16.Raise your hand if you've had your Smartphone stolen. According to the Federal Communication Commission(FCC.),the phone theft rate for the year 2013is estimated to be about 369per 100,000individuals-with a higher rate in cities. The solution to that problem starts at home-with you. While 36percent of Smartphone owners secure their phonic with a four-digit code,just 11percent used a code longer than four digits,a password,or an unlock pattern; fully a thrice of those surveyed took none forth listed security measures at all.
Improved security can definitely help deter thefts. In cases where users set no password,it's quite easy to erase a phone and turn it around on the black market. While simple four-digit pass codes can help slow that process down,they are mathematically much cashier to crack(破解) than longer,more complicated passwords.
Technological measures have agreeably begun in the making process:Apple,lord example,introduced a feature which prevents someone from disabling the Find My aphonic service,erasing the device,or react.inviting an erased device. In the six months after that upstate,thefts of phones decreased by around a quarter in New York,San Francisco and London. Were everybody to set a strafing password on their devices-or work device makers to re.curie. Lasers to set a pass code,rather than merely suggesting it.it would be considerably harder tore thieves to resell those phonics elsewhere. Though. much as with cars,it wouldn't necessarily stop insolents where smart phones arc taken apart.
I've FCC,is asking that device makers better educate considers about the anti-theft measures available on their devices. Really,it's a matter of common sense:just as you wouldn't leave your house unlocked-especially if'you lived in an urban area-you shouldn't walk around with an unprotected phone. Because these days. the amulet oversensitive and personal information you keep in your phone may actually be more valuable than what you leave in your house. So,for your own sake,fire up that Smartphone and sct a secure pass code,and do it right now.
41. Which of the following can be the FCC's conclusion'sA
A. More smart bones arc stolen in cities than in the countryside.
B. Smartphone's should be put at home so that they won't be stolen.
C. About 400smart phones were stolen in cities in 2013.
D. A four-digit codec is the best way to scurf your Smartphone.
42. What does the underlined word"deter"in Paragraph 2probably mean'?B
A. Commit. B. Discourage.
C. Investigate. D. Report
43. If security measures are taken in the making process,C
A. it won't be possibly for stolen smart phonics to be sold
B. users have to set a pass Coclé before using a Smartphone
C. there will be fewer thefts of smart phonics
D. the stolen smart phones will be almost Listless
44. We can know loom the last paragraph thatD
A. houses can usually be lei unlocked in the countryside
B. people should buy more expensive snort phones
C. personal or valuable information should be kept in the Smartphone
D. phone nacres are expected to play their part in preventing pone thefts
45. What is the purpose of'the passage?A
A.low advise sacking smart phonics.
B. To advertise an Apple predict.
C.1condoning snail.11t'ne halts.
D. To tell L/S the relit oaf survey.
分析 本文是關(guān)于手機失竊頻繁的原因及用戶及生產(chǎn)廠家應(yīng)對的措施.
解答 ABCDA
41.答案 A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)According to the Federal Communication Commission(FCC.),the phone theft rate for the year 2013is estimated to be about 369per 100,000individuals-with a higher rate in cities.可知,城市里手機失竊較農(nóng)村多一些,故答案為A
42.答案 B 詞義猜測題 根據(jù)下文 While simple four-digit pass codes can help slow that process down,they are mathematically much cashier to crack(破解) than longer,more complicated passwords.可知,復(fù)雜的密碼可以使小偷望而卻步,減少盜竊的發(fā)生,可得知deter的意思是discourage,使氣餒,故答案為B
43.答案C 細(xì)節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)第三段In the six months after that upstate,thefts of phones decreased by around a quarter in New York,San Francisco and London,可知,在生產(chǎn)制作過程中增加安全措施減少了手機的盜竊,故答案為C
44.答案 D 推理判斷題 根據(jù)I've FCC,is asking that device makers better educate considers about the anti-theft measures available on their devices.可知,F(xiàn)CC正要求手機制造商加強手機本身的防盜竊措施,故答案為D
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