2011年全国硕士研究生招生考试
英语二试题
Section I U of English
Direction:
Read the following text. Choo the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
①The Internet affords anonymity to its urs, a blessing to privacy and freedom of speech. But that very anonymity is also behind the explosion of cyber-crime that has 1 across the Web.
①Can privacy be prerved 2 bringing safety and curity to a world that ems increasingly 3 ?
①Last month, Howard Schmidt, the nation’s cyber-czar, offered the federal government a 4 to make the Web a safer place—懵懂什么意思a “voluntary trusted identity” system that would be the high-tech 5 of a physical key, a fingerprint and a photo ID card, all rolled 6 one. The system might u a smart identity card, or a digital credential 7 to a specific computer, and would authenticate urs at a range of online rvices.
①The idea is to 8 a federation of private online identity systems. Urs could 9 which system to join, and only registered urs who identities have been authenticated could navigate tho systems. ③The approach contrasts with one that would require an Internet driver’s licen 10 by the government.
①Google and Microsoft are among companies that already have the “single sign-on” systems that make it possible for urs to 11 just once but u many different rvices.
① 12 , the approach would create a “walled garden” in cyberspace, with safe “neighborhoods” and bright “streetlights” to establish a n of a 13 community.
①Mr. Schmidt described it as a “voluntary ecosystem” in which 草坂“苏子降气丸individuals and organizations can complete online transactions with 小朋友讲故事 14 , trusting the identities of each other and the identities of the infrastructure 15 which the transaction runs.”
①Still, the administration’s plan has 16 privacy rights activists. Some applaud the approach; others are concerned. ③It ems clear that such a scheme is an initiative push toward what would 17 be a compulsory Internet “driver’s licen” mentality.
①The plan has also been greeted with 18 手机测网速by some computer curity experts, who worry that the “voluntary ecosystem” envisioned by Mr. Schmidt would still leave much of the Internet 19 . They argue that all Internet urs should be 抬头纹怎么形成的 20 to register and identify themlves, in the same way that drivers must be licend to drive on public roads.
1. [A] swept [B] skipped [C] walked [D] ridden
2. [A] for [B] within [C] while [D] though
3. [A] careless [B] lawless [C] pointless [D] helpless
4. [A] reason [B] reminder [C] compromi [D] proposal
5. [A] information [B] interference [C] entertainment [D] equivalent
6. [A] by [B] into [C] from [D] over
7. [A] linked [B] directed [C] chained [D] compared
8. [A] dismiss [B] discover [C] create [D] improve
9. [A] recall [B] suggest [C] lect [D] realize
10. [A] relead [B] issued [C] distributed [D] delivered
11. [A] carry on [B] linger on [C] t in [D] log in
12. [A] In vain [B] In effect [C] In return [D] In contrast
13. [A] trusted [B] modernized [C] thriving [D] competing
14. [A] caution [B] delight [C] confidence [D] patience
15. [A] on [B] after [C] beyond [D] across
16. [A] divided [B] disappointed [C] protected [D] united
17. [A] frequently [B] incidentally [C] occasionally [D] eventually
18. [A] skepticism [B] tolerance [C] indifference [D] enthusiasm
19. [A] manageable [B] defendable [C] vulnerable [D] invisible
20. [A] invited [B] appointed [C] allowed [D] forced
Section Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
Part A多想再回到从前
Directions:
Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C, or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)
Text 1
①Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs’s board as an outside director in January 2000; a year later she became president of Brown University. ②For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles without attracting much criticism. ③But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on Goldman’s compensation committee; how could she have let tho enormous bonus payouts pass unremarked? ④By February the next year Ms. Simmons had left the board. ⑤The position was just taking up too much time, she said.
①Outside directors are suppod to rve as helpful, yet less biad, advirs on a firm’s board. ②Having made their wealth and their reputations elwhere, they presumably have enough independence to disagree with the chief executive’s proposals. ③If the sky, and the share price, is falling, outside directors should be able to give advice
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