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San Francisco(People's Daily Online)-- Apple Inc. Tuesday introduced its mobile payment service Apple Pay alongside the company's iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California.

What apple does is to replace consumers' wallet with its cell phone. Apple said it hopes to speed up the checkout process, make credit-card payments more secure and ultimately, to replace physical wallets.

With the near-field communication technology, Apple's gadgets like iPhone and Apple watch can transmit a radio signal between the device and a receiver when the two are in an inch apart. "To pay, just hold your iPhone near the contactless reader with your finger on Touch ID. You don’t even have to look at the screen to know your payment information was successfully sent," Apple says on its official website.

Apple said that each transaction (交易)would be authorized(授权) with a one-time, unique number, creating a security code that it said is more secure than the one on the back of your credit card because cashiers won’t see your name, card number or security code. The service will work with the three major payment networks — American Express, MasterCard and Visa — and Apple said that there are 220,000 merchant locations that accept these contactless payments.

When some applaud this disrupted service that will compete with Paypal and endanger other online payment companies, some others concern about its safety, especially when another retailer Home Depot confirmed a data opening yesterday and iCloud was reported exposing nude (裸体)pictures of celebrities (名人) a week ago.

Leo Zheng, a technology reporter in Silicon Valley said: "When Apple attracts consumers to put all their cards into one iPhone and promised the security, Jennifer Lawrence should say something."

67. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A. Apple announces mobile payment service to replace consumers' wallet.

B. Consumers can pay in cash through mobile phones.

C. Apple Inc. will introduce new models to the market.

D. Mobile payment will be popular soon.

68. After reading the third paragraph, we know        .

A. Apple’s new products are popular           B. Apple can be used as an ID 

C. Apple's gadgets can receive message easily    D. how Apple's gadgets work

69. The attitude of the writer towards the mobile payment is           .

   A. indifferent (冷漠的)      B. objective       C. skeptical       D. positive

70. What could have happened to Jennifer Lawrence?

   A. She made great contributions to Apple.       B. She put all her cards into her iPhone.

   C. Her nude pictures were spread online.        D. Her iPhone often broke down. 

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第四部分：书面表达(共两节，满分40分)

第一节  完成句子  (共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下列各小题，根据汉语提示，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

71.               online games frequently does great harm to young students’ physical and mental health.（expose）

频繁接触网络游戏对青年学生身心健康有很大损害。

72. I think Happy Camp by Hunan TV station is the only one of the entertainment programs in China ________________ audience of all ages. (appeal)

   我认为，湖南电视台的《快乐大本营》是中国唯一一档受各个年龄段观众喜欢的娱乐节目。

73. They had no time to arrange their own wedding, so they            by a company.（have）

    他们没时间安排婚礼，于是就请一家婚庆公司组织了他们的婚礼。

74. They reached                a church and saw many people running away in all directions. (look)

    他们到达了一个像教堂的地方看到许多人四散逃走。

75. Nowadays more attention should be paid to the children               at home, who often go through a lot of suffering.(leave)

   现在应该多关注留守儿童, 他们经常受苦很多。

76. The official is proud to tell us that never before              of abusing his power. (accuse)

   那位官员很自豪地告诉我们他从未被指控滥用权力。

77. After working in Shanghai for another 10 years, the couple bought another house, which was __________________ their former one. (size)

   在上海又工作了10年后，这对夫妻又买了一套房，是以前房子的两倍大

78. The public wondered ________________________ made the negotiation between two sides break down. (be)

   公众不知道究竟是什么使这次双边谈判破裂了。

79. ____________________ the party, we promise to give him or her a chance to have a photo taken with the movie star.  (attend)

   无论是谁将参加聚会，我们都承诺给他/她一个与电影明星照相的机会。

80. He ___________________, or such a gentle man wouldn’t have got so angry and lost his temper. (misunderstand)

   他一定是遭到了误解，否则如此温和的一个人是不会生气地发脾气的。

第二节：短文写作（共1题；满分30分）

请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。

You cannot change the weather, but you can change your mood.

注意：

①无须写标题；         

②除诗歌外，文体不限;    

③内容必须结合你生活中的一个事例； 

④文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;

⑤词数不少于120，如引用提示语不计入总词数。
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