The time he has devoted in the past 10 years______ the disabled is now considered__________ of great value．

A．to helping; being B．to helping; to be

C．to help; to be D．helping; being

All the scientific evidence ______ that increasing use of chemicals in farming______damaging our health．

A．show; are B．shows; are

C．show; is D．shows; is

Security—for the information on your smartphone, as well as for the phone itself is a hot topic these days．The truth is that you’re packing a lot of sensitive information on your phone, and you should keep it safe．

When it comes to physical security, iPhone users would do well to download Find My iPhone, a free app from Apple that allows you to visit a website and see your (lost, stolen or misplaced) phone on the map．You can then sound an alarm, send a message that will pop up on its screen, lock the phone or erase all your data．

Android does not have an exact equivalent(等价物), but there are plenty of alternatives．A free app called Lookout offers the find my phone feature．The paid version allows you to wipe the data from your phone remotely．

Then there is your coffee shop’s WiFi network．Anyone with minimal technical expert skill can snoop on(窥视) people using shared wireless networks, harvesting passwords and other personal data．Lookout’s apps will caution you when you’ve logged on to an insecure network, but cannot protect you once you’re there．

In order to protect yourself on such networks, you can use a virtual private network, or V．P．N．This turns all your activity into nonsense to anyone trying to read along with you from across the Starbucks．It also keeps websites from tracking you and, if you’re traveling, allows you to get access to sites that may be blocked in other countries．

If you have an iPhone, the simplest V．P．N．app is probably Hotspot Shield, whose distinguishing feature is said to be that it automatically kicks in each time you start browsing (浏览), as opposed to other V．P．N．apps that require you to start them up manually(手动)．This matters, because even if you decide you want a V．P．N．app, you want to spend approximately zero time thinking about it．For the most part, that was true of Hotspot Shield, though occasionally it took a while to connect or temporarily lost connection without warning．I found myself having to turn the app on and off sometimes, which involved setting my phone constantly．

If even reading about the setting on your phone drives you crazy, then it is probably best to stay away from a V．P．N．app．But if you’re the type who can’t resist checking your bank balance from your comer bar, the hassle (麻烦) may be preferable to the risk．

1.Which of the following can warn you against the insecure network?

A．Android

B．V．P．N．

C．Lookout

D．Find My iPhone

2.By using V．P．N．, users can ________．

A．find their lost phone on the Internet

B．remove all the data form the phone remotely

C．check the bank balance now and then

D．save their browsing from being tracked

3.The underlined word “that” in Para．6 refers to the fact that _________．

A．a V．P．N．app kicks in automatically

B．the users starts V．P．N．apps manually

C．the app take a while to connect

D．users spend no time thinking about it

阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

Nowadays many parents leave their work in order to provide necessary help for their children when they reach Senior Three．They usually live with their children in the rented apartment to keep their children1. (陪伴)．There are positive effects as well as 2.effects over the issue．

The advantage is obvious．With parents preparing food and doing all the washing, children can eat 3.有规律) and have more time to study and enjoy themselves．Most of4., children can enjoy the love of their parents every day．

However, it costs more money and gives students more5. (压力) because they have to think about how to6.． (回报)their parents．If a student is always 7._ the protection of his parents, he can’t develop his own ability to live on his8., nor can he deal with his daily life properly．They might be in trouble when9._ along with his fellow students in the days to come, 10.may affect his work or even his life in the future．

We don't imagine the twins have arrived, _____?

A. do we B. have they

C. don’t we D. haven’t they

John invited about 40 people to his wedding, most of _____ are family members.

A. them B. that C. which D. whom

When we saw the road _____ with snow, we decided to spend the holiday at home.

A. block B. to block

C. blocking D. blocked

When I was little, my mother used to sit by my bed, _____ me stories till I fell asleep.

A. having told B. telling

C. told D. to tell

SECTION C （共8小题；每小题 1分，满分8分）

Directions: plete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Jimmy started painting when he was three years old, and when he was five, he was already very good at it. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people paid1.lot of money for them. They said, “This boy’s going to be famous when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to sell these pictures for a lot 2.money. ”

Jimmy’s pictures were different 3.other people’s because he never painted on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and the 4.half was always empty.

“That’s very clever, ”everyone said, “5.else does that! ”

6.day somebody bought one of Jimmy’s pictures and then said to him, “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom half of your pictures, but7.on the top half? ”

“8.I’m small, ”Jimmy said, “and my brushes don’t reach very high. ”

Jack Johnson is a singer and song writer known for his smooth voice and calming songs. His most recent album(专辑)is Sleep Through the Static. It is filled with personal songs about love, family and life. And this new album is also environmentally friendly.

Jack Johnson wrote the song Angel for his wife, Kim. When they met in college, Johnson was not a professional(专业的)musician. In fact, he used to be a professional surfer who rode ocean waves on a surfboard. Johnson has said that he started writing music and playing the guitar after a surfing accident. He later wrote several songs for a movie he made about surfing. In the song Go on Jack Johnson expresses what it is like to watch his two young sons grow up.

Jack Johnson may be a famous musician, but he does not like to lead a very public life. He likes to spend time with his family doing sports outdoors. Johnson is also very interested in environmental activities. Six years ago, he and his wife started the Kokua Hawaii Foundation to provide environmental education to school children. Jack Johnson’s new album shows another environmental effort. The whole album was made using energy power from the sun in his environmentally friendly recording studio (工作室).

Jack Johnson