Google, one of the world’s outstanding tech c...

Google, one of the world’s outstanding tech companies, was attacked. It wasn’t its search engine that was attacked or its advertising platform or even its social network, Google+. Instead, it was a building.

Two web security experts hacked (侵入) into its Wharf 7 office in Sydney, Australia, through Google’s building management system (BMS). One of them, Billy Rios, says, “My colleague and I have a lot of experience in web security, but it is not something that people couldn’t learn. Once you understand how the system works, it is very simple.”

They found the system on Shodan, a search engine that lists devices connected to the Internet, and then ran it through their own software to identify who owned the building. In the case of the Google hacking, the researchers had no immoral purpose and just informed Google about what they found.

According to Mr. Rios, Who runs security company Whitescope, there are 50,000 buildings currently connected to the Internet, including research institutes, churches and hospitals, and 2,000 of those are online with no password protection. Martyn Thomas, a professor of IT at Gresham College in the UK, says, “It is beyond doubt that attempts to attack building management systems arc happening all the time.”

Making a building smart generally means connecting the systems that control heating, Hating and security to the Internet and the wider corporate network. There was a strong reason for doing this, said Andrew Kelly, principal security consultant at defence company Qinetiq.

“Energy savings are the biggest factor in connecting building management systems to the corporate network,” he says. “It gives those who run the building better control and offers between 20% to 50% in energy savings,” he adds.

But it also makes them less secure. And if any of these feels like a Hollywood film, think again.

1.How did Billy Rios and his colleague hack Google’s building?

A. They invented a search engine and connected it to Google’s building.

B. They connected their own software to the building to run Google.

C. They worked for Google and mastered how the building worked.

D. They used Google’s BMS to find out the owner of the building.

2.In the case of the Google hacking, the researchers had the intention of 　　　　 .

A. telling Google about the Wharf 7 office’s hidden danger

B. entering Google’s building to save more energy

C. explaining the reasons for energy savings

D. analyzing some immoral problems

3.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A. There are many researchers contributing a lot to web security.

B. The attack on building management systems happens all over the world.

C. The building management systems of some buildings are in danger.

D. There are too many buildings connected to the Internet to be managed well.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards the way of the energy savings of some buildings?

A. Favorable.　　 B. Ambiguous.

C. Indifferent　　 D. Negative.

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China produces 58,000 tons of silk each year．Yet one of the most popular silk companies in the world is Jim Thompson, a brand based in Thailand．Thompson, a Delaware native, was trained to be an architect in the mid－1920s, but then joined the United States army during the World War II．He was soon appointed to the CIA and traveled around the world, including Thailand, where he fell in love with the people and their country．

Being aware of the potential in silk trade, Thompson returned to Thailand to start his own silk business upon his retirement in 1946. At that time, silk production was becoming weaker due to the slow collection process. To revive（振兴）the business, in 1947, he took a variety of silk clothes back to New York City to see if the product would be marketable to foreign consumers. He received a positive response, so the Jim Thompson Silk Company was founded in 1948．

After the establishment of his company, silk costumes soon appeared in Broadway plays and popular films such as Ben Hur, and Thai royalty, such as Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, began wearing silk often．Many also think his work contributed greatly to the Thai economy, since the silk industry continues to employ thousands of Thai citizens even today．

Jim Thompson’s success is no mystery．However, his disappearance on March 26, 1967 certainly is one．Thompson made a trip to Malaysia to visit friends and one day , ventured into the jungle (丛林) on an afternoon walk．He was never seen again despite search parties sent out by the Royal Army Air Corps and British troops．Many have their own theories on his disappearance, but none have been completely confirmed．

1.Which statement about Jim Thompson is Not True according to Paragraph 1? ____

A. He was born in Delaware.

B. He became an architect after the war.

C. He was deeply attracted by Thailand when he traveled there.

D. His company plays an important role in the global silk market.

2.Which of the following is the correct order of the events that happened to Thompson? ____

a. Returning to Thailand to set about his own silk business．

b. Making a trip to Malaysia to visit friends.

c. Taking various silk clothes back to New York City.

d. Creating the Jim Thompson Silk Company.

A. a-c-d-b 　　 B. d-c-a-b　　 C. a-d-c-b　　 　 D. d-a-c-b

3.What does the author think of Thompson’s disappearance? ____

A. Expected　　 B. Unbelievable　　 C. Alarming　　 D. Confusing

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There Really Was a Santa Claus

Ann worked for a big company. One of the duties of her _______ was to go to the post office every day and _______ the company mail. One day in December, she _______ a beggar making himself up as a Santa Claus _______ on the corner of the street. Each day she _______ her coins and dropped them in his bowl. He would smile and _______ her a Merry Christmas.

