Jonathan James looks like just another kid about to graduate from high school. But
this 19-year-old Swede is anything but ordinary from the computer in his parents' home
he helps the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) find out the world's most wanted
cybercriminals
     Jonathan first made headlines when he and another Swede, Fredrik Bjoerck, found
out the maker of the " Melissa" virus(病毒)in March 1999. He came to the aid of the
FBI again on May 7,finding out the suspected (嫌疑) sender of the dangerous"I LOVE
YOU" virus. The suspect was caught in Manila on May 8.
Jonathan's special skills are in hot demand as officials around the world express alarm at
the "virtual"crimewave. In between studying for final exams,hanging out with friends and
referring his younger brother's football matches, the quiet, gentle teenager also gives
lessons on e-security(電子安全) to large companies. He reads a lot and exchanges
information with other computer experts to know much about the latest tricks of the
hacker(黑客) trade.
     Many companies have already tried to employ him, but he is not interested at the
moment. Instead, he plans to begin law school in. the autumn at Sweden's Uppsala
University and start up his own security company.
     Although he works with the FBI now and then, his family insists he's just "a regular
kid". Jonathan is a great kid, he has his friends and he does a lot more than just play with
the computer, his little sister Tessa said, adding that he helps the FBI because "He likes
to help" , not because he's looking for fame and recognition.
     When the world was hit by the" Love Bug" virus, Jonathan was too busy preparing a
speech on e-security to look into the problem. "Finally on May 7,I had some free time,
so I 'began looking. " Within a few hours, he had found the suspect and e-mailed his
method and results to the FBI. He said his work on the" Melissa" virus, which took three
weeks to solve was a big help in finding the suspect so quickly.
     "This time I knew exactly where to start. I knew what to disregard and what to look at. "

1. The passage mainly wants to tell us that .______

A. a Swedish kid helps FBI find out the most wanted cybercriminals
B. Jonathan is really a quiet, gentle and ordinary boy
C. many compaiues want the young computer expert to join m
D. any cybercriminal will surely be found out wherever they are

2. The public started to know something about Jonathan just from .______

A. his helping the US FBI to find out the sender of the dangerous "I love you" virus
B. his work together with Fredrik Bjoerck to find out the maker of the "Melissa" virus
C. his little sister's talk about his good qualities as a regular kid and a good programmer
D. his speech on e-security to many computer companies after his fight against hackers

3. From Jonathan's success in finding out the sender of the dangerous "I LOVE YOU"
virus we can infer that._____

A. where there's a will, there is a way
B. experience is knowledge
C. hard work leads to success
D. failure is the mother of success

4. What do we know about Jonathan?______

A. He is a good fame hunter with various abilities.
B. He is such a brave fighter that any criminal will feel afraid.
C. He is an expert on security, not interested in running a company.
D. He is a regular kid but does something unusual.

     As a young man,Al was a skilled artist,a potter (陶工). He had a wife and two
fine sons. One night, his elder son developed a serious stomachache. Thinking it was
only some common disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously.
But it was actually acute appendicitis (急性闌尾炎), and the boy died suddenly that
night.
     Knowing the death could have been prevented if he had only realized the seriousness
of the situation, Al's emotional health deteriorated (惡化) under the burden of his guilt.
To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his
sixyearold younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could
handle,and he turned to alcohol to help him cope. In time Al became an alcoholic (酒鬼)．
     As the alcoholism progressed,Al began to lose everything he possessed-his home, his
land and his art objects. Eventually Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.
     When I heard of Al's death,I reacted with the same disdain (蔑視) the world shows for
one who ends his life with nothing to show for it. "What a complete failure!" I thought. "What
a totally wasted life!"
     As time went by, I began to reevaluate my earlier judgment. I knew Al's now adult son,
Ernie. He has grown into one of the kindest, most caring and most loving men I have ever
known. I watched Emie with his children and saw the free flow of love between them. I knew
that kindness and consideration had to come from somewhere.
     I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his father. One day I worked up my courage to ask
him. "I'm really puzzled by something," I said. "I know your father was basically the only one
to raise you. What on earth did he do to make you become such a special person?"
     Ernie sat quietly and reflected for a few moments. Then he said, "Al came into my room
every night,gave me a kiss and said 'I love you,son' until I left home at 18."
     Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to judge Al as a failure. He had
not left any material possessions behind. But he had been a kind and loving father, and he was
one of the finest men I have ever known.

1. Al's elder son probably died of acute appendicitis due to ________ according to this passage.

A. lack of care and nutrition                      
B. the couple's carelessness
C. serious stomachache          
D. too much alcohol

2. What can we know from the second paragraph?

A. Given more attention, the boy could be saved.
B. Al eventually became an alcoholic without any reason.
C. Al's wife was also dead because of her elder son's death.
D. The boy's death couldn't be avoided even if he was given more attention.

3. In the writer's opinion, what was Al like?

A. Careless.                
B. Foolish.              
C. Bad.                    
D. Familyloving.

4. How did the writer evaluate Al's son, Ernie in this passage?

A. Kind.                  
B. Caring.              
C. Loving.                
D. All above.

5. The purpose of writing this passage for the writer is to show ________.

A. we should reevaluate Al's meaning of life      
B. love is the best heritage in our life
C. Ernie is a kind, caring and loving son          
D. Al's death is a totally wasted life as well

     Kenyon Scudder once told me a story about his friend, Michael. Michael happened to be on a train
sitting next to a young man who seemed worried. Finally the young man told the friend that he was a
convict (罪犯) returning home from a prison far away. What he did had brought shame (羞恥) on his
family, and they had neither visited him nor written to him. He hoped, however, that this was only because
they were too poor to travel and too busy to write.
     When he was set free he had written to tell them he wanted to go home. To make matters easy for
them, however, he had asked them to put up a signal (信號) for him when the train passed their little farm. If the family had forgiven (原諒) him, they were to put up a white ribbon (絲帶) in the big apple tree near
the railway. If they didn't want him back, they were to do nothing, and he would stay on the train, and go
far away.
     As the train neared his hometown his suspense became so great that he was afraid to look out of the
window. He asked Michael to watch for the big apple tree. They changed seats. In a minute, Michael put
his hand on the young convict's shoulder. "There it is," he said, his eyes filled with sudden tears. "It's all
right. The whole tree is white with ribbons."

