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1、综合过关检测(八) (时间： 100分钟满分： 120分)第卷第一部分阅读理解共两节，满分40分第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。A(2016长春市普通高中高三质检)Ive been in the taxicab business for thirtyfive years, and I know there is a lot about it that is not so good. Taxicab drivers have to be tough fellows to be able to work in New
2、 York. Youve got to fight the New York traffic eight hours a day these days, so people get the wrong impression that they are bad. Actually, taxi drivers are just like other people. Most of them will behave as honest fellows. You read in the papers almost every week that a taxi driver turns in money
3、 or jewels that people leave in their cabs. If they werent honest, you wouldnt be reading those stories in the papers.One time in Brooklyn, I found a diamond ring in my cab. I remembered helping a lady with a lot of packages that day, so I went back to where I had dropped her. It took me almost two
4、days to trace her down in order to return her ring to her. I didnt get as much as“thank you”. Still I felt good because I had done what ever was right. I think I felt better than she did.I was born and raised in Ireland and lived there until I was nineteen years old. Then I came to this country wher
5、e I had a family and bought my own cab. Life hasnt been too easy at times, but my wife takes care of our money and we have a good bit put away for a rainy day.When I started driving a cab, Park Avenue was mostly a bunch of coal yards. Hoofers Brewery was right next to where the WaldorfAstoria is now
6、. I did pretty well, even in those days. In all my years of driving a taxicab, I have never had any trouble with the public, not even with drunks.I believe honesty is one of the greatest gifts. I know they call it a lot of fancy names these days, like integrity (正直), etc. But it doesnt make any diff
7、erence whatever they call it; its still what makes a man a good citizen. This is my code, and I try to live by.【文章大意】本文讲述的是一名出租车司机一直相信诚实是一件最棒的礼物，并且在生活中一直以此为准则。1Why do people think taxicab drivers are bad according to the passage?AThey have been cheated by taxicab drivers before.BTaxicab drivers are
8、dishonest.CMost taxicab drivers are tough fellows.DSome taxicab drivers did not return their lost properties.C解析：细节理解题。由文章第一段第二句中的“Taxicab drivers have to be tough fellows”和第三句中的“so people get the wrong impression that they are bad”可知，答案为C。2How did the author return the diamond ring to the lady?ABy
9、giving her a call and visiting her.BBy sending her a letter asking her to claim the ring in person.CBy advertising in the papers.DBy going back to where she got off and tracing her down for almost 2 days.D解析：细节理解题。 根据文章第三段第二句中的“I went back to where I had dropped her”和第三句“It took me almost two days t
10、o trace her down in order to return her ring to her.”可知，答案为D。3How does the author feel as a taxicab driver?AProud and satisfied.BAnnoyed and stressful.CDisappointed and discouraged.DUnwilling and regretful.A解析：观点态度题。 根据文章第五段中的“I did pretty well”和“I have never had any trouble with the public，not even
11、 with drunks”可知，作者感到自豪和满意。故答案为A。 B(2016商丘市高三模拟)As more people use smart phones to pay bills and store personal information, strict password security has become more important than ever. A new study shows that freeform gesturessweeping fingers in shapes across the screen of a smart phonecan be used t
12、o unlock phones. These gestures are less likely to be observed and reproduced by others than traditional typed passwords.“All that it takes to steal a password is a quick eye，”said one of the researchers of the study.“With all the personal information we have on our phones today, improving their sec
13、urity is becoming increasingly necessary.”In developing a secure solution to this problem, the researchers studied the practicality of using freeform gestures. With the ability to create any shape in any size and location on the screen, the gestures were popular as passwords. Since users create them
14、 without following a template, the researchers predicted these gestures would allow for greater complexity.The researchers carried out a createtestretest experiment where 63 people were asked to create a gesture, recall it, and recall it again 10 days later. The gestures were captured on a recognize
15、r system designed by the team. Using this data, they tested the complexity and accuracy of each gesture using information theory. The result of their analysis is that people are favorable to use freeform gestures as passwords.To put their analysis into practice, the researchers then had seven studen
16、ts in computer science and engineering, each with considerable experience with touchscreens(触摸屏), attempt to steal a freeform gesture password by observing a phone user secretly. None of them were able to copy the gestures with enough accuracy. The gestures appear to be extremely powerful against attacks.Though the testing is in its early stage and widespread adaptation of
