江苏省启东中学2017-2018学年高一下学期期初考试英语试题

voice-recognition chip into a standard-sized credit card. The card is the length and width of an ordinary credit card but about three times as thick. The company now plans to make it thinner.

The voice card is based on an earlier Beep card technology designed to prevent fraud in online deals. The Beep card has no microphone, but has a built-in loudspeaker to utter an audible (听得见的) ID signal by a computer’s microphone to an online server(服务器). By confirming that signal matches the information in the card, the server can make sure that the user is not simply keying in a credit card number but actually has the card in his hand. The ID code, which only the server knows, changes each time the card is used. This prevents fraudsters recording the beeps, noting the card details and then playing back the audible ID when they key in the details later. But this earlier Beep card technology cannot prevent illegal use of stolen cards. The new voice card can. The new voice card doesn’t identify itself by its ID until it has confirmed the real user’s spoken password. Thieves will be unable to use the card because even if they knew the password they would have to be able to copy the owner’s voice with a high degree of accuracy. The challenge for Beep card has been to develop voice-recognition and audio circuitry(声音电路). The voice-recognition credit is powered by a mini battery. To extend batter life, the electronics have only to be switched on when the card is being used. Pressing a button on the card’s surface allows one to hear a female voice saying, ―Say your password.‖ If the voice-recognition software proves that the password is real, it sends its ID, which the server then identifies, allowing the deal to continue. 61. Why is the voice credit an important innovation?

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A. It is cheap to make and buy. B. It can leave voice messages. C. It makes online shopping easy. D. It makes fraud more difficult. 62. What is the problem with the model card?

A. It is too large. B. It is too thick. C. It can’t be used online. D. It has no loudspeaker. 63. Which of the following about the earlier card is TRUE? A. Its owner can change the ID code at will. B. Its user needn’t key in the credit card number. C. It can record its user’s spoken password. D. It can be used by someone who has stolen it. 64. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Further improvement should be made to extend battery life.

B. Only female voice passwords can be recognized by the card. C. There are no limits to the use of the card. D. Female customers will like using it.

D

Last summer, after 16 years in the United States, I traveled to the city in Russia where I grew up. I was the first in my family to return after all those years. My mom gave me a hand-drawn map showing the location of my grandfather’s tomb at the local cemetery, and she asked me to visit it.

It was really important to her that I go there. My grandfather died when I was little, and she wanted me to remember him. He was still very much alive in her mind, and she wanted him to continue to live in my mind as well.

So I promised that the first thing I’d do when I arrived would be to visit the cemetery. However, I got caught up in work, and I had a lot of catching up to do with my childhood friends. It wasn’t until a day before I was leaving that I found time to go to the cemetery.

It was late in the afternoon, and right by the entrance was a lady who was selling flowers. By then she had only seven carnations left in her bucket. I bought them all, but when I reached for my wallet, I realized I didn’t have the map with me. I had no idea what had happened to that map. And I had no idea where my grandfather’s tomb was located.

I could call my mom and ask her. But the problem was that I had already told her I’d gone to the cemetery. What was I going to say?

I found the main office. Fortunately it was open, and inside was a small office. Behind the counter was an old woman, and she said she’d help me locate my grandfather’s records.

A couple of minutes later, she came back with a printout. It turned out there were 17 Abraham Pikarskis on the list. I chose the two whose age I believed closely matched my grandfather’s.

I set off to look for them. I hoped that at least one would have a portrait on the tombstone. This way I’d know which tomb was mine.

I found the first tomb and it said Abraham Pikarski on it, but there was no portrait. Only an inscription (碑铭) : From the Loving Wife and Children.

I had no idea whether this was the right one, so I went off to look for the other one. I found it, too, and it was virtually indistinguishable from the first one. It said Abraham Pikarski, no portrait. The inscription was slightly different. It said: From the Grieving Family.

I had no idea what to do. Was my family the loving one or the grieving one? I was standing there waiting, thinking maybe some sort of special feeling would come to me. Maybe I’d feel some sort of close relationship with the person who was lying there.

I put three carnations on that tomb, and I went back to the first one. I stood there, too, for a while, and again I was hoping that I’d feel something special. But it was getting late, and I had to pack for the trip back to New York, so I put three carnations on this tomb.

I stood there with the last flower in my hand. Which Abraham Pikarski should it go to? Should I just throw it away? I had to come up with some sort of a solution.

Then, suddenly, I knew what to do. I put that flower on that same tomb where I was standing. I thought if this is really my grandfather who is lying there, then all is good, and he got the most. But if not, then let this be kind of comfort to the stranger, because somebody else’s grandson came all the way from America to pay his respects.

I went back to the hotel and flew home to New York the next day. I never found that map again. Mom and Dad picked me up at the airport. On the way home from the airport, my mom started crying, ―I’m so happy that you took the time to visit your grandfather’s tomb. It really means so much to me. You know when you called and told me you went there, I thought you were just saying it to make me feel good.‖

When I was still in the air this morning, her cousin who lives in Russia had called and told my mother that she had just come from the cemetery and had seen my flowers there. So my mom knew that I had really done this.

Should I ask her how many flowers her cousin saw? Three or four? But then I decided that maybe I should not say anything at all.

65. The author visited his grandfather’s tomb just before he returned to America because _____. A. he lost the map his mother drew for him B. he occupied himself with many things C. he wasn’t well familiar with the cemetery D. he didn’t have affection for his grandfather 66. The reason why the author didn’t turn to his mother is that ________. A. he was unwilling to be regarded as a liar B. he couldn’t make up a reasonable excuse

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C. he intended to recover the map by himself

D. he was able to locate grandfather’s tomb

67. The author chose the two tombs out of the 17 according to ________. A. their appearance B. their inscription

C. their age

D. their location

68. Why did the author’s mother cry on the way home? A. He paid respect to a stranger. C. She kept grandfather in mind.

B. The author kept his promise. D. Her cousin found the flowers.

69. From the last two paragraphs we can know that ________. A. he was ashamed of having telling a lie to his mother B. he was content to have presented the followers to a stranger C. he was aware of which tomb was his grandfather’s in the end D. he thought it made no sense to figure out the location of the tomb 70. What might be the best title for the passage? A. A journey to hometown C. A pleasant coincidence

B. A tomb embarrassment D. A hand-drawn map

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71. In many places of the world, water is not safe_______ (drink) even if boiled. 72. I suggested _______ (take) a trip to HongKong next month, but my father disagreed. 73. As is known to us, China is a country_______ (belong) to the third world. 74. This cinema is so impressive that we can't help________ (cry). 75. We'd better_______ (leave) now or we'll miss the bus. 76. Mr Black is a person who is fond of ____________ (praise).

77. Much attention should be paid to ___________ (improve) your writing.

78. After ________ (graduate) from the university, he went to China to study Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University.

79. The moment they were looking forward to _______ (come) at last. 80._________ (follow) my instructions, and you can’t miss it.

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