1. For which of the following reasons might the young man be worried?

A. His family might not allow him to go home.
B. His family would not remember him.
C. His family hadn't written to him frequently.
D. His family hadn't visited him for a long time.

2. The word "suspense" underlined in the last paragraph can best be replaced by _____.

A. pain        
B. interest  
C. worry    
D. happiness

3. Why did Michael cry at the end of the story?   

A. The young man couldn't live with his family.
B. There were many white ribbons on the apple tree.
C. He was moved by the young man.
D. The young man was very sad.

     When I was a kid, I always used to wonder how in the world my father work outside in the winter
without a coat. It could be minus 20 degrees centigrade and there'd be Dad, removing snow, or perhaps
chopping some wood-his coat thrown aside-wearing a shirt, a cap, and a pair of gloves.
     "Aren't you cold, Dad?" I'd ask. "No," Dad would reply. "I'm not cold-working too hard to be cold."
     Many times I wondered whether my father was an extremely tough man, or whether he was foolish.
     One time when I was quite young, perhaps five or so, I went ice fishing with Dad. It was a bright,
clear day-and bitterly cold.
     After we'd been out on the ice for a little while, my feet started getting cold.
     "Daddy, my feet are cold." I said.
      "Yeah, it's cold out here today," he replied.
      "Tell you what," he said. "Walk around. Make some circles in the snow. See how many different
patterns you can make. That will get your feet warm."
      Now, I was just a little girl at the time but I remember thinking, "How in the world will walking around
in the snow make my feet warm? Dad must be out of mind."
      But he was my father, after all. I made circles in the snow. I made squares. Pretty soon I was having
so much fun making patterns in the snow. I forgot about my feet being cold.
      Now, all these years later, I know, too, from personal experience how my father was able to take his
coat off and work outside in the winter wearing just a shirt, a cap and gloves. Because I do it, too. "Aren't
you cold?" my husband asked one winter day. "No," I replied. "I'm not cold-working too hard to be cold."
      I hope my husband has decided I'm both tough and smart. But I guess quite a bit of the time he thinks
I'm foolish.
      Wherever Dad is in that great big farm in the sky-I'm sure he can't help but smile whenever I take my
coat off while I'm working outside in the winter.

1. When the author's feet felt cold, her father advised her to ____.

A. go home alone first
B. keep walking in the snow
C. draw pictures in the snow
D. light a fire on the ice

2. Hearing her father's advice, the author thought her father ____.

A. forgettable
B. warm-hearted
C. crazy
D. cruel

3. What might the author's husband think of her?

A. Tough
B. Smart
C. Brave
D. Foolish

4. The author's purpose of writing this passage is to ____.

A. remember her tough and smart father
B. show how her father cared about her
C. describe memories of her childhood
D. explain why her father loved her so much

     One of the qualities that most people admire in others is the willingness to admit one's mistakes. It is
extremely hard sometimes to say a simple thing like "I was wrong about that," and it is even harder to say,
"I was wrong, and you were right about that."
     I had an experience recently with someone admitting to me that he had made a mistake fifteen years ago.
He told me he had been the manager of a certain grocery store in the neighbourhood where I grew up, and
he asked me if I remembered the egg boxes. Then he related an incident and I began to remember vaguely
the incident he was describing.
     I was about eight years old at the time, and I had gone into the store with my mother to do the weekly
grocery shopping. On that particular day, I must have found my way to the dairy food department where
the incident took place.
     There must have been a special sale on eggs that day because there was an impressive display of eggs
in dozen and half-dozen boxes. The boxes were stacked three or four feet high. I must have stopped in front
of a display to admire the stacks. Just then a woman came by pushing her grocery cart and knocked off the
stacks of boxes. For some reason, I decided it was up to me to put the display back together, so I went to
work.
     The manager heard the noise and came rushing over to see what had happened. When he appeared, I was
on my knees inspecting some of the boxes to see if any of the eggs were broken, but to him it looked as if I
was the culprit (做婚事的人). He severely scolded me and wanted me to pay for any broken eggs. I tried to
explain it wasn't me who had broken them, but it did no good. Even though I quickly forgot all about the
incident, obviously the manager did not.

1. How old was the author when he wrote this article?

A. About 8.
B. About 18.
C. About 23.
D. About 15.

2. Who was to blame for knocking off the stacks of boxes?

A. The author.
B. The manager.
C. A woman.
D. The author's mother.

3. Which of the following statements is not true?

A. The woman who knocked off the stacks of boxes was seriously criticized by the manager.
B. The author was severely criticized by the manager.
C. A woman carelessly knocked off the stacks of boxes.
D. It was the author who put the display back together.

4. The tone of the article expresses the author's _____.

A. regret for the mistake he made in the store
B. admiration for the manager's willingness to admit mistakes
C. anger against the woman who knocked off the stacks of boxes
D. anger to the manager for his wrong accusation