1 . What to Do If Your Personal Data Has Been Exposed

As more of our lives move online, the risk of our personal data being stolen or misused is increasing. Online criminals can use stolen data to target people with leading messages to get important information.     1    . Here are some ways to protect yourself.

Change your password

When your info shows up in a breach (泄露), it doesn’t mean someone’s stolen your identity or money.     2    . If your data has been breached, the first thing you should do is change your password. Use a strong, long password including letters, numbers and symbols. And if you have been using the same password for different accounts, make changes to it for each site.

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It can be hard to follow all the different data breaches. When public data breaches occur, cyber criminals gather as much data as possible so they can sell it on the dark web. Luckily, there are online services that you can look at to see if your account has been involved in a data breach. For example, a tool called Breach Watch is offered online to keep watch on the dark web to see if your personal information shows up there.

Tell your bank and credit agencies

If your credit card payment numbers are stolen, inform your bank or credit card company. Ask them to warn you of any suspicious activity. Some banks and credit cards can lock your account online. You can also inform credit agencies.     4    . That makes it hard to see your credit report and open a new account. Or they will ask lenders to contact you before lending money.

Take extra care

Breaches involving a telephone company leave buyers at risk of having their phone numbers stolen. Thieves can use a stolen number to enter accounts that use the phone number as a security. To reduce that risk, it is advisable to create a password that is needed to make large account changes.     5    . That will help block possible damage by someone who gains entry to your email account.

A．Keep monitoring

B．They can freeze your credit

C．But it does mean you’re at risk

D．Follow all the possible data breaches

E．Also, delete emails containing personal information

F．Or they can take out loans and credit cards in their name

G．If you find it hard to memorize all your passwords, consider a password manager

2 . As an active duty Marine and marathon runner, 27-year-old Wesley Swainston runs regularly and always has a dog by his side. However, the dogs are usually not his.

Wesley lovingly calls these dogs “shelter gems” — pups that are amazing but not adopted because they have not spent enough time with people and are stressed out in the shelter. His goal is to find them forever homes by spending time with them and documenting their journey.

Wesley visits nearby shelters after work every week. It all started when he noticed that many shelter dogs lack socialization and interaction with humans. As a result, when they encounter visitors, they often bark and become frantic in their cages. “They haven’t seen a lot of life,” he says. “So they’re going to be pretty fearful of people and things like cars or leaves blowing on the ground.”

Wesley discovered that taking them out for runs and exposing them to the outside world can have a transformative effect. “It was a night and day difference,” he says. “It gives them a chance to get away from the shelter, which is super stressful.”

Every month, dogs featured by Wesley find their forever homes as people see their personalities and journeys through his social media. One of the dogs Wesley worked closely with was a pit bull boxer mix named Bear, whose high energy and jumping habits kept him from finding a forever home. Before meeting Wesley, Bear was one of the longest residents at the shelter, having been there since he was a puppy. Wesley spent months running with Bear, taking him to places like Lowe’s and filming him enjoying the world outside. Eventually, people started recognizing Bear in public. After months of dedication, Bear’s big moment came — he was adopted by a family from Maine!

“It made me feel like I’m making a difference,” says Wesley. “This has given me way more than I’ve sacrificed.” Through his actions, Wesley hopes to inspire more people to spend time with their local shelter dogs. “If you just set aside a little bit of time, you can make a huge difference in a person’s life and an animal’s life,” he says. “So that’s the goal.”

1. Why does Wesley always take dogs out for runs?

A．To relieve stress of work.	B．To find them forever homes.
C．To promote the shelters.	D．To ensure safety of the dogs.

2. What does the underlined word “frantic” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Calm and relaxed.	B．Nervous but curious.
C．Frightened and upset.	D．Confused but delighted.

3. What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about?

A．The reasons why dogs are not adopted.

B．An example of Wesley’s meaningful act.

C．The role social media plays in daily life.

D．The process of helping dogs find shelters.

4. Which of the following best describes Wesley?

A．Caring.

B．Generous.

C．Confident.

D．Ambitious.

3 . Raquel is a college student who has spent nearly every summer working in the fields of Southwestern Michigan with her family, 1,500 miles from their home in Edinburg, Texas. As she prepared for graduation, she knew her family wouldn’t be there to ________ it, because her parents were working seven days a week, from sun-up until after sundown on the farm.

Raquel graduated with a degree in bilingual education. She is willing to follow a(n) ________ as a public school teacher. Her path to graduation was by no means ________. But Raquel’s story has always been of the impossible becoming possible.

Following high school, she took a year off to work at the farm and then ________ on college. It took her five years to ________ her college coursework, in part because she couldn’t take summer classes. Her determination ________, both in reaching graduation and in her personal development. She thanked her family for everything she had ________, and what she had become. “My family is my ________ support system, and they have ________ me greatly. When I have hard times in school, I see their faces and I feel so ________ to continue.”

