2014湖北省八市高三下学期3月月考英语试题答案(4)

So, the bottom line is that no matter how strong your passwords are, and no matter what clever tricks you use to help you remember them, if you surf internet often, the only truly secure password system is what you need.
Enter LastPass. It’s not the only password manager out there, but I like it the best. You create ONE strong password that you have to memorize and use it to access your LastPass database. The LastPass database is stored online, on LastPass’s servers. LastPass recognizes the site you’re on and automatically logs you in (after, optionally, asking you to re-enter your master password). LastPass also has automatic form fill and automatic password generation. This means that you can have a different, unique, very strong password for every site you log into, but you only have to remember one master password. It’s the best of both worlds.
One argument against LastPass is that if their database is attacked, then all of your sites are in danger, and that’s true, but given that their entire line of work is keeping that information safe, I’m willing to take that chance. The alternative is rolling dice(掷骰子) or picking phrases to create passwords, writing all of them down on a piece of paper or something, and then having to manually type them in when I go to a site. A terrible mess.
There is a free version of LastPass, with some additional features unlocked if you pay a $12 a year subscription.
— Joshua Bardwell  
59. The writer thinks using the same password everywhere is         .
   A. dangerous         B. convenient       C. appropriate      D. adequate
60. When using Lastpass, users have to remember         .
   A. all passwords used B. the last password
   C. unique password each time D. the master password only
61. Critics are against Lastpass because         .
   A. they have better ways to create password  
B. they think rolling dice is more convenient
   C. they have no faith in Lastpass database’s safety
   D. Gawker media and Lastpass were hacked once
62. Joshua Bardwell writes the passage to         .
   A. share his experience B. introduce a product of good quality   
C. advertise his product D. teach how to use a new product
 D
 While the presence of rats in homes may cause anxiety and annoyance, they rarely result in driving out the residents. But that is exactly what happened to the inhabitants of the 10-square-mile Hawadax Island off the coast of Alaska, almost 230 years ago. Now thanks to a five-year effort by scientists, the terribly silent “Rat Island” as it had been called for many years has been returned to its rightful owners -- birds!
Hawadax Island is part of a chain of volcanic islands in the Bering Sea called the Aleutian Islands. The rats that arrived there in 1780, when a Japanese ship carrying them broke down nearby, completely destroyed the native population because the environment of the island was not built to defend its animals from these predators. There isn’t any tree on the Island, which meant that the birds were accustomed to building their nests low in the ground, giving the rodents(啮齿动物) easy access to both eggs and baby chicks. As years passed, the birds that had called the island home for thousands of years became endangered and eventually, disappeared completely.
In 2007, the U.S. FWS (Fish and Wildlife Service) started a serious plan to rid the island of the rats and try bringing back the beautiful birds that had once called it home. Given that there were an estimated 10,000 rodents inhabiting “Rat Island” and the fact that they re-produce rapidly, it was not an easy task. But by 2009, the Island was officially declared rat free!
Then slowly but surely, the birds began to return. Unfortunately, some of the pioneers were unintentionally killed from the leavings of the raticide, a poison that had been used to wipe out the rodents. But now it seems things are becoming more stable and the Island is starting to increasingly look like its former self. Before the transformation, “Hawadax”, also known as “Rat Island”, was a silent and ghostly place with bird bones, snail remains and rocks covered in rat feces(粪便).
Today, birds’ singing and flying in and out is a common sight. Tufted puffins and song sparrows, which had long disappeared, are gradually making their way back. Scientists have also been observing an increase in ground nesting and shorebirds. Though the Island is still not back to its full glory, the signs are encouraging and things can only get better, as time passes.
63. The underlined word “that”in Para.1 probably refers to ____.
   A. the presence of rats                   B. birds’ being driven out
   C. birds’ returning to the island D. residents’ worrying about rats
64. Birds on Hawadax Island became an easy target because __________.
   A. this island was treeless B. they nested randomly
C. they reproduced too rapidly D. their chicks were extremely weak
65. From the passage, we can know the plan of US FWS_______.
   A. has helped the island fully recovered   
B. cost little but benefited greatly
   C. involved poisoning the rats on a large scale
   D. accomplished its goal after exactly 24 months
66. Which would be the best title for the passage?
   A. FWS Help Get Rare Birds Back to Alaska Island