22. Monarchs are kept as heads of state in Europe mostly [A] owing to their undoubted and respectable status
[B] to achieve a balance between tradition and reality [C] to give voter more public figures to look up to [D]due to their everlasting political embodiment
23. Which of the following is shown to be odd, according to Paragraph
4?
[A] Aristocrats’excessive reliance on inherited wealth [B] The role of the nobility in modern democracies [C] The simple lifestyle of the aristocratic families [D]The nobility
’s adherence to their privileges
“have most to fear
” because Charles
24. The British royals
[A] takes a rough line on political issues [B] fails to change his lifestyle as advised [C] takes republicans as his potential allies [D] fails to adapt himself to his future role
25. Which of the following is the best title of the text?
[A] Carlos, Glory and Disgrace Combined [B] Charles, Anxious to Succeed to the Throne [C] Carlos, a Lesson for All European Monarchs [D]Charles, Slow to React to the Coming Threats TEXT 2
Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The Supreme
Cpurt will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile
phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest.
California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling, particularly one that upsets the old assumptions that authorities through
may search
the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest. the state argues, It is hard, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies.
The court would be recklessly modest if Enough of the implications are discernable, can and should provide updated guidelines
it followed California ’s advice. even obvious, so that the justice to police, lawyers and defendants.
They should start by discarding California ’s lame argument that exploring the contents of a smartphone- a vast storehouse of digital information is
similar to say, going through a suspect ’s purse .The court has ruled that
police don't violate the Fourth Amendment when they go through the wallet
or porcketbook, of an arrestee without a warrant.
But exploring one’ s
smartphone is more like entering his or her home. A smartphone may contain an arrestee ’ s reading
history ,financial history, medical history and
comprehensive records of recent correspondence. The development of computing. ” meanwhile, has made that exploration so much the easier.
But the justices should not swallow California
technology ’ s
sometimes demands novel
“ cloud
’s argument whole. New, applications
of
the
disruptive
Constitution protections. Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the
explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a digital necessity of life in the
20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then;
they must sort out how the Fourth Amendmentapplies
to digital information now.
26. The Supreme court, will work out whether, during an arrest, it is legitimate to
[A] search for suspects’mobile phones without a warrant. [B] check suspects ’phone contents without being authorized. [C] prevent suspects from deleting their phone contents. [D] prohibit suspects from using their mobile phones. 27. The author ’s attitude toward California
’s argument is one of
[A] tolerance. [B] indifference. [C] disapproval.
[D] cautiousness.
28. The author believes that exploring one’s phone content
to
[A] getting into one’s residence.
[B] handing one ’s historical records.
[C] scanning one ’s correspondences.
[D] going through one
’s wallet.
29. In Paragraph 5 and 6, the author shows his concern that [A] principles are hard to be clearly expressed.
[B] the court is giving police less room for action. [C] phones are used to store sensitive information.
[D] citizens ’privacy is not effective protected.
30.Orin Kerr ’s comparison is quoted to indicate that
(A)the Constitution should be implemented flexibly.
is comparable
(B)New technology requires reinterpretation of the Constitution. (C)California
’s argument violates principles of the Constitution.
(D)Principles of the Constitution should never be altered. Text 3
The journal Science is adding an extra round of statistical checks to
Marcia McNutt announced today.
The
its peer-review process, editor-in-chief
policy follows similar efforts that
from other journals, data
analysis
after widespread concern contributing
to
basic mistakes in are the
irreproducibility of many published research findings.
“ Readers must have confidence in the
McNutt in an editorial.
conclusions published in our
journal, ”writes
Working with the American Statistical
Association, the journal has appointed seven experts to a statistics board of reviewing editors (SBoRE). Manuwill be flagged up for additional by the journal ’s internal editors, or by its existing Board of Reviewing Editors or by outside peer reviewers. The SBoREpanel will then find statisticians to review these manus.
scrutiny
external
Asked whether any particular
of the ‘statistics
papers had impelled the change, McNutt said: board ’was motivated
by concerns broadly
“The creation
with the application of statistics and data analysis in scientific research and is part of Science
’s overall drive to increase reproducibility in the ”
research we publish.
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