19．A San Diego boy Kristoffer Von Hassel has the gaming world's attention after he exposed a security weakness that let him log into his dad's Xbox Live account，without permission．
     Kristoffer's father，Robert，noticed soon after Christmas that his son was logging into his account and playing games that weren't appropriate for his age．When he asked how，Kristoffer showed him a hack that seems simple but is fairly impressive considering a 5-year-old found it．
      Kristoffer would go to his dad's account and type in an incorrect password．That would take him to a password verifications （确认） screen，where he would simply tap the space bar repeatedly and then press"enter．"
"How awesome is that？"asked Davies，who works in online security himself．"just being 5 years old and being able to find a vulnerability I ty and getting attached to that I thought that was pretty cool．"He told KGTV that Kristoffer has figured out three or four other"hacks"，including getting past the lock on a smartphone by holding down the"home"key for long enough．
     Davies reported the vulnerability to Microsoft．And Microsoft acted，issuing a fix for it．"We're always listening to our customers and thank them for bringing issues to our attention，"the company said in a written statement．"We take security seriously at Xbox and fixed the issue as soon as we learned about it．"
The company has even included Kristoffer's name on a list of security researchers who have helped make online Microsoft products safer．For his discovery，or more accurately，for reporting it with his father's help，Kristoffer will receive four games.$50 and a year's subseription to Xbox Live from Microsoft．
46．Why did a San Diego boy attract the gaming world's attention？D
A．He is a security researcher．
B．He designed a new software．
C．He is addicted to playing games．
D．He got past the lock of a game．
47．The main idea of Paragraph 3 is how KristofferA
 A．logged into his dad's Xbox account
 B．managed to set his own password
C．learned to gain access to the game
D．played computer games on his own
48．The underlined word"vulnerability"in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to"A"
A．security failing                      
B．system protection
C．system accident                     
D．data fault
49．What is Microsoft's attitude to the problem reported by Davies？C
A．Critical and negative
B．Friendly and sympathetic．
C．Serious and responsible
D．Cold and casual．
50．What is the best title of the text？B
A．Challenging your father，even at an early age
B．Hacking Xbox，even a 5-year-old could do it
C．Microsoft，faced with security charges again
D．A 5-year-old boy subscribing to Xbox Live．

18．Editor Henry Slocum，
     I read your May 10th article in the local newspaper Honesdale Times about electronic books，or e-books，with great interest．You made several good points about the disadvantages of e-books．You may have overlooked，however，some of the ways in which they are superior to traditional books．Yes，e-books are expensive，but they are also convenient．In addition，due to their environment-friendly nature，e-books have the potential to change our planet for the better．
     E-books，for anyone who is unfamiliar with the term，are about the same size and shape as regular books．They have a large screen in the middle，however．This screen shows the reader a page of text that has been downloaded from a computer．Once the reader has finished reading the page on the e-book screen，he or she scrolls down to see a new page．The process continues until the entire book has been read．
     As you pointed out，Mr．Slocum，it's great to lie on a warm，sandy beach with a book．You can do that just as easily with an e-book as you can with a traditional paper book．In fact，because e-books are so light，you can carry them anywhere．Say，for example，that you like to read on the bus．Which would you rather carry with you-a heavy 800-page novel，or an e-book that weighs only a few ounces？
    Another important advantage is offered by e-books as well．They are more environment friendly than traditional books．At present，thousands of trees are cut down each year to meet the publishing industry's demand for paper．Books that don't sell are eventually returned to the publisher and destroyed．This terrible waste could be avoided if everyone used e-books，which require no paper．
Sincerely，
David Eng41．What does Editor Henry Slocum think about e-books？B
A．Interesting
B．Expensive
C．Convenient  
D．Environment-friendly．
42．What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2？A
A．What an e-book is．
B．Why e-books are popular．
C．How e-books have developed．
D．Who are the readers of e-books．
43．In David's letter，he thinks thatC．
A．E-books will come down in price
B．E-books come in various sizes and shapes     
C．E-books do little harm to the environment
D．E-books are no better than traditional books
44．Which of the following statements is true？B
A．Large quantities of trees are cut down to help to make e-books．
B．Editor Henry Slocum ignored some advantages of e-books．
C．E-books are harmful to eyes according to the article．
D．It's a waste of materials to use e-books．
45．The main purpose of the letter is toD．
A．explain how to read e-books
B．honor the person who invented e-books
C．scold publishers for wasting so much paper
D．provide evidence that e-books are a good idea．

