根据下列文章，回答36～40题。 It never rains but it po...

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It never rains but it pours. Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst

accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to earn them—especially in American—the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: data insecurity. Left, until now, to odd, low-level IT staff to put right, and seen as a concern only of data-rich industries such as banking, telecoms and air travel, information protection is now high on the boss's agenda in businesses of every variety.

Several massive leakages of customer and employee data this year—from organizations as diverse as Time Warner, the American defense contractor Science Applications International Corp and even the University of California, Berkeley—have left managers hurriedly peering into their intricate IT systems and business processes in search of potential vulnerabilities.

"Data is becoming an asset which needs to be guarded as much as ally other asset", says Haim Mendelson of Stanford University's business school. "The ability to guard customer data is the key to market value, which the board is responsible for on behalf of shareholders". Indeed, just as there is the concept of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), perhaps it is time for GASP. Generally Accepted Security Practices, suggested Eli Norm of New York's Columbia Business School. "Setting the proper investment level for security, redundancy, and recovery is a management issue, not a technical one". He says.

The mystery is that this should come as a surprise to any boss. Surely it should be obvious to the dimmest executive that trust, that most valuable of economic assets, is easily destroyed and hugely expensive to restore—and that few things are more likely to destroy trust than a company letting sensitive personal data get into the wrong hands.

The current state of affairs may have been encouraged—though not justified—by the lack of legal penalty (in America, but not Europe) for data leakage. Until California recently passed a law, American firms did not have to tell anyone, even the victim, when data went astray. That may change fast: lots of proposed data-security legislation is now doing the rounds in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, the theft of information about some 40 million credit-card accounts in America, disclosed on June 17th, overshadowed a hugely important decision a day earlier by America's Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that puts corporate America on notice that regulators will act if firms fall to provide adequate data security.

The statement "It never rains but it pours" is used to introduce ______.

A．the fierce business competition

B．the feeble boss-board relations

C．the threat from news reports

D．the severity of data leakage

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根据以下材料回答 36～40 ：第 36 题 "A buyer will get something for nothing" in paragraph

根据以下材料回答 36～40 ：

第 36 题 "A buyer will get something for nothing" in paragraph 2 may probably mean _____.

B) a buyer will get more than what he pays for

C) a buyer will get something useful free of charge

D) a buyer will get more but pay less

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根据下列文章,请回答 41～45 题。 Effects of Exercise on Elderly Diabetics（糖尿病人) Mos

根据下列文章,请回答 41～45 题。

Effects of Exercise on Elderly Diabetics(糖尿病人)

Most older people with S0—called type 2 diabetes(糖尿病)couldstop taking insulin(胰岛素)if they would do brisk(轻快的)exercise for 30minutes just three times a week，according to new medical research resultsreported in a Copenhagen newspaper．Results from tests conducted on diabeticsat the Copenhagen central hospital Rigshospitalet'S Center for Muscle Researchshowed that physical exercise can boost the body's ability to make use ofinsulin by 30 per cent．This is equal to the effect most elderly diabetics getfrom their insulin medication(药物治疗)today．

Researchers had a group of non-diabetic men and agroup of men with type 2 diabetes，all more than 60 years of age，exercise onbicycles six times a week for three months．After the three months the doctorsmeasured how much sugar the test subjects,muscles could make use of as ameasure for how well their insulin worked．

Associate Professor Dr Flemming Dela of the Muscle Research Center saidthe tests demonstrated that the exercising diabetics had made as good use of insulinas the healthy non．diabetic persons．“This means that the insulin works just aswell for both groups．Physical exercise cannot cure people of diabetes，but itcan eliminate almost all their symptoms．At the same time It can put off thepoint at which they have to begin taking insulin．”Dela said．

Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas(胰腺)，controlling sugar inthe body and is used against diabetes．

Dela said that to achieve the desired effect diabetics need onlyexercise to the point where they begin to sweat。but that the activity has to bemaintained since it wears off after five days without sufficient exercise．

Most diabetics realize that they have to watch their diet whileremaining unaware of the importance of exercise。Dela added．