On the graduation day, Raquel was interviewed about her future ________ to becoming a public school teacher. Little did she know that the interview would turn into a surprise family reunion. Her family made the 3,000-mile round trip to celebrate the meaningful ________. When Raquel glanced over the crowds and found her parents and sister were sitting in the last row, she burst into tears. She ________ her diploma in the air, smiled, and gave a thumbs-up to the family who helped make this day a(n) ________.

“My parents always tell me to ________ myself to my education because that’s something nobody can take away from me, and I keep that in mind all the time,” said Raquel.

1.

A．observe

B．sponsor

C．appreciate

D．charge

2.

A．attempt

B．mission

C．career

D．responsibility

3.

A．capable

B．smooth

C．significant

D．brilliant

4.

A．depended

B．called

C．insisted

D．focused

5.

A．design

B．complete

C．adapt

D．assess

6.

A．paid off

B．paid back

C．took place

D．took off

7.

A．admitted

B．donated

C．achieved

D．applied

8.

A．independent

B．powerful

C．flexible

D．accurate

9.

A．impressed

B．persuaded

C．informed

D．affected

10.

A．encouraged

B．satisfied

C．annoyed

D．astonished

11.

A．adventure

B．experience

C．journey

D．solution

12.

A．project

B．contest

C．festival

D．event

13.

A．waved

B．grabbed

C．folded

D．threw

14.

A．record

B．regret

C．reality

D．truth

15.

A．accustom

B．devote

C．adjust

D．expose

4 . The 2024 Olympic Games open in Paris late this month and experts expect this summer to be much hotter than the previous years. With such weather, the Olympic athletes will have to pay more attention to their body temperatures as they train, recover and compete. And the buildings where they will stay during the event will not be equipped with air conditioning.

“The rising temperature has lots of effects on performance,” said Craig Heller of Stanford University, an expert in body temperature regulation.

Stanford University is well known for Olympic Athletes. Stanford-connected athletes won 26 Olympic medals in the 2020 games in Tokyo and 27 in Rio de Janeiro in 2016. As a result, Heller has had the chance to study body temperature regulation. And the school’s closeness to Silicon Valley helped the tech industry enter the playing field.

Heller invented CoolMitt, a device worn like a glove on the hand. It is designed to be used during suspensions in games, in between sets and reps in the gym, or any short break in training or competition.

Once inside the glove, the palm rests on a special pad set to 10 to 12 degrees Celsius. The pad draws the heat out while cooling the athlete’s blood. The cooled blood is sent back to the heart and to the athlete’s muscles. “Taking heat out of the core of the body prevents heat from building up in the active muscles, so that they keep on working,” Heller said. “So by preventing body temperature rising to a dangerous level, CoolMitt enables you to have a higher work volume. The higher work volume you have, the bigger conditioning effect you get.”

Tyler Friedrich of Stanford University works with athletes there. “If we are overheating, we will not be performing at the level that we want or that we should be. So regulating heat and regulating core temperature in some instances can be essential to performance,” he said. The CoolMitt has made a difference. “The athletes notice themselves feeling like at the end of the game they have as much juice or jump in their legs as they did at the beginning,” Friedrich added.

1. What problem may the athletes face during the Paris Olympic Games according to the text?

A．Shabby buildings.	B．Poor training conditions.
C．Rising temperature.	D．Insufficient equipment.

2. What is the purpose of Heller’s invention?

A．To regulate the body temperature of athletes.

B．To promote the technology of Silicon Valley.

C．To reduce the temperature of the playing field.

D．To shorten the breaks in training or competition.

3. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?

A．When the device is used.	B．How the device works.
C．How the device is designed.	D．Why the device is invented.

4. What does Tyler Friedrich think of CoolMitt?

A．It is of little practical value.

B．Its effect remains to be seen.

C．It has proved to be significant and effective.

D．It has a long way to go before it is put into use.

7 . When Ernst Witte visited the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam last year, he wasn’t expecting to leave his mark on art history. Witte, a chef and visual artist, was admiring work by the famed Dutch artist when his professional knowledge signaled something was improper: Red Cabbages and Onions, an 1887 still life, had been incorrectly titled.

In the painting, Witte saw two heads of garlic, not onions. Confident in his identification thanks to his experience in the kitchen—he is currently the head chef of Restaurant Feu in Utrecht, Netherlands—he sent a message to the museum, which took it seriously from the start.

With his wife, Witte prepared a presentation and a video comparing the way van Gogh painted the two items over the course of his career, including his 1889 work Still Life With a Plate of Onions. Using his own artistic talents, Witte also made an overlay drawing on top of the suspected garlic in Red Cabbages and Onions to show how van Gogh had painted them.