17．One morning in 2007．Parthasarathy---we usually called him Partha．---came to meet me．He was disabled and was not an engineer but had majored in a computer course in college．I told Partha，"I'd like to employ people like you．"In fact，it turned out to be the right decision to employ him．Partha had an amazing enthusiasm and his disability did not stop him from improving himself．I was not doing any charity by employing him because my company benefited more from Partha．I have realized that physically challenged people are more faithful than others but unfortunately we usually pay scant attention to them．
At that time our office was on the first floor and Partha had difnculty dealing with the stairs．Seeing him struggle．I decided to make the entire office disabled-friendly．Our ground floor is now intended for the disabled people，and we have special toilets for them．We have also built houses for them near the office so that they can avoid long travelling hours．
After meeting Partha，I decided to hire more disabled people．We waited six months to get another disabled person who then became our receptionist．
I don't regard employing disabled people as charity．I consider it my responsibility．The country has spent much money educating me and I feel it is time for me to do something as a reward．
It is great to work with them．Seeing them work，get married，settle in life and have children is a wonderful experience．
We have 550employees now，and 20percent of them are disabled．We go to Engineering Colleges looking for disabled people but onty to find one or two in each college．Parents don't send them out．The biggest challenge for the physically disabled is the attitude of their parents，but we hire them even if they are not engineers．

56．What kind of person was Partha？（No more than 10words）
Partha was disabled but didn't stop improving himself．
57．What does the underlined word"scant"in the 1^st paragraph mean？（No more than 2words）
Little．/Not enough．
58．Why is the ground floor intended for the disabled people？（No more than l2words）
Because the disabled have difficulty dealing with the stairs．
59．How many disabled workers are there in the writer's company now？（No more than 2words）
110
60．Do you agree to the writer's plan to employ more disabled people？And why？（No more than 30words）
Yes．Because it is our duty to reward the country and the disabled need chances to make full use of their skills to improve themselves．．

16．假设你是红星中学的学生李华，请按照以下四幅图的先后顺序，用英文写一篇周记，记述上周六你和父母一起参加奥林匹克森林公园健步走活动的过程．
注意：1．词数不少于60；
2．周记的开头已给出，不计入总词数．     
Last Saturday，I went to the Olympic Forest Park with my parents to take part in an activity called"I Walk，and I'm Fit．"

15．假定你是李华，寒假前收到美国朋友Eric的来信．根据以下信息，给他写封回信．
1）介绍传统节日春节；
2）谈谈目前学习情况；
3）邀请他暑假来中国．
注意：
1）词数100左右；
2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3）开头与结束语已为你写好．
Dear Eric，
How glad I am to hear from you!
     ．
Yours truly，
Lihua．

14．Oseola McCarty
Late one Sunday afternoon in September 1999，Oseola McCarty，an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden frame house where she had lived and worked most of her life．It may seem like an ordinary（36）Cto an ordinary life，but there was something quite（37）Dabout this woman．
In the summer of 1995，McCarty gave$150，000，most of the money she had．saved throughout her life，to the University of Southey Mississippi in her hometown．The（38）Dwas to help other African Americans （39）B university．
She had（40）Aschool in the sixth grade to go to work，never married，never had children and never learned to drive because there was never any place in（41）Cshe wanted to go．All she ever had was the work which she saw as a （42）A．Too many other black people in the countryside of Mississippi did not have even that．She had started her savings habit as a young child when she would rectum from school to clean and iron（43）Dmoney which she would then save．
When she retired，she decided that she wanted to use the money to give children of limited means the （44）Cto go to university．She had wanted to become a nurse，but had to leave school to look afire sick relatives and work．When asked why she had given her life （45）Baway，she replied，"I'm giving it away so that children won't have to work so hard，like l did．"Afier news ofher donation（46）Dthe media，over 600donations were（47）Cto the scholarship fund．One was given by a media senior manager，Ted Turner，who gave a billion dollars．
She didn't want any conked made over her （48）_A，but the news（49）Band she was invited all over the United States to talk to people．（50）Ashe went，people would come up to her to say a few words or to（51）Btouch her．She met the ordinary and the （52）C，President Clinton included．In the last few years of her life，before she died of cancer，McCarty was giyen over 300awards．She was honored by the United Nations and （53）D the Presidential Citizen's Medal．（54）Ahaving no real education，she found herself with two honorary doctorates：one from the University of Southern Mississippi and the other from Harvard University．Her generosity was clearly an inspiration to many and proof that true （55）Bdoes exist．