第 41 题 What is the effect of exercise on elderlypeople with type 2 diabetes？

A．It can help the body make betteruse of insulin

B．It can worsen their symptoms．

C．It can help them to eat more．

D．It can cure them of thedisease．

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根据下列文章，回答 51～55 题。第 51 题 Why was Kohoutek referred to as“the comet of t

根据下列文章，回答 51～55 题。

根据下列文章，回答 51～55 题。第 51 题 Why was Kohoutek referre

第 51 题 Why was Kohoutek referred to as“the comet of the century”？

根据下列文章，回答 51～55 题。第 51 题 Why was Kohoutek referre

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根据以下内容回答下列各题 When studying human talent, the temptation is usually to concent

rate on the upper reaches. Understandably so: we all admire the Einsteins and Mozarts of this world and 36 to imitate them. In comparison, studying the opposite end of the spectrum might seem pointless, patronizing(摆出恩赐态度的)or downright tasteless. Lack of intelligence is shameful enough without treating people like lab rats. Yet it often takes a different viewpoint to find new insights into an old problem. Stupidity is too important and interesting to ignore. The science of stupidity is producing results that 37 our concepts of intelligence and that should be humbling for many of the smart people who run the world. It turns out that a tendency for entertaining 38 , foolish or illogical ideas is not necessarily the result of a low IQ. This measure of intelligence is largely 39 of rationality. Just because you score on the high end of one scale doesnt mean that you wont fall at the bottom of the other. Importantly, no one is 40 to the biases that lead to stupid decisions. Yet our respect for IQ and education means that it is easy to rest on the laure/s (桂冠) of our qualifications and assume that we are,by definition, not stupid. That can be 41 on a personal level: regardless of IQ, people who score badly on rationality tests are more likely to have unplanned pregnancies or fall into serious debt. Large scale stupidity is even more damaging. Business cultures that 42 encourage it, for example,may have contributed to the economic crisis. Indeed, the effects may have been so damaging precisely because banks assumed that intelligent people act logically while at the same time rewarding rash behavior. based on intuition rather than 43 . As one researcher puts it: "The more intelligent someone is, the more disastrous the results of their stupidity". The same surely applies to politicians: the tenth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq serves as a 44 that clever people can do monumentally stupid things. If we want to avoid making similar mistakes in the future, everybody--especially the most intelligent and powerful--would do well to humbly 45 their own weaknesses. To quote Oscar Wilde: "There is no sin except stupidity. " A)acknowledge I) independent B)aspire J)negligible C)challenge K)nomination D)commemorate Dperpetually E)damaging M)rash F)deliberation N)recipient G)immune O)reminder H)inadvertently 请回答36题_____

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根据下列文章，回答26～30题。 It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man

根据下列文章，回答26～30题。

It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man can boost his paternal (fatherly) wisdom—or at least confirm that he’s the kid’s dad. All he needs to do is shell out $30 for a paternity testing kit (PTK) at his local drugstore—and another $120 to get the results.

More than 60,000 people have purchased the PTKs since they first became available without prescriptions last years, according to Doug Fogg, chief operating officer of Identigene, which makes the overthecounter kits. More than two dozen companies sell DNA tests directly to the public, ranging in price from a few hundred dollars to more than $2500.

Among the most popular : paternity and kinship testing , which adopted children can use to find their biological relatives and families can use to track down kids put up for adoption. DNA testing is also the latest rage among passionate genealogists—and supports businesses that offer to search for a family’s geographic roots.

Most tests require collecting cells by swabbing saliva in the mouth and sending it to the company for testing. All tests require a potential candidate with whom to compare DNA．

But some observers are skeptical, “There is a kind of false precision being hawked by people claiming they are doing ancestry testing,” says Trey Duster, a New York University sociologist. He notes that each individual has many ancestors—numbering in the hundreds just a few centuries back. Yet most ancestry testing only considers a single lineage, either the Y chromosome inherited through men in a father’s line or mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down only from mothers. This DNA can reveal genetic information about only one or two ancestors, even though, for example, just three generations back people also have six other greatgrandparents or, four generations back, 14 other greatgreatgrandparents.

