2014年小学英语教师招聘考试冲刺题七

　　Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension

　　Directions：Read the following three passages．Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements．For each of them mere are four choices marked A，B，C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read．

　　G

　　Media alarms have been loud recently：Electronic commerce(电子商务)is in danger．A crime wave threatens to bring damage on the World Wide Web．Any web site is their target，no matter how big．

　　Predictably，officials in Washington responded feverishly as FBI antihacking squads(反黑客小组)moved into action．The unlucky firms were mostly huge players in ecommerce and news broadcasting，accustomed to always reaching large number of people．So，the attacks from the Internet is easy．“We are committed in every way to find out those who are responsible，”said the team leader．

　　Top judges are eager to catch the criminal who interferes with the computer systems of large companies．But there is no search for clues as to millions of American are excluded from big media if they happen to be poor．What about their right to be widely heard—through，TV，radio，newspapers or heavily trafficked web sites?Facing the danger of American business and government agencies，the hacker now making headlines are living dangerously．Their slight interference with the rights of companies to be widely heard is a definite no—no．Too bad we haven't been able to speak against the social orders continual interference with the rights of poor people to be heard by the public．

　　In effect，unfairness exists in the American—style freedom of speech．Those with deep pockets enjoy its full of freedom in news media，those with empty pockets are pretty much beside the point；the constant blocking they face creates no headlines and sparks．

　　“The law，in its majestic equality，forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges，to beg in the streets and to steal bread，” the writer Anatole Rance commented a century ago．Today，the media offers a similar kind of equality．

　　（　　）20．The passage is mainly concerned with_________．

　　A．American business B．the media

　　C．the action of FBI D．the problem of hackers

　　（　　）21．Attacks from the Internet is easy because_________．

　　A．the web site is designed to reach many people

　　B．the technique of hacking is easy

　　C．the FBI have not been doing their job properly

　　D．Internet itself is too big

　　（　　）22．The 3rd and 4th paragraph implies that the hacking is_________．

　　A．caused by the judges who have wronged some people

　　B．due to large companies carelessness

　　C．due to the lack of right of speech of poor people through legal ways

　　D．caused by the fact that the hacked web sites have too many enemies

　　（　　）23．The latter half of this passage is basically_________．

　　A．a continued discussion of Internet safety

　　B．a discussion of the freedom of speech of the U．S．

　　C．about business on the Internet

　　D．about FBI's action

　　H

　　Computer programmer David Jones earns MYM35，000 a year designing new computer games，yet he cannot found a bank ready to let him have a credit card．Instead，he has been told to wait another two years，until he is 18．The 16 year old boy works for a small firm in Liverpool，where the problem of most young people of his age is finding a job．David's firm releases(推出) two new games for the fast growing computer market each m