---- Did ____get through the driving test?----No,___ . A few failed.

A. everybody; not all   B. anybody; no one  C. everybody; none   D. anybody; not all

“Get your hands off me, I have been stolen,” the laptop, a portable computer, shouted. That is a new solution to laptop computer theft: a program that lets owners give their property a voice when it has been taken.

The program allows users to display alerts on the missing computer’s screen and even to set a spoken message. Tracking software for stolen laptops has been on the market for some time, but this is thought to be the first that allows owners to give the thief a piece of their mind.

Owners must report their laptop missing by logging on to a website, which sends a message to the model: a red and yellow “lost or stolen” banner pops up on its screen when it is started. Under the latest version(版本) of the software, users can also send a spoken message.

The message can be set to reappear every 30 seconds, no matter how many times the thief closes it. “One customer sent a message saying, ‘You are being tracked. I am right at your door’,” said Carrie Hafeman, chief executive of the company which produces the program, Retriever.

In the latest version, people can add a spoken message. The default through the computer’s speakers is: “Help, this laptop is reported lost or stolen. If you are not my owner, please report me now.”

The Retriever software package, which costs $29.95 (￡21) but has a free trial period, has the functions of many security software programs. Owners can remotely switch to an alternative password prompt if they fear that the thief has also got hold of the access details.

If a thief accesses the internet with the stolen laptop, Retriever will collect information on the internet service provider in use, so that the police can be alerted to its location.

Thousands of laptops are stolen every year from homes and offices, but with the use of laptops increasing, the number stolen while their owners are out and about has been rising sharply.

Other security software allows users to erase data remotely or lock down the computer.

72. The expression “to give the thief a piece of their mind” can be understood as “_______”.

73. Different from other security software, Retriever can ______.

74. One function of the program is that it allows the owner to ______ at a distance.

A. change some access details for switching on the laptop

B. turn on the laptop by using the original password

C. operate the laptop by means of an alternative password

D. erase the information kept in the stolen laptop

75. Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of the passage?

A. With no Retriever, thousands of laptops are stolen every year.

B. A new software provides a means to reduce laptop theft.

C. Retriever has helped to find thieves and lost computers.

D. A new program offers a communication platform with the thief.

Through my school years I never imagined of falling in love. I wanted to stay __1__ just from watching my friends get mistreated（虐待）by their boyfriends all the time. On my junior year, I was just ___2__ 17 and my best friend decides to set me __3__ with a stranger I have never known. I was really lucky to even make it to the place because my parents were so strict __4__ me at the time. So we meet and not even __5__ to say. I wasn't too excited, I was totally nervous. At the time I knew there was __6___ in him I liked. I couldn't understand that __7__ inside telling me he was the one.

My senior year after school ended. He had to leave to the Marines and I __8__ go to Ohio. We both had decided to __9__ our relationship because we didn't think it work from far distance. It was all over. On my 20 birthday there was__10__ on the mail for me. The letter came from a Marine base with his name on it. It had __11__ him a long time to find me and he did. After that day he promised he__12__ let me go again.

   Today he's my__13___, my best friend, and my hero. Within a million's miles away from me, he has kept his__14___. I love him with all my heart and I'm here  waiting. He has deployed（部署，配置） overseas for 8 months and we only _15__by e-mail and sometimes calls on the weekends. Today and every up coming day I wake up with a smile just waiting for him to come back home safe.

（ ）1. A.alone             B. single                   C. lonely                  D.pure

（ ）2. A. attending       B. accepting             C. turning                 D. receiving

（ ）3. A. up                B. down                   C. off                       D. on

（ ）4. A. on                B. at                        C. with                     D. to

（ ）5.A.a talk              B. a word                C. many talks           D. many words

（ ）6. A. everything     B. anything               C. nothing               D. something

（ ）7. A. thought         B. feeling                  C. mood                  D. idea

（ ）8. A. should          B. might                   C. had to                 D. used to 

（ ）9. A. end               B. start                     C.remember             D. forget

（ ）10. A.a man          B. a letter                 C. news                  D. word

（ ）11. A. taken          B. brought                C. spent                   D. paid

（ ）12. A. seldom       B. always                 C. never                   D. ever 

（ ）13. A. workmate   B. neighbor              C.boyfriend              D. husband

（ ）14. A. secret         B. promise       C. way                     D. hobby

（ ）15. A. talk      B. meet                    C. see                      D. communicate

---Did ______get through the driving test?

---No,______ . A few failed.

1. A.
   everybody; not all
2. B.
   anybody; no one
3. C.
   everybody; none
4. D.
   anybody; not all