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Loren Gladstone of Toronto is 58, but thinking over how to bequeath (遗赠) his digital property(财产). Doing the paperwork after his parents' death was a challenge. “When my time comes, I wonder if my children will even know what paper is,” he says. As a software developer, his virtual property is both valuable and vital to his business. That reflects a problem. Online lives have increasing economic and emotional value. But testamentary (遗嘱) laws offer confusing and incomplete ways of bequeathing and inheriting (继承) them.

Digital property may include software, websites, downloaded content, online gaming identities, social-media accounts and even e-mails. In Britain alone holdings of digital music may be worth over £9 billion ($14 billion). A fifth of respondents to a Chinese local-newspaper survey said they had over 5,000 yuan($790) of digital property. And value does not lie only in money.“Anyone with kids under 14 years old probably has two prints of them and the rest are in online galleries,”says Nathan Lustig of Entrustet, a company that helps people manage digital property.

Service providers have different rules—and few state them clearly in their terms and conditions. Many give users a personal right to use an account, but nobody else, even after death. Facebook allows relatives to close an account or turn it into a memorial page. Gmail (run by Google) will provide copies of e-mails to an executor (遗嘱执行人). Music downloaded via iTunes is held under a license which can be abolished on death. Apple declined to comment on the record on this or other policies. All e-mail and data on its iCloud service are deleted on the death of the owner.

This has led to cases to court in America. In 2004 the family of Justin Ellsworth, an army man killed in Iraq, took Yahoo! to court in Michigan to get copies of his e-mails. This year, a court in Oregon ruled that another American mother whose son had died could use her dead son's password to enter his Facebook account for a short period. Now five American states have made laws giving executors control over the social-networking accounts of dead users.

But this raises the subject of privacy. Passing music on is one thing; not everyone may want their relatives to read their e-mails. Colin Pearson, a London-based lawyer, says access should come only with a clear provision in a will.

But laws, wills and password safes may be contrary to the providers' terms of service, especially when the executor is in one country and the data in another. Headaches for the living and lots of lovely work for lawyers.

1.Why does Loren begin to think over how to bequeath his digital property at the age of 58?

A. Because he is afraid his children don't know what paper is.

B. Because there's no complete law dealing with digital property.

C. Because his digital property is of great value and importance.

D. Because he is worried his children will be taken to court.

2.Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. Digital property is assessed in terms of nothing except money.

B. No laws in America have been made to deal with digital property.

C. The relatives may read the e-mail of the dead without permission.

D. Lawyers can make money through cases about digital property.

3.Facebook, Google and Apple have a similar rule that ________.

A. users are offered accounts used by nobody else except users themselves

B. relatives of the dead may close an account or use it at their own will

C. the executor may enter the e-mail and read it by themselves at any time

D. the data downloaded by the dead will be copied and then deleted from net

4.Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?

A. Digital Information                                        B. Testamentary Laws

C. Deathless Data                                           D. Vital Property

 

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—What made him so worried.
       his wallet.

A.Having lostB.LosingC.LoseD.Lost

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John Smith was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and listen to the radio all day long. In fact, he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father a lot. One day Mr Smith decided that he had to do something. “Johnny, When I was your age 1 was working and supporting my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a job.” So that was what he did. In fact, in the next three months, Johnny started ten jobs and was fired from ten jobs. He explained to his father.
“They wanted me to be at work at 8:00 a. m. and told me to do all sorts of unpleasant things.”
“I don’t care how you do it,” Mr Smith said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I gave you one week’s time.”
In the next few days Johnny began to change. He still stayed in his room all day, but spent his time writing letters and reading through the newspapers. More and more posts began to arrive for him. He bought a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and for dinner afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his proud parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.
“John Smith,” he said as he handed him a piece of paper, “I’ll see you in the court tomorrow.”
When he got outside, Johnny told his parents everything.
“When you told me to earn some money, 1 decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper saying, ‘New way to money fast! Send me $ 5 and I’ll tell you my secret.’ When I received the money I wrote back telling people to do as I do.”
Johnny was fined $ 250 by the court and was ordered to pay all the people back. As he left the court house feeling very ashamed, a newspaper man came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $ 2500?”
【小题1】 Johnny was fired from the jobs because _______.

