教师版2014海滨高二期上中考试试卷.docxVIP

2014海滨高二上期中考试试卷新题型（A）Are you tired of changing passwords and wish there were a safer way to access accounts online? Now, your wish has come true---a company named Hoyos(25)_________(invent) a new device to make your accounts safer.The new device, called Eyelock, is an iris scanner that allows people to scan their eyes to access the protected websites. The device is the size of (26)_______ business card, and weighs 113g.To use Eyelock, users need(27)______ (install) the Eyelock software and decide on which app or website to use the software.(28)________(wave)the scanner in front of your eye and the software will automatically log you into protected websites like Facebook, Twitter,Gmail, bank accounts etc.Every time you log in , it reads your iris and creates a unique key,(29)______ is a series of numbers. And this key changes(30)__________ ____________ you log in, so no one can hack it. The device even works when the user is wearing glasses.The company says that iris scan security is (31)________ (good) technology, because the human iris has around 2,000 unique points to identify a unique eye,(32)_______(compare) to fingerprints that have some 18 points.(B)The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, which is generally known as the Boat Race, (33)______ (be) a rowing race between the rowing clubs of the two prestigious universities.The idea for a rowing race between (34)_____ two universities came from tow friends--- Charles Merivale, a student at Cambridge, and his friend, Charles Wordsworth, who was at Oxford. On March 12, 1829, Cambridge sent a challenge to Oxford and thus the tradition (35)_____ (bear). The race (36)________ (hold) annually since the 1856 with the exception of the two world wars.The race is rowed each spring on the Thames in London. Members of both teams are traditionally known as “blue”, students who have been awarded a “ University Sporting Blue”. This is an award earned by sportsmen and sportswomen at Cambridge and Oxford for competing at the highest l