Test 3 for Senior II (Apr. 5)I. Cloze test (15’)When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be ___1___ Christmas gifts for lack of money．I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d ___2___?” Then，three women ___3___ at our house with gifts for all of us．For me they bought a doll．I would no longer have to be ___4___ when I returned to school．Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my ___5___ Christmas special and memorable there, I ___6___ remembered the women’s visit．I decided that I wanted to create the same feeling of ___7___ for as many children as I could possibly ____8__．So I ___9__ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help．We gathered about 125 orphans （孤儿）at the Christmas party．For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name．We wanted all of them to know they were ___10__．Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I ___11__ them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward．Finally the __12___ they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three．Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles ___13__ up the room．The __14___ in the room was obvious, and it wasn’t just about toys．It was a feeling---the feeling I knew from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit．I wasn’t forgotten．Somebody still remembered me．I know I___15___．1．A．sending B．receiving C．making D．exchanging2．A．found B．prepared C．got D．expected3．A．broke in B．settled down C．showed up D．turned off4．A．puzzled B．embarrassed C．worried D．relieved5．A．present B．first C．recent D．previous6．A．hardly B．instantly C．regularly D．occasionally7．A．strength B．sadness C．importance D．safety8．A．know B．reach C．remember D．mention9．A．kept up with B．caught up with C．came up with D．put up with10．A．fine B．special C．helpful D．normal11．A．reminded B．waited C．convinced D．promised12．A．chance B．gift C．moment D．reward13．A．lit B．took C．burned D．cheered14．A．atmosphere B．sympathy C．calmness D．joy15．A．matter B．wonder C．doubt D．supposeII. Reading Comprehension (40’)AA company planning to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and the length of time for the multibillion-dollar project.The Barcelona-based architects of the Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a three-night stay at the hotel. This price also includes an eight-week training course on an island. During their stay, guests would see the sunrise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes.Galactic Suite Ltd's CEO Xavier Claramunt says the project will put his company in a leading position of a new industry with a huge future ahead of it, and forecasts space travel will become common in the future. “It's very normal to think that your children, possibly within 15 years, could spend a weekend in space” he told Reuters Television.A promising space tourism industry is beginning to take shape with construction in progress in New Mexico of Spaceport America, the world's first facility built specifically for passengers. British industrialist Richard Branson's space tours firm, Virgin Galactic, will use the facility to send tourists to space at a cost of $200,000 a ride.Galactic Suite Ltd, set up in 2007, hopes to start its project with a single pod (分离舱) in orbit 280 miles above the earth. “It will take a day and a half to reach the pod, and the passengers will join it for three days,” Claramunt said. More than 200 people have expressed an interest in traveling to the space hotel and at least 43 people have already reserved it.The numbers are similar for Virgin Galactic with 300 people already paid or signed up for the trip, but unlike Branson, Galactic Suite says they will use Russian rockets to transport their guests into space from a spaceport to be built on an island in the Caribbean. But critics have questioned the project, saying the length of time that will be used is unreasonable and also where the money is coming from to support the project.16. What's Xavier Claramunt's attitude towards the space tourism industry?A. Quite critical.B. Slightly worried.C. Highly optimistic.D. Fully satisfied.17. Virgin Galactic's guests will be transported into space by using rockets produced in________.A. SpainB. AmericaC. BritainD. Russia18. Which of the following is one of the critics' concerns about this project?A. It is hard to ensure the safety of tourists.B. There are many technical difficulties.C. It will be a waste of resources.D. It may lack support in money.19. According to the passage, traveling to the space hotel ________.A. will soon be possible for common peopleB. has attracted the attention of some peopleC. is sure to make a large profit for the tourist industryD. is considered an industry with a huge future by many people20. What's the best title for the passage?A. The world's first space hotel is to open in 2012.B. The world's first commercial spaceport is being built.C. Space tourism：a surprising new industry.D. Space tra vel will become common in 15 years.B“Benjamin Franklin,” Walter Isaacson tells us at the beginning of his long (but never boring) new biography, “is the founding father who winks at us.” By that, Isaacson explains, he means Franklin is the most human—and most modern—of the men who shaped the American republic. We admire Washington, Jefferson and Adams, but they remain creatures of the 18th century. The man we encounter in “Benjamin Franklin”—funny, pragmatic and self-aware — seems like one of us, or at least someone we'd like to be.Unlike Washington's cherry tree, Franklin's kite was real. His experiments with electricity made him one of the great scientists of his day. He was a middle-class businessman whose success as a printer and a journalist allowed him to retire at 42—and he devoted the rest of his life to his country. He was diplomat who persuaded the French to back the American Revolution and the author of the first great American autobiography. He was an excellent swimmer. There was almost nothing he couldn't do well, except write poetry. But what truly distinguished Franklin was his talent of being great and human at the same time. He owned slaves as a younger man, but in his last years became an abolitionist(废奴主义者).When he fathered an illegitimate(私生的) son, he acknowledged his fatherhood and took the responsibility of raising the boy.He seems strange today in the joy he