36．A．start	B．call	C．end	D．show
37．A．abnormal	B．complicated	C．common	D．exceptional
38．A．time	B．case	C．rule	D．money
39．A．with	B．through	C．out	D．along
40．A，quitted	B．needed	C．opened	D．finished
41．A．general	B．public	C．particular	D．advance
42．A．blessing	B．praise	C．pleasure	D．training
43．A．about	B，with	C．like	D．for
44．A．ability	B．space	C．opportunity	D．time
45．A．happiness	B．savings	C．time	D．experience
46．A．ended	B．broke	C．controlled	D．hit
47．A．took	B．had	C．made	D．put
48．A．gift	B．dream	C．death	D．life
49．A，gave off	B．got out	C．came about	D．put away
50．A．Wherever	B．Whoever	C．Whenever	D．Whatever
51．A．often	B．just	C．only	D．almost
52．A．young	B．elderly	C．famous	D．poor
53．A．gave	B． showed off	C．refused	D．received
54．A．Despite	B．Except	C．Besides	D．Beyond
55．A．wealth	B．selflessness	C．carefulness	D．love．

13．A sense of humor is just one of the many things shared by Alfred and Anthony Melillo，64-year-old twin brothers from East Haven who made history in February 2012．On Christmas Eve，2002，Anthony had a heart transplant （移植） from a 21-year-old donor （捐赠者）．Two days before Valentine's Day in 2012，Afred received a 19-year-old heart，marking the first time on record that twin adults each received heart transplants．
"I'm 15minutes older than him．But now I'm younger because of my heart and I'm not going to respect him，"Afred said with a smile，pointing to his brother while talking to a roomful of reporters，who laughed frequently at their jokes．
While the twins knew that genetics （遗传学） might have played a role in their condition，they recognized that their bad eating habits might have also contributed to their heart problems．"We'd put half a pound of butter on a steak．I overdid it on all the food that tasted good，so I guess I deserved what I got for not dieting properly．"
The discussion moved to Anthony's recovery．In the five years since his heart transplant，he had been on an exercise program where he regularly rode a bicycle for five miles，swam each day，and walked a couple of miles．He was still on medication （药物治疗） but not nearly as much as Alfred，who was just in the early stage of his recovery．
Alfred said his goal，of course，was to feel even better than his brother．"But"，he added，"I love my brother very much．We're very close and I'm sure we'll do just fine．"

56．What is this passage about？（no more than 10words）Itisaboutthetwinbrotherswhoreceivedhearttransplants/receivinghearttransplants．
57．What did Alfred and Anthony have in common in character according to paragraph 1？（no more than 7words）Theybothhadasenseofhumor．/Theywerebothhumorous．
58．Why did Alfred say he was younger than Anthony？（no more than 8words）Becausehisnewheartwasyounger（thanAnthony's）．
59．What were the most probable two causes of the brothers'heart problem？（no more than 6words）Geneticsandtheir（bad）eatinghabits/theirimproperdiet．
60．What did Antony do for five years after his operation？（no more than 7words）Hewasonanexerciseprogram．/Hekeptonexercising．．

12．She was too ______ to answer the manager's questions at the interview，so she failed．（　　）

A．

anxious

B．

serious

C．

curious

D．

cautious

11．The pictures full of religious symbols were the ______ ones in the Middle Ages．（　　）

A．

classical

B．

typical

C．

expensive

D．

flexible

10．Thanks to John's outstanding performance，it is most likely that he _______ into Harvard University．（　　）

	A．	accepted		B．	was accepted
	C．	will accept		D．	will be accepted