At one point, he was so much 8. (good) than other players 9. they changed the rules of the game. Jordan was also in the United States Olympic Basketball, 10. won the gold medal in Barcelona.

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The Sydney Opera House is a very famous building in the world. It has become Sydney's best-known landmark and international symbol. The Opera House with a " sailing roof" was designed by a famous Danish architect (丹麦建筑大师),Utzon. The base for the building was started in 1959, years before the designs were finished. Utzon spent four years designing the Opera House. In 1962, the designs were finalized (定稿) and the construction began. In 1967, they started the decoration inside. It took 14 years in total to build the Opera House. Queen Elizabeth II officially opened it on October 20th, 1973.

The Sydney Opera House cost around $100 million and was paid for by the public 6,225 square meters of glass was used to build it. The Opera House includes 1,000 rooms. It is 185 meters long and 120 meters wide. The building's roof sections weigh about 15 tons. Each year, this fantastic building attracts 200,000 tourists to come for a visit or enjoy events in it.

The Opera House reaches out into the harbour (港湾). It is amazing and unforgettable, offering people a strong sense of beauty.

1.The designer of the Sydney Opera House was from _______.

2.Building the Sydney Opera House lasted__________.

3._______ paid for the cost of the building of the Sydney Opera House.

4.Which is the best title for the passage?

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Ginny Ruffner is one of the best-known glass artists in the United States. Her one-of-a-kind pieces are colorful, detailed and often humorous. Over the years, she became famous for a method called lamp working, also known as flame working. It involves using a torch to melt and shape the glass instead of blowing on it.

Ginny Ruffner almost died in a three-car accident in 1991. No one thought the Seattle-based artist would ever walk or talk again. An award-winning(优等的) film documentary explores that period of her life. "It's scary when you can't talk, you can't do... all your life." said Ruffner.

Ms. Ruffner was in a coma(昏迷) for five weeks and a wheelchair for five years. But she overcame her injuries. And although she still has difficulty walking and talking, she has willed herself back to work. Now, she has a team that helps bring her dream to life.

Her team recently finished an eight point five meter-high flowerpot made of steel and aluminum. It is now in downtown Seattle. Ms. Ruffner was recently honored in Washington, DC.  The Renwick Gallery presented a special showing of the film, "A Not So Still Life, the Ginny Ruffner Story."

Ms. Ruffner says “it has been a long battle, but the hardest part has not been the physical problems. I hate being taken for granted, being ignored. The way I talk, people assume that I'm either really old, or kind of retarded(智力迟钝的), and that is so frustrating."

But she is firm. She says "Fortunately I've done a lot of stuff in my life, so I know that the best thing is to be open to the mystery, who knows what great things will happen. I'm sure they're many more to come."

Ginny Ruffner's art can be seen in more than forty museums around the world. Her work and her life continue to motivate people of all ages.

1.Within five years after a car accident, Ginny Ruffner _____.

2.From this passage we can learn _____.

3.What was the most difficult to accept for Ginny Ruffner?

4.The best title of this passage is _____.

5.From this passage we can know Ginny Ruffner is _____.

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Driverless cars are the best-known example of how artificial intelligence is influencing daily life in China, according to a new report on social attitudes toward AI technology that was released at Fudan University on May 17.

Based on the responses of 625 questionnaires made by Fudan University’s National Center for Cultural Innovation Research and the communication and data science laboratory, the report states that nearly 90 percent of the respondents are familiar with driverless cars, with over 67, percent having access to both positive and negative information on cars. About 62 percent of the respondents said they were willing to ride in driverless cars. Meanwhile, around 47 percent were supportive of unmanned vehicle road tests in the country. However, more than 30 percent of the respondents expressed their concerns about the safety of driverless cars.

If personal injuries or property loss are suffered in the event of an accident, 80.5 percent of the respondents said that the designers of the AI products should bear legal responsibility while 55.5 percent said that vehicle users should also shoulder the blame.

Smart cars with partial or fully autonomous functions are expected to account for 50 percent of new vehicles sold in China by 2020.According to the blueprint released by the National Development and Reform Commission in January, the country is aiming to become a global power in smart-car development and production by 2035.

“One cannot ignore the risks and ethics issues brought up by artificial intelligence technology,” said Sun Shaojing, director of the Communication and Data Science Laboratory of the National Center for Cultural Innovation Research at Fudan University, “Policies should be strengthened to ensure a balanced development of ethics and science, especially for some fast-growing applications like driverless cars.”

1.What do we know about the responses of 625 questionnaires?

A. More than half of the people surveyed were willing to ride in driverless cars.

B. Nearly 90% knew both positive and negative information on cars.

C. Unmanned vehicle road tests were hardly supported in the country.

D. Few people were concerned about the safety of driverless cars.

2.Who should take responsibility if an accident happened to a driverless car?

A. The designers of the AI products.

B. Both AI products designers and vehicle users.

C. Policy makers who regulate the use of driverless cars.

D. It hasn’t been decided yet.

3.What does the underlined word “autonomous” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A. high-tech　　 B. advanced

C. self-directed　　 D. useful

4.What do Sun Shaojing’s words suggest in the last paragraph?