A.he liked listening to the radio
B.he had a big family to support
C.he spent a lot of time writing letters
D.he didn’t do the jobs well
【小题2】 Johnny put an advertisement in the newspaper about _______ months after he left school.
A.threeB.sixC.nineD.eleven
【小题3】 Why was Johnny fined $ 250? _______.
A.Because he was lazy
B.Because he was out of work
C.Because he deceived(欺骗)
D.Because he didn’t pay for his new suit
【小题4】 What would probably happen at last? _______.
A.Johnny would get $ 2500 from the newspaper
B.The court would give $ 250 back to Johnny
C.Johnny would continue to advertise in the newspaper
D.Johnny would become a newspaper reporter
【小题5】Which of the following questions is NOT answered by the information from the passage? _______?
A.How did the parents feel when Johnny invited them to the theatre and dinner
B.What’s Johnny’s secret
C.What did the policeman want Johnny to do
D.How much did Johnny have to pay all the people back

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13. – Why does he look so worried?

-- His dad got_________in an accident.

A.to be hurting

B.hurt

C.hurting

D.to hurt

 

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  阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从11-30各题所给四个选(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项.

  Johny Conman was lazy. He had finished his education and was happy to sit in his room and 1 to the radio all day long 2 , he had been doing nothing for almost six months, which worried his father very much. One day Conman 3 that he had to do something.

  “Johny, when I was your age, I was working and 4 my ten brothers and sisters. I want you to go out and get a 5 .”So than is what he did. In fact, in the next three months, John started ten jobs and was 6 from ten jobs, He explained to his father.

  “They wanted me to work at 8 a.m. and told me to do all sorts of 7 things. A tiresome day to day job is not for me.”

  Mr Conman decided to put his foot down.

  “I don't 8 how you do it,” he said. “Either you earn some money or move out of the house. I give you one week.”

  In the next 9 days Johny began to change. He still stayed in his room10 , but spent his time writing letters or reading through the newspapers. More and more post began to arrive for him. He 11 a new suit for himself and invited his parents to the theatre and 12 afterwards at the most expensive restaurant in town. When his 13 parents arrived home after their evening hour, a policeman was waiting at the front door.

  “Johny Conman,”he said as he 14 him a piece of paper. “I'll see you in the court tomorrow.”

  When they got inside, Johny told his parents everything, “When you told me to 15 some money, I decided to put an advertisement in the newspaper, saying 'New way to make money fast! Send me $5 and I'll tell you my 16 '. When I received the money I wrote back 17 people advertise a new money-making plan in the paper and wait for the 18 to send them money.”

  John was fined $250 by the court and ordered 19 all the people back. As he left the court-house feeling very 20 , a newspaperman came up to him, “Young man, would you like to tell your story to my newspaper for $200?”

(1)

[  ]

A. listening
B. listened
C. listen
D. listens

(2)

[  ]

A. Rather
B. Actually
C. Truly
D. Really

(3)

[  ]

A. proved
B. was sure
C. believed
D. decided

(4)

[  ]

A. raising
B. supporting
C. keeping
D. leading

(5)

[  ]

A. work
B. salary
C. job
D. sum of money

(6)

[  ]

A. away
B. in
C. praised
D. prevented

(7)

[  ]

A. pleasant
B. unpleasant
C. interesting
D. little

(8)

[  ]

A. suggest
B. care
C. take care of
D. look after

(9)

[  ]

A. some
B. ten
C. few
D. later

(10)

[  ]

A. all day
B. all night
C. whole day
D. day long

(11)

[  ]

A. stole
B. borrowed
C. made
D. bought

(12)

[  ]

A. to play games

B. to have fun

C. to have dinner

D. to sleep

(13)

[  ]

A. angry
B. proud
C. worried
D. surprised

(14)

[  ]

A. handed
B. sent
C. wrote
D. read

(15)

[  ]

A. achieve
B. make
C. win
D. raise

(16)

[  ]

A. thought
B. mind
C. secret
D. idea

(17)

[  ]

A. telling
B. asking
C. persuading
D. wanting

(18)

[  ]

A. people
B. persons
C. fools
D. gentlemen

(19)

[  ]

A. to bring
B. to pay
C. to repay
D. to give

(20)

[  ]

A. sorry
B. ashamed
C. unhappy
D. restless

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