your journey on the MRT/LRT.
◆This value ensures that you have the required fare when you exit the gate, even for the
longest train journey.
70. The new ez-link card can NOT be used ______________.
A. for LTA’s new e-payment system for public transport B. for Electronic Road Pricing(ERP).
C. in carparks with upgraded Electronic Parking Systems(EPS) D. to store value more than five hundred dollars.
71. According to WHERE YOU CANUSE YOUR NEW ez-link cards, people can use the new ez-link cards______________.
A. on public buses, MAT and LRT at once.
B. to pay for meals in school canteens in January,2015. C. to buy books in any school bookstore after July,2015. D. in Singapore Pools and Hospitals all year round.
72. When transiting between BUS and MRT, ___________.
A. the green flash reminds you that there is only $5 in your card.
B. the card reader flashes green to tell you to pay your fare by cash. C. you’ll pay at most $3 for the longest train journey on the MAT/LRT.
73. What’s the main purpose of the poster?
A. To show people how to buy a new ez-link card. B. To tell people what’s new about the new ez-link cards. C. To list the places where the new new ez-link cards can be used. D. To introduce the financial function of the new ez-link cards.
D. you should store at least $5 in your card for basic BUS or MRT services.
( C )
How does someone step up to a cash machine and withdraw money from an account holder half world away? Even when the debit card is still in the victim’s wallet? It is easy, actually, say experts. The recipe for creating fake cards is right there on the Internet.
It is often called “white card” fraud. Criminals somehow get their hands on the electronic information stored on a legitimate card’s magnetic stripe. Generally, it’s stolen from a retailer or payment processor’s database, as happened when thieves last year broke into computers at CardSystems Solution Inc. Luckily for the criminals, Cardsystems didn’t store just account numbers-it even stored customer’s secret codes that were never meant to be copied on magnetic
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stripes. Stolen “ mag stripe” data is the holy grail for card thieve. Then they take the stolen data and write it onto a new, blank card-a card that’s often plain white and they are off to the bank.
To show me how easy it was, two executives from MagTek Inc, one of the largest markers of credit card stripe gave a demonstration. Within minutes , I was withdrawing money from my account using a plain white piece of plastic at an ATM. And the key is to get an encoder.
Andy and Paul Deignan are brothers who both word for MagTek. Both came by to show me how easily thieves can manufacture scores of fake codes. MagTek sells both card readers, which are seen in stores across America, and card encoders, which very few people should ever see. Encoders actually write information onto that mysterious piece of magnetic tape on the back of the card. Banks use them to create credit cards. Readers cost about $100. Encoders cost between $1500 and $2000 except on eBay, where stolen encoders can sell for as little as $500. Armed with one, someone can create and debit cards that work exactly like the cards produces by financial institutions.
For demonstration purposes, the Deignan brothers took my debit card, dropped it in an encoder, copied the data from the back, and handed the card back to me. Then they took a piece of white plastic, a second card, instead that into the encoder, and essentially pasted my ATM information onto the second card. The process took less than 15 seconds.
The walk to the nearest cash machine took longer. Within a minute, I had taken a white piece of plastic and withdrawn $100 from my own checking account. Obviously, with slightly different data and a PIN number, I could have taken the money from someone else’s account. With a database of stolen information, I could have withdrawn money from hundreds of accounts.
74. What does “ white card” fraud refer to?
A. A person who sells fake credit card to retailers or payment processors.
B. Thieves withdraw money from a cash machine with a plain card and stolen data. C. People buy stolen or salvaged encoders from the Internet.
D. People can create credit and debit cards to cheat financial institutions.
75. What is an encoder used for according to the passage?
A. Identifying account numbers from a credit card. B. Creating magnetic tape on cassette tapes.
C. Stealing data from a retailer or payment processor’s database. D. Writing information onto magnetic stripes on the back of the card.
76. The purpose of this article is probably to________________
A. tell people how to make a fortune.
B. explain how a credit card is used when buying things. C. warn people not to use credit card to pay for anything. D. expose a fraud that is often used these days. 77. What is likely to be talked about in the next paragraph?