At night the temperature dropped below 0℃, but the Santa Clause _______ stood in the cold wind. _______ she dropped her coins into his bowl, she handed him a pair of gloves.

A week later, a(n) _______ Santa Claus was standing there. “What happened to the other Santa Claus?” she asked. He told her, “He’s very ________ today.” She prayed for his health.

Later that day, a colleague came into her office ________. “I don’t know what I’m going to do.” “What’s wrong?” she asked. “It’s my ex-husband,” her colleague ________, “I don’t have any money to buy my boys anything for Christmas, ________ my ex-husband refuses to send money to them. It breaks my heart that they won’t have anything this year.” The lady ________ her colleague,“I’m sure everything will ________. It’s Christmas. Believe in miracles(奇迹).”

That evening, she told her husband about her colleague’s ________, “I know we don’t have much money to ________, but I’d like to give her fifty or a hundred dollars. We’ll just get ourselves less this year. Last year we couldn’t ________ to buy anything for ourselves but we still had a wonderful Christmas.” Her husband smiled, “Give her one hundred dollars. She needs it more than we do.”

She reached up and held him. Warmth spread ________ her body. He held her and realized that ________ really was a Santa Claus — and he had married her!

1.A. family　　 B. job　　 C. life　　 D. religion

2.A. receive　　 B. go through　　 C. answer　　 D. pick up

3.A. spotted　　 B. watched　　 C. sensed　　 D. followed

4.A. standing　　 B. waiting　　 C. playing　　 D. performing

5.A. earned　　 B. counted　　 C. saved　　 D. threw

6.A. send　　 B. offer　　 C. wish　　 D. tell

7.A. even　　 B. just　　 C. yet　　 D. still

8.A. After　　 B. If　　 C. Since　　 D. Although

9.A. honest　　 B. strong　　 C. considerate　　 D. new

10.A. sad　　 B. sick　　 C. cold　　 D. poor

11.A. in tears　　 B. in shock　　 C. in horror　　 D. in trouble

12.A. concluded　　 B. continued　　 C. decided　　 D. commented

13.A. or　　 B. but　　 C. so　　 D. otherwise

14.A. reminded　　 B. amused　　 C. fooled　　 D. comforted

15.A. come back　　 B. work out　　 C. run out　　 D. open up

16.A. message　　 B. suggestion　　 C. example　　 D. situation

17.A. lend　　 B. help　　 C. lose　　 D. pay

18.A. offer　　 B. afford　　 C. promise　　 D. help

19.A. off　　 B. to　　 C. among　　 D. through

20.A. it　　 B. there　　 C. this　　 D. that

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The Great Wall of China, one of the greatest wonders of the world, was enlisted in the World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1987. Just like a gigantic dragon, the Great Wall winds up and down across deserts, grasslands and mountains, stretching about 6,700 kilometers from east to west of China. With a history of more than 2,000 years, some parts of the Great Wall are now in ruins or even entirely disappeared. However, it is still one of the most appealing attractions around the world.

No one can tell for sure when the building of the Great Wall was started, but it is popularly believed that it originated as a military fortification(要塞) against intrusion by tribes on the borders during the earlier Zhou Dynasty. Late in the Spring and Autumn Period, some states extended the defence work to prevent the attacks from other states.

It was not until the Qin Dynasty that the separate walls were connected to form a defensive system by Emperor Qin Shi Huang. After the emperor unified the country in 214 BC, he ordered the construction of the wall. It took about ten years to finish and the wall stretched from Gansu Province to Jilin Province. The wall not only served as a defence in the north but also symbolized the power of the emperor.

Further construction also experienced several dynasties. The present Great Wall in Beijing is mainly remains from the Ming Dynasty. Today, the Great Wall has become a must-see for every visitor to China. Few can help saying “Wow” when they stand on top of a beacon tower and look at this giant dragon. It has become a national pride of Chinese people.

1.The underlined word “appealing” probably means “______”.

A. huge　　 B. attractive

C. ordinary　　 D. moving

2.In the Qin Dynasty, ______.

A. the construction of the Great Wall was finished in 204 BC

B. the emperor wanted to invade other minor states

C. the defensive system of the Great Wall was separated

D. the Great Wall began its way from Jilin Province

3.According to the passage, the Great Wall _______.

A. is from the west to the east　　 B. is as long as 6,700 miles

C. was built in several dynasties　　 D. was begun in the Qin Dynasties

4.The best title for the passage probably is _______.

A. History of the Great Wall　　 B. Culture of the Great Wall

C. Construction of the Great Wall　　 D. Projection of the Great Wall

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Susan Sontag (1933 — 2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything — to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.

Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong watchwords（格言）, but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasures of pop culture. In ‘‘Notes on Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. ‘“Notes on Camp”, she wrote, represents “a victory of ‘form’ over ‘content’ ,‘beauty’ over ‘morals’”.

By conviction（信念）she was a sensualist（感觉论者）, but by nature she was a moralist（伦理论者）, and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphor — published in 1978, after she suffered cancer — she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities （被压抑的个性）, a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

In America, her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,” she once said, “I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending ... is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.” And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.

1.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means Sontag _____ .

A. was a symbol of American cultural life        B. developed world literature, film and art

C. published many essays about world culture

D. kept pace with the newest development of world culture

2.She first won her name through _____ .

A. her story of a Polish actress                  B. her book Illness as Metaphor

C. publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review

D. her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

3.According to the passage, Susan Sontag ______.

A. was a sensualist as well as a moralist       B. looked down, upon the pop culture

C. thought content was more important than form

D. blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed

4.As for Susan Sontag’s lifelong habit, she ______.

A. misunderstood the idea of seriousness         B. re-examined old positions

C. argued for an openness to pop culture       D. preferred morals to beauty

5.Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon _____ .

A. a tireless, all-purpose cultural view     B. her lifelong watchword: seriousness

C. publishing books on morals    D. enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing

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Susan Sontag (1933—2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything — to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s, publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American culture life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.

Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong watchwords (格言), but at a time when the barriers (障碍)between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In “Notes Camp”, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. “Notes on Camp”, she wrote, represents “a victory of ‘form’ over ‘content’, ‘beauty’ over ‘morals’ ”.

By conviction (信念) she was a sensualist(感觉论者), but by nature she was a moralist(伦理学者), and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s , it was the latter side of her that came forward. In illness as Metaphor —published in 1978, after she suffered cancer—she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities (被压抑的性格), a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

In America, her story of a 19th  century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,” she once said,“I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending …is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.” And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.

1.The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means Sontag  ______.

A. was a symbol of American cultural life

B. developed world literature, film and art

C. published many essays about world culture

D. kept pace with the newest development of world culture

2.She first won her name through ___________.

A. her story of a Polish actress

B. her book illness as Metaphor

C. publishing essays in magazines like partisan Review

D. her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

3.According to the passage, Susan Sontag ________.

A. was a sensualist as well as a moralist

B. looked down upon the pop culture

C. thought content was more important than form

D. blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed

4.As for Susan Sontag’s lifelong habit, she __________.

A. misunderstood the idea of seriousness

B. re-examined old positions

C. argued for an openness to pop culture

D. preferred morals to beauty

5.Susan Sontag’s lasting fame was made upon___________.

A. a tireless, all-purpose cultural view

B. her lifelong watchword：seriousness

C. publishing books on morals

D. enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing

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Ancient Rome was one of the world’s most powerful empires more than 2,000 years ago. The Romans’

Ideas about roads, laws, government and buildings still influence us today. Italy is shaped like a boot.

The Colosseum (角斗场)in Rome was built during the time of the Roman Empire, in the first century A.D. 1.. It is a popular tourist attraction today.

Italy is well-known for its designers, who create cars, handbags , clothes, shoes and other items that are in demand for their style and fine workmanship.

Today, the economy of Italy is stronger than in the past.　　 2..　　 Today, manufacturing and tourism are the main sources of income. There are some big companies, but Italy has many smaller companies, too. 3.. The southern part does not offer as many manufacturing jobs, so it is not as prosperous.

Italy is a member of the European Union, a group of countries that join together for better trade. The currency, or money, they use is called the “euro”.

Food and eating good meals are important to Italians. 4.. Popular foods include pasta, risotto, minestrone and pizza. McDonald’s is also popular there.

Many families still eat their main meal in the middle of the day.　 5.. Families spend a lot of time together.

A. The family is very important to the Italian way of life.

B. The country used to depend on agriculture.

C. Mountains cover about three-fourths of the country.

D. It could seat about 50,000 people, who went to see fights between animals and people.

E. While there are some supermarkets, many people shop at small, neighborhood markets.

F. Italy has several islands off the coast.

G. The northern part of the country is the main manufacturing center.

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The world’s biggest Internet search engine, Google, has proven once again to be king of the Web. Users can download “Google Wi-Fi” software and then enjoy free Wi-Fi service available in some US cities since last Tuesday.

Wi-Fi is short for “Wireless Fidelity”(无线上网). It allows laptop computers and personal digital assistants to connect to the Internet at high speed by radio sigal.

