Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only 
visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
      I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a
 place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never 
dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some 
chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.
      I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often 
people do not like to admit that they didn't know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, 
even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, 
will give you a long list of directions which you can not possibly hope to remember, and still others do not
 seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the
 opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
      If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order 
to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.
     Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him
 the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I
 realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decide it was too 
late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at
 the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
     Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions
 of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.

1. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?

A. Because of his poor sense of direction.
B. Because he always forget the way to home.
C. Because he did not have any friend.
D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.

2. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?

A. He felt strange.        
B. He felt embarrassed.
C. He felt very sad.        
D. He felt astonished.

3. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?

A. Someone we don't know.     
B. The writer did it for himself.
C. The secretary did so.    
D. A warm-hearted old lady did such a thing.

                                              Smartphone Security Blankets
     Security-for the information on your smartphone, as well as for the phone itself-is a hot topic these
days. The truth is that you're packing a lot of sensitive information on your phone, and you should keep
it safe.
When it comes to physical security, iPhone users would do well to download Find My iPhone a free
app (application program) from Apple that allows you to visit a website  and see your (lost, stolen or
misplaced) phone on a map. You can then sound an alarm, send a message that will pop up on its screen,
lock the phone or erase all your data.
     Android  does not have an exact equivalent, but there are plenty of alternatives. A free app called
Lookout  offers the find-my-phone feature. The paid version allows you to wipe the data from your
phone remotely.
     Then there is your coffee shop's WiFi network. Anyone with minimal technical expert skill can snoop
on (窥视) people using shared wireless networks, harvesting passwords and other personal data.
Lookout's apps will caution you when you've logged on to an unsecure network, but cannot protect you
once you're there.
     In order to protect yourself on such networks, you can use a virtual private network, or V.P.N. This
turns all your activity into nonsense to anyone trying to read along with you from across the Starbucks. It
also keeps websites from tracking you and, if you're traveling, allows you to get access to sites that may
be blocked in other countries.
     If you have an iPhone, the simplest V.P.N. app is probably Hotspot Shield , whose distinguishing
feature is said to be that it automatically kicks in each time you start browsing (浏览), as opposed to
other V.P.N. apps that require you to start them up manually. This matters, because even if you decide
you want a V.P.N. app, you want to spend approximately zero time thinking about it. For the most part,
that was true of Hotspot Shield, though occasionally it took a while to connect or temporarily lost
connection without warning. I found myself having to turn the app on and off sometimes, which involved
setting my phone constantly.
     If even reading about the settings on your phone drives you crazy, then it is probably best to stay
away from a V.P.N. app. But if you're the type who can't resist checking your bank balance from your
corner bar, the hassle may be preferable to the risk.                        

1. Which of the following can warn you against the unsecure network?  

A. Android.  
B. V.P.N.  
C. Lookout.   
D. Find My iPhone.

2. By using V.P.N., users can _______.  

A. find their lost phone on the Internet
B. erase all the data from the phone remotely
C. check their bank balance now and then
D. save their browsing from being tracked    

3. The underlined word "that" in Para. 6 refers to the fact that _____. 

A. a V.P.N. app kicks in automatically
B. the user starts V.P.N. apps manually
C. the app takes a while to connect
D. users spend no time thinking about it

     Want to know more about how World Food Programme helps women all over the world? Here is a
quick look at the valuable things it has done.
     Investing(投资) In Bulls, Woman Begins To Escape From Poverty
In Shahinoor's household there were days when she struggled to put even one meal on the family table.
She and her husband are among Bangladesh's poorest: those with no land, no wealth and little hope of
breaking out of hunger and poverty. But a new programme to unlock the entrepreneurial(创业的) spirit
of Bangladeshi women has transformed her life.

     Food Aid Brings Fresh Water To Nepalese Village
     Kanukura, 33, says that carrying water up the mountain slopes to her village used to be the hardest
part of her day. It's a job that mainly fell to women in this part of Nepal, who faced a difficult and tiring
climb when they needed water. But that's changed now, thanks to a new village tap, from which women
like Kanukura can get clean drinking water whenever they need it.


     In Colombia, Food Assistance Is Part Of Response To Violence Against Women
     In Colombia, WFP assists many victims of sexual and gender-based violence, providing them with
food assistance as they recover. As part of her work for WFP, Mariangela Bizzarri recently visited a
town on Colombia's Pacific coast to meet some of these women and to assess the effect of the violence
they have experienced. She sent us this personal account of one day of meetings.

     Afghanistan Diary - Day Six
     On the final day of Silke's trip to central Afghanistan, she meets three women, each of whom
impresses her with their determination to improve their own lives, and those of their families and their
community. One of them is thrilled at simply having a job in a government office. As a child the idea of
working outside her home had seemed impossible.

1. Who lives in a place where water used to be difficult to get according to the passage?     

A. Silke      
B. Kanukura    
C. Shahinoor    
D. Mariangela

2. We learn from the passage that women in Colombia ________. 

A. may give birth to 5 children 
B. can't go to school all their life
C. have to work in a government office
D. are more likely to get harmed than men      

3. Women in Bangladesh now become not so poor as they used to be by ________.   

A. raising bulls with the help of WFP
B. working more hours in the fields
C. doing part-time jobs in the evening
D. receiving money from the government

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?   

A. There are many victims of sexual violence in Nepal.
B. Getting clean drinking water is easier in Bangladesh.
C. The social position of women in Afghanistan has greatly changed.
D. Children in Colombia sometimes have only one meal a day.