took in compiling and creating all those self- improvementmaxims he published in Poor Richard's Almanac(年鉴) —“early to bed, early to rise” and so on. Generations of lazy boys could have been happier without that. But he was no hypocrite(伪君子). Isaacson tells us Franklin practiced what he preached, and often laughed at himself while he did so.By a happy accident, this is the second excellent biography of Franklin to appear in two years, after Edmund S.Morgan's inspiring “Benjamin Franklin.”21. What type of literature does this passage belong to?A. Research paper.B. Book review.C. Biography.D. Short story.22. The underlined word “maxims” in Paragraph 3 probably means________.A. proverbsB. standardsC. requestsD. orders23. With the fact that Franklin shouldered the responsibilities of raising his illegitimate son, the authorwants to prove that________.A. Franklin had made a big fortune in his business before he got devoted to politiesB. Franklin might be the only parent to support the child at that timeC. Franklin was a great man who seems human to usD. Franklin was improving his character when he got on in ages24. The underlined word “himself” in Paragraph 3 refers to________.A. Richard's AlmanacB. Walter isaacsonC. anyone of the readers.D. Benjamin Franklin25. In which part of a magazine can we most probably find this article?A. Society and the Arts.B. Current Affairs.C. Business Report.D. Advertisement.CMany private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger. Not all will be saved, and perhaps not all deserve to be saved. There are low-quality schools just as there are low-quality businesses. We have no duty to save them simply because they exist.But many promising institutions that deserve to continue are threatened. They are doing a fine job educationally, but they are caught in a financial squeeze, with no way to reduce rising cost or increase income significantly. Raising tuition doesn’t bring in more income, for each time tuition goes up, the enrollment goes down, or the amount that must be given away in student aid goes up. Schools are bad businesses, whether public or private, not usually because of mismanagement but because of the nature of the enterprise. They lose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very good college is a very bad business.It is such colleges, promising but threatened, that I worry about. Low enrollment is not their chief problem. Even with full enrollment, they may go under. Efforts to save them, and preferably to keep them private, are a national necessity. There is no basis for arguing that private schools are inherently (固有地) better than public schools. There are many examples to the contrary. Anyone can name state universities and colleges that rank as the finest in the nation and the world. It is now inevitable that public institutions will be domin ant, and therefore diversity is a national necessity. Diversity in the way we support schools tends to give us a healthy diversity in the forms of education. In an imperfect society such as ours, uniformity of education throughout the nation could be dangerous, In an imperfect society, diversity is a positive good. Supporters of public higher education know the importance of sustaining private higher education.26. According to the author’s opinion schools are bad businesses because of ________.A. mismanagementB. too few studentsC. too many studentsD. the nature of schools27. The author used the phr ase “go under” (Sentence 3, Para. 3) to mean ________.A. get into difficultiesB. have low enrollmentC. have low tuitionD. bring in more money28. We can reasonably conclude from this passage that the author made an appeal to the public in order tosupport _______A. public institutionsB. private schoolsC. uniformity of educationD. high quality of education29. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. High-quality private schools deserve to be saved.B. If the tuition is raised, the enrollment goes down.C. There are many cases to show that public schools are better that private schools.D. Private schools have more money than public schools.30. Which of the following ways could possibly save private schools?A. Raising tuition.B. Full enrollment.C. National awareness and support.D. Reduction of rising cost.DThey may be just passing your office, computer bag slung (悬挂) over one shoulder. Or they may be sitting in a car outside it, causally tapping away at a laptop. They look like innocent passers-by. In fact, they are stealing your corporate secrets.Drive-by hacking is the trendy term given to the practice of breaking into wireless comput er networks from outside the buildings that house them. A recent study in the UK, sponsored by RSA Data Security, found that two-thirds of organizations with wireless networks were risking their data in this way. Security experts patrolled (巡逻) several streets in the City of London seeking evidence of wireless networks in operation.Of 124 that they identified, 83 were sending data without encrypting（加密）them. Such data could readily be picked up by a passer-by armed only with a portable computer, a wireless modem and a few pieces of software that can be freely down-loaded from the Internet.The data could include sensitive company documents containing valuable information. Or they could be e-mail identities and passwords that could be used by hackers to log into corporate networks as if they were legal users.Most companies using wireless networking technology do not take even the simplest of precautions to protect their data. Nearly all wireless network technology comes with some basic security features that need only to be activated in order to give a minimum level of security, for example, by encrypting the data being passed over the network.Raymon Kruck, business development manager at Check Point Software, a security technology specialist, believes this could be partly a psychological problem. People see the solid walls of their building as safeguards and forget that wireless networks can extend up to 200 meters beyond physical walls.Companies without any security at all on their wireless networks make it ridiculously easy for hackers to break in. Switching on the security that comes with the network technology should be automatic. Then there are other basic steps a company can take, says Mr. Kruck, such