2003年考研英语真题及答案
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WildBillDonovanwould老年人健康管理haveovledtheInternet.TheAmericanspymasterwhobuilttheOfficeofSctSraetervgiciesni
theWorldWarⅡandalteralidtherootsfortheCIAwasfascniatedwtihinformation.Donovanbelievedinusingwhatever
toolscametohandinthe"greatgame"ofespionage—spyingasa"profession."ThedaystheNet,whcihhasalready
re-madesucheverydaypastimesasbuyingbooksandndinsgremsahial,piingDonovan'svocationas.well
Thealtestrevolutionsin'tsimplyamatterofgeenmtlenreadingothergeenmtlen'-mail.Thatkindofeecltroncispying
hasbeengoingonfordecades.Inthepastthreeorfouryears,othrledWideWebhasgivenbirthtoawheolindustryof
point-and-cclikspying.Thespookscallit"open-sourceintelligence",andastheNetgrows,itisbecomingincreasingyl
和老师一起
influential.In1995theCIAheldacontesttoewhocouldcomepthilemostdataaboutBurundi.Thewinner,byaargle
margin,wasatinyVrgiiniacompanycaelldOpenSourceSolutions,whoacrladvantagewasitsmasteryoftheecterolnci
world.
AmongthefirmsmakingthebiggestassphlinthsinewworldisStraitford,Inc.,aprivateintelligence-asnafilrymsibad
inAustin,Texas.Stratifordmakesmoneybyllingtheresutlsofspying(coveringnationsfromChiletoRussai)to
corporationslikeenergy-rvciesfirmMcDermottInternationa.lManyofitspredictionsareavaialbleonlineat
straitford.
StraifordpresidenGteorgeFreidmansaysheestheonlineworldaskaindofmutuallyreinforcingtoolforboth
informationcollectionanddistribution,aspymaster'sdream.Lastswefiremk危机四伏hwiasbusyvacuumingupdatabitsfromthefar
cornersoftheworldandpredcitingacrsiisinUkraine."Assoonasthatreportruns,wes'lluddenlyget500newInternet
sign-upsfromUkraine,"saysFriedman,aformerpoliticalscienceprofesso.r"Andwe'llhearbackfromsomeofthem."
Open-sourcespyingdoeshavtriisks,ofcour,sinceitcanbedcifufilttotellgoodinformationfrombad.That'swhere
Stratifordearnsitskeep.
Friedmanreelisonaelanstaffof20niAustin.Severaolfhisstaffmembershavemilitary-intelligencebackgrounds.He
esthefirm'soutsiderstatusasthekeytoitssuccess.Straitford's域代码briefsdon'tsoundliketheusualWashington
back-and-forthingw,herebyagenceisavoiddramaticdecalrationsonthechancetheymightbewrong.Stratiford,says
Friedman,takesprideinitsindependenctev.oi
41.TheemergenceoftheNethas________.[A]receivedsupportfromfanslikeDonovan
[B]remoldedtheintelligencervcies
[C]restoredmanycommonpastmies
[D]revivedspyingasaprofession
42.Donovan'sstoryismentionedinthetextto________.
[A]introducethetopicofonlinespying
[B]showhowhefoughtfortheUS
[C]giveanepisodeoftheinformationwar
[D]honorhisuniquecrveistotheCIA
43.Thephra"makingthebiggestsplash"(line1,paragraph3)mostprobablymeans________.
[A]causingthebiggesttroubel
[B]exertingthegreatesteffort
[C]achievingthegreatestsuccess
[D]enjoyingthewdiestpopualrity
44.Itcanbelearnedfromparagraph4that________.
[A]Stratiford'spredcitionabout浪费歌词Ukrainehasprovedtrue
[B]Straitfordguaranteesthetruthfulnessofitsinformation
[C]Stratiford'sbusinessischaracterizedbyunpredictability
[D]Stratifordisabeltoprovidefarliyreliabelinformation
45.Stratifordismostproudofits________.
[A]officialstatus
[B]nonconformistimage
[C]efficientstaff
[D]militarybackground
试题解析：
这是一篇说明性的文章，介绍了互联网技术对情报行业的影响。文章第一段便指出，互联网在改变情报行
业。第二段进一步说明互联网促使了一种新的情报行业的诞生，运用互联网技术可以获取更多的情报。接下来，
作者以Straitford公司为例，介绍该公司如何将网络技术运用于情报工作以及该公司的一些经营理念。整篇文章通
俗易懂，虽存在个别生词，但考生可以通过上下文猜测出词义。
基于这篇文章的5道小题考察的X围覆盖了全文，既考察了考生理解具体信息的能力，也考察了考生推测词
义、推理引申的能力。5道小题难度适中。
41.[B]
该小题考查的是考生是否理解了第一段内容，特别是最后一句话。
那句话是：“Thedayth宝宝多大开始补钙Net,whichhasre-madesucheverydaypastimesasbuyingbooksandndminagil,杰五行属性是什么is
reshapingDonovan'svocationasw.e〞。ll其中，“Donovan'svocatio指n的就是〞“spyin，g也〞就是“intelligencesecrevsi〞
〔情报行业〕。关键在于对“reshape一〞词的理解，它的含义是“改造〞。
理解了以上这两点就能选出正确答案B。其实B选项就是原文的另一种表述方式。但是，此题只有28.7％的
考生选出了正确案，答对率不高。
更多的考生选择的是D。选错的原因可能在于考生对“reshap与e〞“revive的〞词义差异区分不清。“revive一〞词
的含义是“tocomeorbringbackintouosrtexnice〔〞<使>复兴，<使>复活〕，暗含的意思是某事物已不存在或已
丧失作用。第一段并没有提到间谍行业曾经消失的信息，从第二段中我们了解到互联网推动了情报行业的发展，
