D                              

    "Your password has expired（過(guò)期）^，，，a message said on my screen, with

instructions for changing it. Coming up with a new code（密碼）doesn't seem like a

big deal，unless you work at my company, where we have to change it monthly, using

at least one uppercase character(大寫(xiě)字母），one lowercase character, one symbol, and

one number. 4h, the whole password can’t be fewer than eight characters．And I can’t

use any of the same passwords I’ve used in the past three months．

    Suddenly I was quite angry. What didn，t make it any better was that I was deeply

depressed after my recent divorce．Disbelief about what she had done to me was all I

thought about．Every day.

    I remembered a tip I’d heard from my former boss．He’d said："I’m going to use

a password to change my life．”

    I couldn，t focus on getting things done in my current mood一There were clear

signs of what I needed to do to get control of my life again．

    My password became the sign．My password reminded me that I shouldn，t let

myself be a victim of my recent breakup and that I was strong enough to do

something about it．I made my password Forgive@h3r.

    I had to type this several times a day. The simple action一changed the way I looked

at my ex-wife．That constant reminder led me to accept the way things had happened

and find a new way of dealing with my depression．As the month wore on, I felt a

slow healing begin to happen. By the time my server asked me to reset（重置）卿my

password the following month, I felt free．

    One month later, my dear Exchange server asked me yet again to reset．my

password．I thought about the next thing that I had to get done．My password became

Quit@smoking4ever.

    I quit smoking overnight．This password was a painful one to type during that

month，but doing it helped me to yell at myself in my mind as I typed that statement．

It motivated me to follow my monthly goal．

    One month later, my password became Save4trip@thailand．

    Can you guess where I went shortly afterwards？

43 ．What does the writer think of changing password at the beginning？

    A．A ftmny thing．B ．A life boat．C．A big deal．D．A necessity.

44 ．From the end of the passage we can know that shortly afterwards the writer_____．

    A. went back home        B．made a trip to Thailand

    C ．joined another company  D．returned to his former company

45 ．What helped to change his life in the end?

    A ．His marriage．B．His company. C．His password．D．His former boss．

46．If the following codes have never been used, which one can be used in this

    company?

    A ．Ilov3@u  B ．mian4@yang  C．Ours dreams  D．My6@dreams

                                                E

    ①You’re out for dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine．You decide

to leave a big fat tip．why? The answer may not be as simple as you think．

    ②Tipping, psychologists(心理學(xué)家）have found, can be affected by

psychological reactions to a series of different factors（因素）from the waiter's choice

of words，to how they carry themselves while taking orders，to the bill’s total．Even

the waiter’ s being there may change the amount of money in his pocket．

    ③"Studies before have shown that mimicry(模仿）brings into positive feelings

for the mimicker,^，’wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. "These

studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the

person who mimics them．”

    ④So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups．He requested that half

serve with a phrase such as，"Coming up！”Those in the other half were instructed to

repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers．Rick van Baaren then

compared their take-home. The results were clear. The copycat(模仿者）waiters

earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group．

    ⑤ Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in

St. Louis, found the generosity of a tipper may be limited by his bill．After research

on the 1，000 tips left for waiters，cab drivers，hair stylists，they found tip percentages

in three areas dropped as customers’bills went up．In fact, tip percentages appear to

plateau(達(dá)到穩(wěn)定水平）when bills topped＄100 and a bill for $200 made the worker

gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for＄100．

    ⑥ "That^，s also a point of tipping,，’Green says．"You have to give a little extra to

the cab driver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being

there to serve you．If they weren，t there,you，d never get any service．So part of the

idea of a tip is for just being there．”

47 ．tech of the following has little to do with tipping?

    A. The customer’s bill．

    B ．The customer’s appearance．

    C．The waster’s mimicking the customer.

    D．The waiter’s repeating the customer’s orders and preferences·

48，According to Paragraph 5，which of the following shows the right change of the

tip percentages?

49 ．According to the passage，we know the writer seems to___

    A．oppose Mr. Green，s idea about tipping

    B ．give his generous tip to the waiters very often

    C．think part of Mr. Green's explanation is reasonable

D. support the opinions of Mr. Green and Rick van Baaren about tipping

50.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

第二節(jié)根據(jù)對(duì)話內(nèi)容，從對(duì)話后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的選出最佳選項(xiàng)，

并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)多余選項(xiàng)。（共5小題；每小題2分，

滿分to分）

X:   51  

Y: It^，s quite an interesting place to live in．The best thing to do is going shopping．

    There are indoor and outdoor markets，department stores and shopping malls．

X:  52  

Y Not really. Cars are not permitted in several parts of city center, especially in the

    main shopping areas．The public transport system is pretty good．

X:  53  

Y: There are restaurants with food from all over the world．There are many Indian and

    Italian restaurants all over the city center.  54   We have several sports

    venues for football，rugby and cricket and so on．

X：Is there a lot of nightlife in your city?

Y: There are several good clubs．We also have theaters and venues．‘

X:  55 

Y: Certainly. I hope you，11 have time to come for a visit soon·