as changing the passwords on the network from the default (默认) setting.Companies can also install firewalls, which form a barrier between the internal network and the public Internet. They should also check their computer records regularly to spot any abnormal activity, which might betray the presence of a hacker.31. According to the study sponsored by RSA Data Security, two thirds of the subjects _______.A. had their corporate data stolenB. depended on wireless computer networksC. were exposed to drive-by hackingD. were entirely unaware of the risk of wireless hacking32. Which of the following is not considered in the study?A. The number of wireless hacking incidents.B. The number of wireless computer networks.C. The way in which data are sent and received.D. The way in which data are hacked and stolen.33. Most wireless network technology comprises _________.A. data encryption programsB. password security programsC. illegal-user detectionD. virus-intrusion detection34. Raymond Kruck most probably agrees that wireless network security involves ________.A. wireless signal administrationB. changes in user’s awarenessC. users’ psychological healthD. stronger physical walls35. Without firewalls, companies using wireless networks __________.A. cannot operate normallyB. should turn to passwordsC. will be easily attacked by hackersD. can still spot the activities of hackersIII. Passage completion (10’)With the reform of Chinese higher education, more and more colleges and universities put emphasis on nurturing students' abilities. 36 a consequence, elective courses are 37(avail) not only for excellent academic performers but also for students of the average level. Certainly, students have different reasons 38 (choose) their own electives. For some, practical skills are the essence (本质) of college education, and therefore, courses on computer science, marketing, and finance 39 (prefer). On the other hand, 40 may hold the idea of liberal education and electives concerning literature, history, and philosophy are the most welcome.Take me as 41 example: being a disciple of free education, I stand for the idea 42 university is not a place for survival skills, 43 a palace of knowledge and critical reasoning. 44 my major is chemistry, the electives I attend most frequently are English literature, an Introduction to Classic Music, and Different Schools of Western Painting. 45 really widen my horizon.IV. Words and phrases (25’)A. Fill in the blanks with the proper words according to the Chinese definition. (5’)46.There was an ________(尴尬的) moment when she didn't know whether to shake his hand or kiss hischeek.47.Don't try to ________ (模仿) anybody. You have to be yourself if you are going to do your best.48.With her luggage in her hands, the girl stood looking round in all directions, but ________(显然) no onehad come to meet her.49.He was a composer of songs and a wonderful conductor, a man who could ______ (即席创作) lines onthe moment.50.The 18-year-old made his debut last week as a________(替补) for the injured Gordon Durie.B. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words in the brackets. (10’)51.He will have to make a major __________ (adjust) to his thinking if he is to survive in office.52.Antiseptic is used to __________ (sterile) the skin before giving an injection.53.Consumer groups are demanding greater __________ (consistent) in the labeling of food products.54.Many people find the idea of any kind of ________ (invade) surgery unbearable.55.When the bird lifts off into flight, its wings ________ (fold) to an impressive six-foot span.56.The deputy leader is cautious about _______ (loose) the links with the unions.57.The curriculum will take account of the ethnic ________ (diverse) of the population.puters should be made readily __________ (access) to teachers and students.59.He also talked briefly about the _________ (isolate) he endured while in prison.60.As a landowner, he was actively interested in____________(agriculture) improvementsdrown me this time?62.After years working nine to five in a boring job, he _________to sail round the world.63.People with fair skin who sunburn easily __________develop skin cancer.64.Everything was quiet, aside from the occasional sound of a car ___________.65.The Fallen Oak Golf Club has seen nothing but falling rain the past three days and those conditions____________the start of the Champions Tour stop at the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic.66.While ___________ the abilities of our present scientists and technicians and trying to increase theirproficiency, we must also exert ourselves to train new personnel.67. The surviving sailors managed to keep up for several hours and were eventually _________ by a lifeboat.68.There are a few places where you can__________ money, but the exchange rate will never be in yourfavor.69. ___________owning your own business is working very long hours.70. I've ____________ trying to get a visa; there is too much red tape involved.V. Write from memory (5’)In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of $1,000 to the first man who would fly across the English Channel. Over a year passed ___________71__________. On July 19th, 1909, in the early morning, Hubert Latham took off from the French coast in his plane the 'Antoinette IV.' He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel____72_______. The 'Antoinette' floated on the water until Latham was picked up by a ship.Two days later, Louis Bleriot arrived near Calais with a plane called 'No. XI'. Bleriot had been making planes since 1905 and this was his lattes model. A week before, he ____73_____ during which he covered twenty-six miles. Latham, however, did not give up easily. He, too, arrived near Calais on the same day with a new 'Antoinette'. It looked ____74______ across the Channel. Both planes were going to take off on July 25th, but Latham failed to get up early enough, After making a short test flight at 4,15 a.m., Bleriot _____75_______. His great flight lasted thirty-seven minutes. When he landed near Dover, the first person to greet him was a local policeman. Latham made another attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again. His engine failed and he landed on the sea for the second time.VI. Writing（25’）阅读下面的书信，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。