Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet. The American
spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War
II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with ...
Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet. The American
spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War
II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with 樱桃的英文
straight怎么读information. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in
the “great game” of espionage-spying as a “profession。” The
days the Net, which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as
buying books and nding mail, is reshaping Donovan's vocation as
well。
The latest revolution isn't simply a matter of gentlemen reading jellybelly
other gentlemen’s e-mail. That kind of electronic spying has been
going on for decades. In the past three or four years, the World Wide
Web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying.
The spooks call it “open-source intelligence,” and as the Net grows, vea
it is becoming increasingly influential. In 1995 the CIA held a
contest to e who could compile the most data about Burundi. The
winner, by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open-
Source Solutionswho clear advantage was its mastery of the
electronic world。
Among the firms making the biggest splash in this new world is
Straitford, Inc., a private intelligence-analysis firm bad in
Austin, Texas. Straitford makes money by lling the results of
spying (covering nations from Chile to Russia) to corporations like
energy-rvices firm McDermott International. Many of its predictions
are available online at 。
Straitford president George Friedman says he es the online world
as a kind of mutually reinforcing tool for both information
collection and distribution, a spymaster's dream. Last week his firm
was busy vacuuming up data bits from the far corners of the world and
predicting a crisis in Ukraine。“As soon as that report runs, we'll
suddenly get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine,” says Friedman, bottleneck>workholic
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a former political science professor. “And we'll hear back from some
of them。” Open-source spying does have its risks, of cour, since
it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That’s where
Straitford earns its keep。
Friedman relies on a lean staff of 20 in Austin. Several of his
staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He es the
firm's outsider status as the key to its success. Straitford's briefs
don't sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be
wrong. Straitford, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent
voice。
21. The emergence of the Net has
[A] received support from fans like Donovan。
[B] remolded the intelligence rvices.
[C] restored many common pastimes。
[D] revived spying as a profession。
22. Donovan's story is mentioned in the text to receipt是什么意思
[A] introduce the topic of online spying。
[B] show how he fought for the U.S。
[C] give an episode of the information war。
[D] honor his unique rvices to the CIA。
23. The phra “making the biggest splash” (Line 1, Paragraph
3)most probably means
[A] causing the biggest trouble。
[B] exerting the greatest effort。
[C] achieving the greatest success。
[D] enjoying the widest popularity。
24. It can be learned from paragraph 4 that
[A] Straitford's prediction about Ukraine has proved true.
[B] Straitford guarantees the truthfulness of its information.
[C] Straitford's business is characterized by unpredictability.
[D] Straitford is able to provide fairly reliable information。
25. Straitford is most proud of its [A] official status.
[B] nonconformist image。
[C] efficient staff.
[D] military background。
名师解析
21. The emergence of the Net has 网络的出现已经
[A] received support from fans like Donovan. 得到了多诺文这样的爱
好者的支持。
[B] remolded the intelligence rvices. 重新塑造了情报业。
[C] restored many common pastimes. 恢复了许多常见的娱乐活动。
[D] revived spying as a profession. 使情报业成为一个职业。
【答案】 B
【考点】 事实细节题。
【分析】 第一段最后一句话“The days the Net, which has remade
squidsuch everyday pastimes as buying books and nding mailis reshaping
the ro 歌词Donovan’s vocation as well。”从上文中我们已经得知“Donovan’s
