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单选题When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It"s Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under Maryland"s laws against secret telephone taping. It"s our banks, not the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), that pass our private financial data to telemarketing firms. Consumer activists are pressing Congress for better privacy laws without much result so far. The legislators lean toward letting business people track our financial habits virtually at will. As an example of what"s going on, consider U. S. Bancorp, which was recently sued for deceptive practices by the state of Minnesota. According to the lawsuit, the bank supplied a telemarketer called Member- Works with sensitive customer data such as names, phone numbers, bank-accounts and credit-card numbers, Social Security numbers, account balances and credit limits. With these customer lists in hand, MemberWorks started dialing for dollars—selling dental plans, videogames, computer software and other products and services. Customers who accepted a "free trial offer" had 50 days to cancel. If the deadline passed, they were Charged automatically through their bank or credit-card accounts. U.S. Bancorp collected a share of the revenues. Customers were doubly deceived, the lawsuit claims. They didn"t know that the bank was giving account numbers to MemberWorks. And if customers asked, they were led to think the answer was no. The state sued McmberWorks separately for deceptive selling. The company defends that it did anything wrong. For its part, U.S. Baneorp settled without admitting any mistakes. But it agreed to stop exposing its customers to nonfinancial products sold by outside firms. A few top banks decided to de the same. Many other banks will still do business with MemberWorks and similar firms. And banks will still be mining data from your account in order to sell you financial products, including things of little value, such as credit insurance and credit-card protection plans. You have almost no protection from businesses that use your personal accounts for profit. For example, no federal law shields "transaction and experience" information—mainly the details of your bank and credit-card accounts. Social Security numbers are for sale by private firms. They"ve generally agreed not to sell to the public. But to businesses, the numbers are an open book. Self-regulation doesn"t work. A firm might publish a privacy-protection policy, but who enforces it? Take U.S. Bancorp again. Customers were told, in writing, that "all personal information you supply to us will be considered confidential." Then it sold your data to MemberWorks. The bank even claims that it doesn"t "sell" your data at all: It merely "shares" it and reaps a profit. Now you know.

单选题Questions 11～13 are based on the following dialogue about traveling. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11～13.

单选题Some people were just born to rebel；Charles Darwin was one of them． 21 Nicholas Copernicus，Benjamin Franklin and Bill Gates．They were 22 “laterborns”-that is，they had 23 one older sibling-brother or sister-when they were born． 24 ，laterborns are up to 15 times more likely than firstborns to 25 authority and break new 26 ，says Frank J．Sulloway，a researcher scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology． In his book“ Born To Rebel” being 27 this week，Sulloway claims that 28 someone is an older or younger sibling is the most important 29 shaping personality more significant than gender，race，nationality 30 class．He spent 26 years 31 the lives-and birth orders-of 6，566 historical 32 to reach his conclusions． A laterborn himself，Sulloway first 33 how birth order affected personality 34 a scholar of Darwin at Harvard University． “How could a somewhat 35 student at Cambridge become the most 36 thinker in the 19th century？” He said． Darwin，the first to 37 the belief that God created the world with his theory of evolution，was the fifth of six children．Most of his 38 were firstborns． Sulloway’s theory held 39 with Copernicus，the first astronomer to 40 that the Sun was the center of the universe，and computer revolutionary Gates of Microsoft．

单选题Which of the following was NOT typical of Snow?

单选题Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. The government is to ban payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent cases {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}the trial of Rosemary West. In a significant {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}of legal controls over the press, Lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}bill that will propose making payments to witnesses {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}and will strictly control the amount of {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}that can be given to a case {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}a trial begins. In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of Commons media select committee, Lord Irvine said he {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}with a committee report this year which said that self-regulation did not {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}sufficient control. {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}of the letter came two days after Lord Irvine caused a {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}of media protest when he said the {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}of privacy controls contained in European legislation would be left to judges {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}to Parliament. The Lord Chancellor said introduction of the Human Rights Bill, which {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}the European Convention on Human Rights legally {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}in Britain, laid down that everybody was {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}to privacy and that public figures could go to court to protect themselves and their families. "Press freedoms will be in safe hands {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}our British judges," he said. Witness payments became an {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}after West was sentenced to 10 life sentences in 1995. Up to 19 witnesses were {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}to have received payments for telling their stories to newspapers. Concerns were raised {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}witnesses might be encouraged to exaggerate their stories in court to {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}guilty verdicts.

