2011 年全國碩士研究生招生考試
英語二試題
Section I Use of English
Direction:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER
SHEET 1. (10 points)
The Internet affords anonymity to its users, a blessing to privacy and freedom of speech. But that very anonymity
is also behind the explosion of cyber-crime that has 1 across the Web.
Can privacy be preserved 2 bringing safety and security to a world that seems increasingly
3 ?
Last month, Howard Schmidt, the nation’s cyber-czar, offered the federal government a 4 to
make the Web a safer place—a “voluntary trusted identity” system that would be the high-tech 5 of a
physical key, a fingerprint and a photo ID card, all rolled 6 one. The system might use a smart identity
card, or a digital credential 7 to a specific computer, and would authenticate users at a range of online
services.
The idea is to 8 a federation of private online identity systems. Users could 9 which
system to join, and only registered users whose identities have been authenticated could navigate those
systems. The approach contrasts with one that would require an Internet driver’s license 10 by the
government.
Google and Microsoft are among companies that already have these “single sign-on” systems that make it
possible for users to 11 just once but use many different services.
12 , the approach would create a “walled garden” in cyberspace, with safe “neighborhoods” and
bright “streetlights” to establish a sense of a 13 community.
Mr. Schmidt described it as a “voluntary ecosystem” in which “individuals and organizations can complete
online transactions with 14 , trusting the identities of each other and the identities of the infrastructure
15 which the transaction runs.”
Still, the administration’s plan has 16 privacy rights activists. Some applaud the approach; others
are concerned. It seems clear that such a scheme is an initiative push toward what would 17 be a
compulsory Internet “driver’s license” mentality.
The plan has also been greeted with 18 by some computer security experts, who worry that the
“voluntary ecosystem” envisioned by Mr. Schmidt would still leave much of the Internet 19 . They
argue that all Internet users should be 20 to register and identify themselves, in the same way that drivers
must be licensed to drive on public roads.
1. [A] swept [B] skipped [C] walked [D] ridden
2. [A] for [B] within [C] while [D] though
3. [A] careless [B] lawless [C] pointless [D] helpless
4. [A] reason [B] reminder [C] compromise [D] proposal
5. [A] information [B] interference [C] entertainment [D] equivalent
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