71. Based on the passage, what in future is NOT predicted?
(A) Almost five times more of such internet of things will be produced by 2015
(B) Cars will be driven without drivers
(C) Home appliances can be remote controlled from your office
(D) Medical devices can be monitored by doctors far away

67. (A) counts down (B) counts for (C) accounts in (D)accounts for

68. (A) by (B) in (C) at (D) without

69. What does the word “Patches” in line 1 mean? (A) Pieces of cloth to fix a computer program (B) Software to improve a computer program (C) Hacking devices (D) Scams for commercial purposes

70. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? (A) Computer consultants warn users not to plug unknown devices into our computers (B) Western businessmen do not buy cell phones and laptops made in China (C) No firewalls are powerful enough to withstand all hackers (D) More and more personal information online have been stolen every year

72. What is most likely the topic of the paragraph following this one? (A) How Google decided its next investment (B) The hope of wireless technology (C) The security of the Internet of things (D) The miracle of smart thermostats

73. The passage is primarily concerned with________. (A) demonstrating why the methods of early seismologists were flawed (B) arguing that deep events are poorly understood and deserve further study (C) defending a revolutionary theory about the causes of earthquakes and methods of predicting them (D) discussing evidence for the existence of deep events and the conditions that allow them to occur.

74. The method used by Wadati to determine the depths of earthquakes is most like which of the following? (A) Determining the depth of a well by dropping stones into the well and timing how long they take to reach the bottom (B) Determining the height of a mountain by measuring the shadow it casts at different times of the day (C) Determining the distance from a thunderstorm by timing the interval between the flash of a lightning bolt and the thunder it produces (D) Determining the distance between two points by counting the number of paces it takes to cover the distance and measuring a single pace

75. The passage supports which of the following statements about the relationship between the epicenter and the focus of an earthquake? (A) P waves originate at the focus and S waves originate at the epicenter. (B) In deep events the epicenter and the focus are reversed. (C) In shallow events the epicenter and the focus coincide. (D) In both deep and shallow events the focus lies beneath the epicenter.

76. The passage suggests which of the following about the views held by researchers before 1927? (A) Some researchers did not believe that deep events could actually occur. (B) Many researchers rejected the use of P-S intervals for determining the depths of earthquakes. (C) Some researchers doubted that the mantle was too ductile to store the stress needed for an earthquake. (D) Few researchers accepted the current model of how shallow events occur.

77. Which of the following best describes the organization of the first paragraph? (A) A suggestion is made and arguments in its favor are provided. (B) A criticism is levied and an alternative proposal is suggested. (C) A generalization is advanced and supporting evidence is provided. (D) An example is analyzed and general conclusions are derived from it.