A. We should mainly focus on the benefit that driverless cars bring to us.

B. Effective policies and rules are needed with appliances fast growing.

C. Risks and ethics issues brought up by AI cannot be avoided.

D. Driverless cars play a significant role in AI technology.

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One of America’s best-known artist colonies, the MacDowell Colony, will turn 110 next year. It is a place where artists of all types can sweep away distractions (令人分心的事物) and just create.

MacDowell’s operations are funded by foundations, corporations and individuals. Writers, composers, photographers, filmmakers and sculptors — both famous and unknown —compete for the 32 free studios at the place. Once accepted, an artist can stay for as little as a couple of weeks, or as long as a couple of months.

When they arrive, artists find a kind of isolation (隔绝) hard to find in our world. There’s no phone. No fax. No friends. No family. It’s just a cabin in the snowy woods.

Writer Emily Raboteau lives in New York City. She came to MacDowell to work on a novel. She received a desk, chairs, pencil and paper — and ice grippers. The walk from one isolated, one-room studio to another is icy, so colony residents (居住的人) fasten the ice grippers to the bottom of their shoes.

Another colony resident, Belfast composer Elaine Agnew, plays a piece called “To a Wild Rose,” written by Edward MacDowell. She says it’s so famous that every pianist in the world has played the tune. A hundred years ago, Macdowell owned the land where the colony now sits. He liked its isolation and his ability to get work done there. After his death, his wife, Marion, encouraged other artists to come.

And for the last century, artists have accepted the invitation, coming to step outside of their daily lives for a short time. Privacy is respected, but cooperation and discussion is common.

Screenwriter Kit Carson — who wrote Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 and the film adaptation of Sam Shepherd’s play Paris, Texas — has visited MacDowell twice. He says that the interdisciplinary (学科间的) discussion there is valuable.

“You sit around at dinner, talking, and then somebody runs off and brings you back some stuff and shows it to you,” he says. “That, I didn’t realize, was part of the magic here, because people are really open to showing their opinions here.”

1.What do the colony residents have in common?

A. They find it hard to survive the loneliness.

B. They usually stay in the colony for months.

C. They are already famous in their own field.

D. They are nearly cut off from the outside world.

2.Why does the author mention Elaine Agnew?

A. To show the wide range of the residents.

B. To introduce the origin of the colony.

C. To admire her great musical talent.

D. To show respect for MacDowell.

3.Where does the magic of the MacDowell Colony lie according to Kit Carson?

A. It has a homely feel.　　 B. It values work-play balance.

C. It encourages privacy greatly.　　 D. It has an idea-sharing atmosphere.

4.What would be the best title for the text?

A. Wonderland for artists　　 B. Creativity at work

C. Happy birthday!　　 D. Power of silence

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If Frida Kahlo（1907-1954） is today one of the best-known and most popular figures of 20th-century, Mexican art, it is undoubtedly because of her personality and the originality（独创性）of a body of works. Her work is, above all, the expression of a real life－a tragic and stormy life, one that challenged all conventions. The mere mention of her name excites enthusiasm and admiration, but her work is rarely exhibited, and has not been shown in France for fifteen years. The selection to go on show at the Musee de L’Orangerie includes major works by the artist, with masterpieces from the Museo Dolores Olmedo.

The life and work of Frida Kahlo cannot be separated from those of her companion Diego Rivera（1886-1957）. Together they became figures of legend, and both have a place in the pantheon of 20th-century Mexican artists. Famous for his large wall paintings, Rivera’s easel paintings, drawings and prints, which form a large part of his artistic production, are less well-known to the public in Europe. The exhibition aims to trace his artistic career from the early Cubist images, revealing his links with the Paris artists whose works are a key element in the Orangerie collections, to the paintings that established him as the founder of the 20th-century school of Mexican art. His travels throughout Europe influenced his vision and his skills without ever distancing him from his roots, thus confirming his place in history as the founder of the nationalist school.

The exhibition devoted to the legendary couple Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo presents their works together, as if to confirm the impossibility of their divorce that was in fact finalized（定下来）but reconsidered after just one year apart. It also gives us a better view of their respective artistic worlds, so different and yet so complementary（互补的）, through the deep-rooted attachment they shared to their country.

1.Which of the following best describes Frida Kahlo’s work?

A. Authentic but ordinary.　　 B. Fashionable but unusual.

C. Practical and popular.　　 D. Creative and realistic.

2.What does the underlined word “pantheon” in the second paragraph refer to?

A. Character.　　 B. Community.

C. School.　　 D. Society.

3.What can we infer about Rivera from the passage?

A. Rivera’s marriage to Kahlo was totally ended.

B. Rivera’s works arc hugely popular in Europe.

C. Rivera’s works are the focus of the exhibition.

D. Rivera’s works arc rooted in his motherland.

4.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To present the attraction of art.

B. To introduce two famous artists.

C. To persuade people to learn art.

D. To analyze the styles of artists.

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-- Without a password, you cannot get ___ to the computer system.

--- No wonder it doesn’t go to the next step.

A. entrance          B. permit      C. access        D. means

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_______ in the regulations that you shouldn’t tell other people the password of your e-mail account.

A. As is required　　 B. It is required

C. It requires　　 D. What is required

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_____ in the regulations that you should not tell other people the password of your e-mail account.

A. What is required   B. What requires             C. It is required             D. It requires

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