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A. Some other way to withdraw money at an ATM. B. Where to buy card readers and card encoders. C. How to protect yourself against the white card fraud. D. The disadvantages of using credit card on the Internet..
Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
Sugar is blamed for fueling the nations’ obesity crisis. Yet many of us don’t realize just how quickly our intake creeps up and the crucial link it has to health.
There is nothing inherently(固有地) unhealthy about sugar so we shouldn’t be afraid of it or try to eliminate it from our diets completely. It doesn’t directly cause heart disease or diabetes(糖尿病) so there’s nothing wrong with the occasional sweet treat. The problem arise because most of us are eating far too much.
There are different types of sugar and it’s found in all sorts of everyday foods. It occurs naturally in fruit and is added by manufacturers to make snacks such as cakes and biscuits. All types of sugar, whether found in cakes or fruit , will push up your intake of calories. If you don’t burn them off through exercise you are likely to get fat. That’s where the real health problems begin, including increase risk of heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.
With sugar found naturally in fruit there is a balance. This sugar can play a role in making us overweight but fruit is also bursting with other sources of goodness. The added sugar found in snacks and sweets doesn’t contain many nutrients so we are encouraged to get our sugar allowance from fruit instead.
Tom Sanders, professor of dietetics and nutrition at King’s College London, says:“we advise people to eat up to three portions of fruit a day but only have confectionery occasionally, because sweet can also tend to be high in better to get most of your carbohydrates intake from starchy foods such as bread, rice, potatoes and pasta because they also contain useful amounts of other nutrients such as proteins and vitamins.’ It is recommended that no more than 11% or our total daily calories intake should come from sugars. Professor Sander says:’This translates into 60g of sugar”
There is no evidence that sugar is addictive, adds the professor , but it is habit forming . “We have special taste receptors for sugars on our tongue,” he explains. “ Sweet tastes give us pleasure, unlike bitter and acidic flavors.”
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements with NO MORE THAN 10 WORDS) 78. The health problems caused by sugar, such as increased risk of heart disease, come from_____________________________________________ 79. What kind of balance does fruit contain?
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80. Though a type of carbohydrate, sugar doesn’t contain nutrients like
_____________________________. 81. Why is sugar habit forming?
第Ⅱ卷 (共47分)
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1．时下，网上购物在年轻人中很流行。（popular）
2．练得越多，你的钢琴弹的就越好。（the more）
3．只有当你理解领会了这种知识，才能记住它。( Only )
4．如何保护我们的视力是个重要的问题，每个青少年都应该知道答案。（whose）
5．毫无疑问，小时候没有受过教育的父母经常叮嘱他们的孩子要好好读书。( access )
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.(注意：不必逐字翻译中文，文章中不得出现本人真实的姓名与学校)
高考改革后的首次上海春考，允许应届生参加，这是对多元录取方式的一次新探索。作为一名高三应届生，你如何看待此次春考？你的作文应包括以下内容：
1 简述你对此次春考的看法 2 说明你参加或不参加的理由。
（春考：Spring College Entrance Examination; 应届生：fresh graduate）
2015金山区一模参考答案及解析
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【参考答案】but 【考查内容】连词
【试题解析】难度适中。根据句子与句子之间的关系，两句之间的逻辑关系是转折，可以根据后面的still做出判断。 26
【参考答案】who 【考查内容】定语从句
【试题解析】难度适中，主句中插入了一个定语从句，先行词是someone, 从句缺主语 27
【参考答案】because 【考查内容】连词
【试题解析】难度较大，易错，考查句子逻辑关系，根据句子表达的内容应翻译成因为。 28
【参考答案】is thought 【考查内容】谓语
【试题解析】难度适中，易错，要用一般现在时的被动语态 29
【参考答案】used
【考查内容】非谓语动词的过去分词
【试题解析】难度适中，易错，句子里已有谓语动词is, 所以要填非谓语动词，用作定语，所以用过去分词 30
【参考答案】instead of 【考查内容】连词
【试题解析】难度适中，两空的连词平时多给学生进行归纳，这边主要表达的意思是而不是，代替的意思，所以是instead of 31
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