Critics also argue that commercial genetic testing is only as good as the reference collections to which a sample is compared. Databases used by some companies don’t rely on data collected systematically but rather lump together information from different research projects. This means that a DNA database may have a lot of data from some regions and not others, so a person’s test results may differ depending on the company that processes the results. In addition, the computer programs a company uses to estimate relationships may be patented and not subject to peer review or outside evaluation.

第 26 题 In paragraphs 1 and 2 , the text shows PTK’s

A．easy availability.

B．flexibility in pricing.

C．successful promotion.

D．popularity with households.

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根据以下内容，回答下列各题。 The death of a child, _51_ one’s own child,is something the min

d can hardly comprehend．It seems togo _52_ nature．The end of a life that is still forming_53_ has just begun is an almost unthinkable cruelty． But it happens．Parents sometimes must witness the illness and death of the children_54_ whom they gave birth．And _55_ will ever fill theempty place that the dead child leaves behind．Parents_56_ to die before their children, which is the natural order of life events．When the situation is reversed and a child dies _57_ the parents itseems wrong． Yet we never know why one person dies andanother lives．But we do know _58_ a child is gone, theparents still have a future, as grey and worthless as it may at first seem．Death may take the child, but the love never _59_． The sorrow after a child’s death is one ofthe longest and hardest type of _60_ to live with．And ittakes long to deal with the parents’ own emotions． __________

A.especially

B.special

C.especial

D.most

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根据以下内容，回答下列各题。 The death of a child, _51_ one’s own child,is something the min

d can hardly comprehend．It seems togo _52_ nature．The end of a life that is still forming_53_ has just begun is an almost unthinkable cruelty． But it happens．Parents sometimes must witness the illness and death of the children_54_ whom they gave birth．And _55_ will ever fill theempty place that the dead child leaves behind．Parents_56_ to die before their children, which is the natural order of life events．When the situation is reversed and a child dies _57_ the parents itseems wrong． Yet we never know why one person dies andanother lives．But we do know _58_ a child is gone, theparents still have a future, as grey and worthless as it may at first seem．Death may take the child, but the love never _59_． The sorrow after a child’s death is one ofthe longest and hardest type of _60_ to live with．And ittakes long to deal with the parents’ own emotions． __________

A.especially

B.special

C.especial

D.most

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根据以下材料回答第 56～60 题： A．Thank youB．It’s my pleasureC．By the wayD．No, of course notE

根据以下材料回答第 56～60 题：

A．Thank you

B．It’s my pleasure

C．By the way

D．No, of course not

E． Here you are

F． Never mind

G. I’m sorry

H. No way

第 56 题 Lodger: I’m terribly sorry that I broke your vase.

Landlady：___________.

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根据以下材料回答第 36～40 题： Passage TwoDuring the Christmas shopping rush in London

根据以下材料回答第 36～40 题：

Passage TwoDuring the Christmas shopping rush in London, the interesting story was reported of a tramp (流浪者)who, apparently though no fault of his own, found himself locked in a well-known chain store late on Christmas Eve. No doubt the store was crowded with last-minute Christmas shoppers and the staff were dead beat and longing to get home. Probably all the proper security checks were made before the store was locked and they left to enjoy the three-day holiday untroubled by customers desperate to get last-minute Christmas presents.

However ridiculous that may be, our tramp found himself alone in the store and decided to make the best of it .There was food , drink ,bedding and camping equipment, of which he made good use. There must also have been television sets and radios. Though it was not reported if he took advantage of these facilities, when the shop reopened he was discovered in bed with a large number of empty bottles beside him. He seems to have been a man of good humor as indeed tramps very commonly are.

Everyone else was enjoying Christmas, so he saw no good reason why he should not do the same. He yielded himself cheerfully, and was taken by the police. Perhaps he had had a better Christmas than usual . He was sent to prison for seven days. The judge awarded no compensation (赔偿)to the chain store for the food and drink our tramp had consumed. They had , in his opinion, already received valuable free publicity from the story revealed in the newspaper and one television. Perhaps the judge had had a good Christmas, too.

第 36 题 The tramp was locked in the store_________.

A．for 7 days

B．on purpose

C．by accident

D．for security reasons

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根据下列文章，回答36～40题。 It never rains but it pours. Just as bosses andboards have fina