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1、20032003年考研英语真题及答案年考研英语真题及答案 2003 text1 Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet. The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in t
2、he great game of espionage spying as a profession. These days the Net, which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovans vocation as well. The latest revolution isnt simply a matter of gentlemen reading other gentlemens e-mail. That kind of elec
3、tronic 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, it is becoming increasingly influential. In 1995 the CIA held a contest t
4、o see who could compile the most data about Burundi. The winner, by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open Source Solutions, whose 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 inte
5、lligence- analysis firm based in Austin, Texas. Straitford makes money by selling the results of spying (covering nations from Chile to Russia) to corporations like energy-services firm McDermott International. Many of its predictions are available online at . Straiford president George Friedman say
6、s he sees the online world as a kind of mutually reinforcing tool for both information collection and distribution, a spymasters 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, well suddenly
7、get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine, says Friedman, a former political science professor. And well hear back from some of them. Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. Thats where Straitford earns its keep. Friedman relie
8、s on a lean staff of 20 in Austin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firms outsider status as the key to its success. Straitfords briefs dont sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance t
9、hey might be wrong. Straitford, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent voice. 41. The emergence of the Net has _. A received support from fans like Donovan B remolded the intelligence services C restored many common pastimes D revived spying as a profession 42. Donovans story is mentioned in
10、the text to _. A introduce the topic of online spying B show how he fought for the US C give an episode of the information war D honor his unique services to the CIA 43. The phrase making the biggest splash (line 1, paragraph 3) most probably means _. A causing the biggest trouble B exerting the gre
11、atest effort C achieving the greatest success D enjoying the widest popularity 44. It can be learned from paragraph 4 that _. A Straitfords prediction about Ukraine has proved true B Straitford guarantees the truthfulness of its information C Straitfords business is characterized by unpredictability
12、 D Straitford is able to provide fairly reliable information 45. Straitford is most proud of its _. A official status B nonconformist image C efficient staff D military background 试题解析试题解析： 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
13、 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道小题考查的范围覆盖了全文，既考查了考生理解具体信息的能力，也考查了考生推测 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：“ These days the Net, which has re-made such everyday pasti
14、mes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovans vocation as well.” 。其中，“Donovans vocation” 指的就 是“spying”，也就是“intelligence services” （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“ reshape” 与“revive” 的词义差
15、别区分不 清。“revive” 一词的含义是“ to come or bring back into use or existence” （复兴， 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，也没有找到任何关于情报行业曾经中断的内容，所以D选项的说法 是不正确的。 C 选项也不正确，关键也在于“ re-make” 与“restore” 的差别。“restore” 的含义有： （1 ）“bring back into existence or use” （该义项与“ revive” 相近）；（ 2 ）“
16、bring back to an original condition”（恢复到原来的状态）。原文说的是，互联网改变了人们日常生活的方式，如：买书，发邮 件等。人们现在可以足不出户，通过网络购书或发电子邮件。因此，无论“ restore”在此取哪一种义项都与原文 意思不符。 A选项也是错误的。选择 A的考生对第一句话没有理解。第一句话用“would have loved”虚拟语气 说，若 Wild Bill Donovan还在世的话，他会爱上互联网的。可见 Donovan 在世的时候并没有互联网，从后面 的几句话中我们也能证实这一点。所以A选项将Donovan 说成是互联网的爱好者的说法是错误的。 42. A 该小题问作者提起Donovan的目的。 答这类题的时候，考生应从整段或全文的角度去考虑。作者在写文章时举出某个例子时，这个例子一定是围 绕着作者想表达的观点。读懂了细节，弄清了篇章结构能有助于把握文章主旨，反过来，了解了文章的大致主题 和观点也可帮助我们吃透细节。其实，在篇首对Donova
