Secret codes(密码) keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer. People have used secret codes for thousands of years.__(1)___Code breaking never lags(落后) far behind code making. The science of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography. There are three main types of cryptography.__(2)___For example, the first letters of "My elephant eats too many eels" spell out the hidden message "Meet me." __(3)___You might represent each letter with a number, for example. Let's number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for each letter, the message "Meet me" would read "13 5 5 20 13 5." A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book.__(4)___For example, "bridge" might stand for "me." The message "bridge out" would actually mean "Meet me."__(5)___However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently. (1)A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.(2)A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.(3)A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.(4)A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.(5)A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.
Secret codes(密码) keep messages private. Banks, companies, and government agencies use secret codes in doing business, especially when information is sent by computer.
People have used secret codes for thousands of years.__(1)___Code breaking never lags(落后) far behind code making. The science of creating and reading coded messages is called cryptography.
There are three main types of cryptography.__(2)___For example, the first letters of "My elephant eats too many eels" spell out the hidden message "Meet me."
__(3)___You might represent each letter with a number, for example. Let's number the letters of the alphabet, in order, from 1 to 26. If we substitute a number for each letter, the message "Meet me" would read "13 5 5 20 13 5."
A code uses symbols to replace words, phrases, or sentences. To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book.__(4)___For example, "bridge" might stand for "me." The message "bridge out" would actually mean "Meet me."__(5)___However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long. So codes must be changed frequently.
(1)
A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.
B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.
C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.
D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.
E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.
F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.
G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.
(2)
A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.
B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.
C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.
D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.
E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.
F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.
G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.
(3)
A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.
B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.
C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.
D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.
E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.
F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.
G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.
(4)
A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.
B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.
C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.
D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.
E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.
F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.
G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.
(5)
A. It is very hard to break a code without the code book.
B. In any language, some letters are used more than others.
C. Only people who know the keyword can read the message.
D. As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them.
E. You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out.
F. With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words.
G. Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet.
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本题主要考查对文章内容的理解以及上下文逻辑关系的把握。解题的关键在于根据每个空格前后的句子内容,分析出与之逻辑连贯的选项。
第(1)题
- 空格后提到“Code breaking never lags(落后) far behind code making”,强调了破解密码和制造密码的紧密联系。
- D选项“As long as there have been codes, people have tried to break them”表明只要有密码存在,人们就会试图破解,很好地引出了下文关于破解密码和制造密码关系的内容,符合语境。
第(2)题
- 空格后举例“the first letters of 'My elephant eats too many eels' spell out the hidden message 'Meet me'”,说明是通过单词首字母来隐藏信息。
- E选项“You can hide a message by having the first letters of each word spell it out”指出可以把信息隐藏在每个单词的首字母里再拼出来,与下文例子相呼应,符合语境。
第(3)题
- 空格后提到“You might represent each letter with a number”以及具体用数字代替字母的例子,说明是用符号(这里是数字)来代表字母。
- G选项“Another way to hide a message is to use symbols to stand for specific letters of the alphabet”表明另一种隐藏信息的方式是用符号代替字母,引出了下文用数字代替字母的内容,符合语境。
第(4)题
- 空格前提到“To read the message of a real code, you must have a code book”,强调了阅读密码信息需要密码书。
- F选项“With code book, you might write down words that would stand for other words”说明有了密码书可以写下一些字母来代替另外的字母,与前文提到的密码书相关,且能引出下文关于密码书具体使用的例子,符合语境。
第(5)题
- 空格后提到“However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long”,说明这里也应该提到一件困难的事情。
- A选项“It is very hard to break a code without the code book”指出没有密码书很难解密,与下文提到的保证密码书长期保密困难相呼应,符合语境。