2003 年考研英语真题及答案
2003 text1
Wild Bill Donovan would haveovedl the Internet. The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Servicesni the World War II and aterl aidl the roots for the CIAwas fascinated with information. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came tohand in the \— spying as a \re-made such everyday
pastimes as buying books and sendingreshapingmail, Donovan's vocation as .well
The atestl revolutionsn'ti simply a matter of gentlemen reading other gentlemen's e-mail. That kind ofectronicel spying has been going on for decades. In the past three or four years, orldthe Wide Web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying. The spooks call it \who could compile the most data about Burundi. The winner, byargel margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open Source Solutions, whosearcl advantage was its mastery of theectroniel world.
Among the firms making the biggestashpl in this new world is Straitford, Inc., a private intelligence- analysifirm 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 www.straitford.com.
Straiford presidentGeorge Friedman says he sees the online world as kinda of mutually reinforcing tool for both information collection and distribution, a spymaster's dream. Last sweekfirm hiwas busy vacuuming up data bits from the far corners of the world and predicting a crisis in Ukraine. \Ukraine,\does havets risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That's where Straitford earns its keep.
Friedman relies on a eanl staff of 20ni Austin. Severalof his staff members have military-intelligence
backgrounds. He sees 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 independentcevoi. 41.
The
[A]
emergence
received [B] [C]
of support remolded
the
from the
Net
fans
has
intelligence
_______ . Donovan services pastimes
like
restored
many
common
[D] revived spying as a profession 42. Donovan's story
is mentioned
the
how an episode
in the topic he
of
text of
for
the
to
[A]
introduce show give
online
the
information
spying US war
[B]
fought
[C]
[D] honor his unique services to the CIA 43. The phrase \
splash\
paragraph 3)
most probably means
[A]
causing
the
biggest
trouble effort
[B]
exerting
the
greatest greatest
[C]
achieving
the
success
[D] enjoying the widest popularity 44. It can be
learned from paragraph 4 that
[A]
Straitford's Straitford
Straitford's
prediction guarantees the
business
about is
Ukraine truthfulness characterized
has proved
true
information
[B]
of
by
its
[C]
unpredictability
[D] Straitford is able to provide fairly reliable information 45. Straitford is most
proud
of official
its
[A] status
第四段主要讲的是: Friedman
[B] nonconformist image 兰 (Ukraine) 的 例 否成真 该小题考查的是考生的推理、引申能力。 将互联
A 选项的说法没有根据,因为文中只说了
[C] staff efficient B 选项的说法“ Straitford 公司确保情报的真实性”与原文意思有些不符。第四段最后一句说,利用互联网收集情报是有网作为一个双向的工具,既用来收集信息,又用来发布信息。然后以乌 子 说 明 网 络 互 动
言
风险的,因为情报的真伪难辨。 Straitford 公司就是靠辨别真伪情报吃饭的。从这两句话中可以知道,[D] military 的 实 际 作 用 。
background
试题解析:
Stfaitford 公司作出了关于乌克兰局势的预测,并
没有信息说明预 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 daysthe Net, whichhas re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sendingmail,
is
Donovan's vocation 指的就是” spying ,也”就是“ intelligence ”其中,“ reshaping Donovan's vocation as well. services ” ( 情 报 行 业 ) 。 关 键
。 在 于 对 “ reshape 一” 词 的 理 解 , 它 含 义 是 “改 造 ” 。
理解了以上这两点就能选出正确答案 考生选出了 的 B 。其实 B 选项就是原文的另一种表述方式 正确案 但是,此题只有 28.7 %的 率
更多的考生选择的是 ,答对 D 。选错的原因可能在于考生对“ 不高 的”词义差别区分不清。 ? ” a
I f一”“ ?
“ revive 一” 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, 了情报行业的发展,也没有找到任何reshape 与”“ revive
(” <使 >复兴, <使 >复活),暗含的意思是 词的含义是“ to come or bring back into use orst exince 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。
into stenceexior use ”(该义项与 “ revive 相近”);( 2 )“ bring back to an original condition 状”态)。原文说的
“ restore 的含”义有:( 1)“ bring back 恢复
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
到原来的
论 “restore 在” 此 取 哪 一 种 义 项 都 与 原 文 意 思 不 符 。
C 选项也不正确,关键也在于“ re-make ”与“ restore 的差”别。
从第二段中我们了解到互联网推动
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.
该 小 题 问 作 者 提 起 Donovan 的
[A]
Donovan
是围绕
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 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 Donovan 的介绍只是一个引子,导出的是作者要谈的主题,即第 一段的最后一句话。在后面的几段中,作者介绍了互联网对情报工作的影响。所以答案是 择 了 C , 原 因 在 于 没 有 区分度较好。
有 部 分 考 生 选 这道题属于中等难度偏易的题目,
解文章的主
A 。
题。
43.
该小 “ make a 题考 的含查
其 他出: 三
的是考生对词组词
ashspl 从下文中推 义是 测“to create a forceful, favorable, and noticeabl effect
[C]
义
”即 组的含义,也可 所以答案是
者, C 找
不到依
力。 的猜测能 使不知道这个词
Straitford 选项在文章中公 司 是 这 个区分度较好。 新 领 域 的 佼 佼
44.
这道题属于中等难度偏易的题目,
[D] 据。