The museum then handed over the information to its research team, which concluded, with the help of a biologist, that Witte was right: The painting’s ingredients had been misidentified since the first time it was shown to the public in 1928.

“It was a feeling of intense joy and happiness, and also confirmation that I have a chef/painter’s view of things,” he posted. “The painting side of me helps me a lot with my color use and the composition of my dishes.”

In November, the museum told Witte it was changing the name of the painting, which is now listed as Red Cabbages and Garlic.

To celebrate his discovery, Witte created a dish inspired by the painting, featuring poached red cabbage and a smoked garlic creme with a vinaigrette of lemon balm, tarragon and absinthe.

1. What did Witte discover in the Van Gogh Museum?

A．There was a mistake in the name of a painting.

B．The author’s name on a painting was incorrect.

C．There were some marks on a painting in the museum.

D．Onions were Van Gogh’s favourite subject in painting.

2. What was the basis of Witte’s discovery?

A．Sheer curiosity.	B．Adventurous spirit.
C．Thorough research.	D．Professional background.

3. How did the museum respond to Witte’s discovery?

A．It ignored Witte’s message.

B．It confirmed and corrected its mistake.

C．It made an overlay drawing.

D．It presented its ultimate finding in a video.

4. What can be the most suitable title for the text?

A．A Chef’s Artistic Eye: Beating Van Gogh.

B．A New Dish Inspired by Van Gogh’s Painting.

C．The Boundary Between Art and Real Life.

D．Onion or Garlic—That is the Question.

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Every so often, Chen Jiawen,     1     31-year-old product designer at a technology company in Hangzhou, sets aside a day for herself called Unplug Day.

Chen     2     (start) the plan as she often felt “disrupted” by technology. “    3     makes me uncomfortable when everyone is addicted to their phones at gatherings,” Chen said,     4     (add) that absorbing herself in social media prevented her from completing     5     (plan) tasks, leading to psychological burdens and distractions.

It’s become a common situation     6     modern people might unconsciously use the time spent waiting at traffic lights to watch a short video or     7     (constant) check out a trending topic upon receiving a push notification from an app.

Unplug Day is part of her plan to combat information overload from excessive phone use and     8     (rebuild) her focus.

On this day, she disconnects from the digital world and focuses on real-life experiences. She wanders through the park with friends and they enjoy a meal together     9     touching their phones, engaged in deep conversation. They consciously hide apps in folders that require several     10     (click) to access, and turning off notifications. Throughout this day, she only connects to the internet twice: once for navigation and once to coordinate with friends

10 . Four of the Most Beautiful Roads in the United States

Alaska Highway, Alaska

In the early days of World War II, fears of a potential attack on the Territory of Alaska stimulated military officials to create the Alaska Highway.

Eagle-eyed motorists may spot caribou, moose and grizzly bears along the road. Those keen on eyeing bald eagles should plan a stop near the Canadian border at the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge. Its wetlands serve as a pit stop for 180 species of migratory birds, including America’s national bird, on their springtime journey towards the ice fields and glaciers at the road’s northernmost reaches.

Highway 101, California

“The 101” is a drivable California postcard, taking motorists past the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The route offers a chance to not only see some of the best that California has to offer, but also smell and taste it when the road cuts through the heart of Sonoma’s wine country. Over 400 different wineries there produce varieties of wine.

Hana Highway, Hawaii

The Hana Highway dates to the 16th century, when Native Hawaiians first paved the road with lava blocks. Today, the route is one of Maui’s greatest tourist draws, with its 617 switchbacks hiding some of the island’s best attractions. The natural pools formed by waterfalls at Waikamoi Stream are a swimmer’s dream. Locals may be driving much faster. So if you see a local person driving behind you, you should pull over as soon as you can.

Going-to-the-Sun Road, Montana

Millions of years ago, the area around Montana’s Glacier National Park was submerged under ice a mile deep. The most striking reminders of the region’s prehistoric origins are the 25 glaciers that give the park its name. The glaciers have been shrinking for decades, and more than 50 have disappeared entirely since the mid-1800s. Visitors may be flocking to Glacier to see these natural wonders before they vanish.

1. Which one below was built for military purpose?

A．Alaska Highway, Alaska.	B．Highway 101, California.
C．Hana Highway, Hawaii.	D．Going-to-the-Sun Road, Montana.

2. What can you do along Highway 101?

A．Appreciate glaciers.	B．See wild animals.
C．Swim in a natural pool.	D．Taste various wine.

3. Why should you pay attention to the locals while driving down Hana Highway?

A．They are repaving the road.	B．They block the road with lava stones.
C．They are driving very fast.	D．They are not friendly to the tourists.