A person with a Wi-Fi enabled computer can connect to the Internet when near one of the network’s access points. The place covered by one or several access points is called a hotspot. Google had already set up two “hotspots” in the US city of San Francisco which provide a free Wi-Fe service.

The Wi- Fi technology even allows users to enjoy a free Internet phone service. Some scientists argue that Wi-Fi may replace mobile phone networks.

Wi-Fi is stioo limited to a few cities, where there are “ hotspots”. But its capability(容量) of sending information has already done better than that of the mobile phone network, even that of 3G (Third Generation telecommunication technology). Some scientists have started to call Wi-Fi 4G.

In addition to a high speed Internet connection, Fi-Fi has other advantages compared to mobile phones. We-Fi is global. The same Wi-Fi system works in different countries around the world. Different from using cell phones, you don’t need to change computers to use Internet phones when you go to other places and most importantly, many Internet phones cost you nothing at all.

1. Wi-Fi is not available in cities without_____.

A. a computer   B. a radio   C. a hotspot   D. a cell phone

2. Which of the following is NOT the advantage of Wi-Fi?

A.  The high speed Internet connection.   B. Many free Internet phones.

B.  Using the same computers for Internet phones when you go to other places. C. Used in all the US cities.

3. Some scientists started to call Wi-Fi 4G, because_____.

A.it is the product of the Google”s 4^th generation.

B..it is more capable of sending information than the mobile phone network.

C.it has been used by more than four generations.

D.Wi-Fi will surely take the place of the mobile phone network.

4.. Which of the following is the best title?

A.Third Generation Telecommunication Technology

B. Free Call Service

C.Google Launches Free Wi-Fi Service

D.Free Wi-Fi Service across the U.S.A.

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Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur, one of the world's great scientists, was born in 1822, and died in 1895.While still a young boy, Louis Pasteur made his decision to become a scientist. He spent much of his life time studying the diseases of cattle, chickens and other tame animals. His wife learned to help him with his work. Almost everyone knows that Pasteur is the man responsible for finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling (变质). Not many people know he was the first to imagine and to prove that air we breathe is full of germs (细菌).  One of his greatest successes was finding a treatment for people and animals to prevent a disease called rabies (狂犬病). Louis Pasteur won many honors and could have got large amount of money. But Pasteur preferred to live simply. The real happiness of this unusual man came from his work. Louis Pasteur did so well in his life that the French government took up his work and created the Institute Pasteur in the year 1888.

1.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

2. From the passage, we know that Pasteur lived a simple life. This is because ________.

3.Why were many honors given to Louis Pasteur?

4. Pasteur could have got large amount of money if he had___________.

5.To Louis Pasteur the real happiness in his life was to __________.

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Google has been collecting tons of data about smartphone usage around the world.Here are some of the most surprising and interesting facts：

Android is most popular in Japan, with 55% of respondents(调查对象) using it, compared with 39% for iOS. Android is also number one in a few other countries, including New Zealand (41%), the US(40%), and China (38%)．

iOS is farthest ahead in Switzerland, with 52% usage vs 23% for Android.Other countries where iOS is far ahead include Australia (49% vs 25% Android), Canada (45% vs 23% Android and 23% Blackberry),　 and France (43% vs 25% Android)．

In Egypt, Windows Mobile is far more popular than iOS.13% of survey respondents use the Microsoft smartphone platform, behind Symbian (19%) and Android (14%). iOS is very far down at 4%.

Mobile social networking is biggest in Mexico and Argentina, where 74% and 73% of users visit a social network daily. But mobile ­social is weak in Japan where 34% of users never visit a social network on their phone, and this figure rises to 41% in Brazil.

Watching video is most popular in Saudi Arabia, with 59% of respondents doing it daily. Number two is Egypt, with 41%.

Chinese users shop from their phones.59% of Chinese users do this, compared with only 41% in second ­place Egypt. Chinese users also love to write reviews.41% of them write a review of a local business after looking it up on their smartphone. Number two, Japan, is far behind, with only 24% of respondents doing this.

1.Which of the following best describes the usage of the smartphone operating systems in Egypt?

A．Windows Mobile＞iOS＞Symbian＞Android

B．Android＞Windows Mobile＞iOS＞Symbian

C．iOS＞Android＞Symbian＞Windows Mobile

D．Symbian＞Android＞Windows Mobile＞iOS

2.In which of the following countries is mobile social networking least popular?

A．Brazil.　　 B．Japan. C．Mexico.　　 D．Argentina.

3.In which section of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage?

A. Health.　 　　 B. Environment.

C. Technology.　　 D. Entertainment.

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