高考大题冲关秘笈高考英语阅读理解七选五：体验真题 word版含答案.docVIP

题组一（2016年高考真题）

Passage1(2016·新课标全国卷I)

Secretcodes(密码)keepmessagesprivate.Banks,companies,andgovernmentagenciesusesecretcodesindoingbusiness,especiallywheninformationissentbycomputer.

Peoplehaveusedsecretcodesforthousandsofyears.36Codebreakingneverlags(落后)farbehindcodemaking.Thescienceofcreatingandreadingcodedmessagesiscalledcryptography.

Therearethreemaintypesofcryptography.37Forexample,thefirstlettersof＂Myelephanteatstoomanyeels＂spelloutthehiddenmessage＂Meetme.＂

38Youmightrepresenteachletterwithanumber,forexample.Let’snumberthelettersofthealphabet,inorder,from1to26.Ifwesubstituteanumberforeachletter,themessage＂Meetme＂wouldread＂135520135.＂

Acodeusessymbolstoreplacewords,phrases,orsentences.Toreadthemessageofarealcode,youmusthaveacodebook.39Forexample,＂bridge＂mightstandfor＂meet＂and＂out＂mightstandfor

＂me.＂Themessage＂Bridgeout＂wouldactuallymean＂Meetme.＂40However,itisalsohardtokeepacodebooksecretforlong.Socodesmustbechangedfrequently.

A.Itisveryhardtobreakacodewithoutthecodebook.

B.Inanylanguage,somelettersareusedmorethanothers.

C.Onlypeoplewhoknowthekeywordcanreadthemessage.

D.Aslongastherehavebeencodes,peoplehavetriedtobreakthem.

E.Youcanhideamessagebyhavingthefirstlettersofeachwordspellitout.

F.Withacodebook,youmightwritedownwordsthatwouldstandforotherwords.

G.Anotherwaytohideamessageistousesymbolstostandforspecificlettersofthealphabet.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了密码的设置和破解的方法。比如利用该字母在字母表中排序的数字来代表该字母，或者利用一些单词的首字母来组成一个密码等。

36.D【解析】根据后面一句＂Codebreakingneverlags(落后)farbehindcodemaking＂可知，此空该选D(只要有密码的存在，人们就会试图去破解它们)。

37.E【解析】根据后一句的＂Forexample，thefirstlettersof‘Myelephanteatstoomanyeels’spelloutthehiddenmessage‘Meetme.’＂可知，此空该选E(你可以拼写每个单词的第一个字母来隐藏信息)。

38.G