单选题In the 1960s the West Coast became an important center for rock music. Los Angeles and Southern California are famous for sunshine and surfing. There, a quieter kind of rock called surf rock became famous. The Beach Boys sang songs like "Surfin' U. S. A.", "California Girls" and "Fun, Fun, Fun". These songs made people dream about the good life in California. San Francisco was a center for young people and rock music in the late 1960s. This was the time of the Vietnam War, student protest, hippies, and drugs. Hippies talked about love and peace. They wore brightly colored clothes and had long hair. They listened to rock and folk-rock music. Drugs were a serious problem during that time. The deaths of three young rock stars, Janis Jopling, Jim Morrison and the great guitar player Jim Hendrix were all related to drugs. Not all of the rock musicians came from California or the U. S. A.. That was the time of the great British rock groups like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. British rock musicians had a very important place in the rock music of the 1960s in America. Another kind of softer rock music was created by the singers. Singers like Joni Mitchell and James Taylor wrote their own lyrics and their own music. Their songs were about love and friendship, good and bad times. In the 1960s big rock concerts were very welcomed by everyone. The most famous concert was Woodstock. In 1969 in New York State, a million young people came together to hear the rock stars. This peaceful Woodstock concert was the most important musical event of the 1960s. After World War Ⅱ a great number of black people moved from the South to the big industrial cities like New York, Detroit, and Philadelphia. Many black people lived in poor parts of the city such as Harlem in New York. Musicians wrote and sang about life in the big cities. Life was difficult but music and dancing made it a little easier. Popular black music had a strong beat for dancing. At first this music was called rhythm and blues. The 1960s called it soul. In Detroit, a black musician named Berry Gordy set up an all black record company. It was called Motown. Motown or motor town is another name for Detroit, where cars are made. Most of the famous soul musicians like the Supremes, the Temptations, and the Jackson Five recorded with Motown.

单选题"popping the question" ( L. 3, Para. 2 ) means______.

单选题The pair of words borrow and "lend" are ______. A. gradable opposites B. relational opposites C. complementary opposites D. contradictory opposites

单选题There is a new type of small advertisement becoming increasingly common in newspaper classified columns. It is sometimes placed among "situations vacant", although it does not offer anyone a job, and sometimes it appears among "situations vacant", although it is not placed by someone looking for a job either. What it does is to offer help in applying for a job. "Contact us before writing your application," or "Make use of our long experience in preparing your curriculum vitae or job history," is how it is usually expressed. The growth and apparent success of such a specialized service is, of course, a reflection on the current high levels of unemployment. It is also an indication of the growing importance of the curriculum vitae (or job history), with the suggestion that it may now qualify as art form in its own right. There was a time when job seekers simply wrote letters of application. "Just put down your name, address, age and whether you have passed any exams," was about the average lever of advice offered to young people applying for their jobs when I left school. The letter was really just for openers, it was explained, and everything else could and should be saved for the interview. And in those days of full employment the technique worked. The letter proved that you could write and were available for work. Your eager face and intelligent replies did the rest. Later, as you moved up the ladder, something slightly more sophisticated was called for. The advice then was to put something in the letter which would distinguish you from the rest. It might be the aggressive approach. "Your search is over. I am the person you are looking for," was a widely used trick that occasionally succeeded. Or it might be some special feature specially designed for the job in view. There is no doubt, however, that it is the increasing number of applicants with university education at all points in the process of engaging staff that has led to the greater importance of the curriculum vitae.

单选题Of all the students in our class, she is ______ . A. the most carefully B. most careful C. the most careful

单选题More than 30, 000 drivers and passengers who sit in the front of the vehicles are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a thirdfloor building. Wearing a seat belt saves lives: it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than a half. Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you will be fined up to ￡ 50. It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver's responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind. However, when you're reversing your car, you do not have to wear a seat belt; or when you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; or if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide not to wear your seat belt. Remember that you may be taken to court for not doing so, and you may be fined if you cannot prove that you have been excused from wearing it.