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Directions£ºRead 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£®

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¡¡¡¡Media alarms have been loud recently£ºElectronic commerce(µç×ÓÉÌÎñ)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(·´ºÚ¿ÍС×é)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¡ªthrough£¬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¡ªno£®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¡ªstyle 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

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¡¡¡¡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(ÍƳö) two new games for the fast growing computer market each month£®

¡¡¡¡But David's biggest headache is what to do with his money£®Even though he earns a lot£¬he cannot drive a car£¬take out a mortgage(µÖѺ»õ¿î)£¬or get credit cards£®David got his job with the Liverpoolª²based company four months ago£¬a year after leaving school with six O levels and working for a time in a computer shop£®¡°I got the job because the people who run the firm knew I had already written some programs£®¡± he said£®David spends some of his money on records and clothes£¬and gives his mother 50 pounds a week£®But most of his spare time is spent working£®

¡¡¡¡¡°Unfortunately£¬computing was not part of our studies at school£®¡± he said£¬¡°But I had been studying it in books and magazines for four years in my spare time£®I knew what I wanted to do and never considered staying on at school£®Most people in this business are fairly young£¬anyway£®¡± David added£º¡°I would like to earn a million and I suppose early retirement is a possibility£®You never know when the market might disappear£®¡±

£¨¡¡¡¡£©24£®In which way is David different from people of his age£¿

A£®He often goes out with friends£®

B£®He lives with his mother£®

C£®He has a handsome income£®

D£®He graduated with six Oª²levels£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©25£®What is one of the problems that David is facing now£¿

A£®He is too young to get a credit card£®

B£®He has no time to learn driving£®

C£®He has very little spare time£®

D£®He will soon lose his job£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©26£®Why was David able to get the job in the company£¿

A£®He had done well in all his exams£®

B£®He had written some computer programs£®

C£®He was good at playing computer games£®

D£®He had learnt to use computers at school£®

£¨¡¡¡¡£©27£®Why did David decide to leave school and start working£¿

A£®He received lots of job offers£®

B£®He was eager to help his mother£®

C£®He lost interest in school studies£®

D£®He wanted to earn his own living£®

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