单选题
In computing, passwords are commonly used to limit access to official users. Yet the widespread use of passwords has serious drawbacks. Office workers now have to remember an average of twelve system passwords. In theory they should use different passwords for each site, but in reality these would be impossible to remember, so many people use the same password for all.
An additional problem is that the majority use simple words such as "hello", or names of family members, instead of more secure combinations of numbers and letters, such as 6ANV76Y. This permits computer hackers to download dictionaries and quickly find the word that allows them access.
When system users forget their passwords there is extra expense in supplying new ones, while if people are forced to change passwords frequently they often write them down, making systems even less secure. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of passwords, which have been used as security devices for thousands of years, may need rethinking.
One possible alternative has been developed by the American firm Real User, and is called "passfaces". In order to access the system, a worker has to select a series of photographs of faces from a randomly (随机地) generated sequence. If the pictures are selected in the correct order, access is granted. This concept depends on the human ability to recognize and remember a huge number of different faces, and the advantage is that such a sequence cannot be told to anyone or written down, so is more secure. It is claimed that the picture sequence, which used photographs of university students, is easier to remember than passwords, and it has now been adopted for the United States Senate.
单选题
What is the disadvantage of passwords as mentioned in Para. 1?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是第一段的最后一个句子“In theory they should use different passwords for each site, but in reality these would be impossible to remember, so many people use the same password for all.”。其他选项的内容在文中没有依据,属于无关信息。
单选题
One can make a password safer by ______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题的依据句是第二段的第一个句子“...instead of more secure combinations of numbers and letters, such as 6ANV76Y.”。其他选项的内容在文中没有出现。
单选题
"Passfaces" is a method to get access to a system through ______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 注意本题的依据句为第四段的第二、三、四句话“In order to access the system, a worker has to select a series of photographs of faces from a randomly(随机地) generated sequence. If the pictures are selected in the correct order, access is granted. This concept depends on the human ability to recognize and remember a huge number of different faces,...”。与此相对照,可以看出,A项的关键词“face”后面缺少“pictures”一词,所以与原文不符;B项中多出了一个没有提到的信息“faces one likes”;D项也是文中没有提及的内容。只有C项的信息完全能找到依据。
单选题
One advantage of "Passfaces" over a password is that ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题是细节信息考点,只要找到依据句也就是文章的最后一个句子,其重点信息“...the picture sequence, ...is easier to remember than passwords”就会一目了然。其他选项内容在文中没有提及。
单选题
What does the author think of the password?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题需要对每项选择进行分析和推断,找出最有道理的说法。依据信息是文章第三段最后一个句子“Therefore, it is clear that the idea of passwords, which have been used as security devices for thousands of years, may need rethinking.”。与此相对照,A项的意思最接近作者的本意。