英语汇编专题精选：专题十四 阅读七选五含解析.docVIP

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A组2016～2014年各省市高考题（改编）

Passage1(2016·全国Ⅰ)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

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

Peoplehaveusedsecretcodesforthousandsofyears.__1__Codebreakingneverlags(落后)farbehindcodemaking.Thescienceofcreatingandreadingcodedmessagesiscalledcryptography.

Therearethreemaintypesofcryptography.__2__Forexample,thefirstlettersof“Myelephanteatstoomanyeels”spelloutthehiddenmessage“Meetme.”

__3__Youmightrepresenteachletterwithanumber,forexample.Let’snumberthelettersofthealphabet,inorder,from1to26.Ifwesubstituteanumberforeachletter,themessage“Meetme”wouldread“135520135.”

Acodeusessymbolstoreplacewords,phrases,orsentences.Toreadthemessageofarealcode,youmusthaveacodebook.__4__Forexample,“bridge”mightstandfor“meet”and“out”mightstandfor“me.”Themessage“bridgeout”wouldactuallymean“Meetme.”__5__However,itisalsohardtokeepacodebooksecretforlong.Socodesmustbechangedfrequently.

A．Itisveryhardtobreakacodewithoutthecodebook.

B．Inanylanguage,somelettersareusedmorethanothers.

C．Onlypeoplewhoknowthekeywordcanreadthemessage.

D．Aslongastherehavebeencodes,peoplehavetriedtobreakthem.

E．Youcanhideamessagebyhavingthefirstlettersofeachwordspellitout.

F．Withacodebook,youmightwritedownwordsthatwouldstandforotherwords.

G．Anotherwaytohideamessageistousesymbolstostandforspecificlettersofthealphabet.

Passage2(2016·全国Ⅱ)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Agardenthat’sjustrightforyou

Haveyouevervisitedagardenthatseemedjustrightforyou,wheretheatmosphereofthegardenappearedtototalmorethanthesum(总和)ofitsparts？__1__．Butitdoesn’thappenbyaccident.Itstartswithlookingin