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Wild Bill Donovan would have
loved the Internet. The American
spymaster who built the Office of
Strategic Services in the World War
II
and later laid the roots for the CIA was
fascinated with ...
Wild Bill Donovan
would have loved the Internet. The American
spymaster who built the Office of
Strategic Services in the World War
II
and later laid the roots for the CIA was
fascinated with
information. Donovan
believed in using whatever tools came to hand in
the
“
great
game
”
of espionage-spying as
a
“
profession
。
”
These
days the
Net, which has already re-made such everyday
pastimes as
buying books and sending
mail, is reshaping Donovan's vocation as
well
。
The latest revolution isn't simply a
matter of gentlemen reading
other
gentlemen
’
s e-mail. That
kind of electronic spying has been
going on for decades. In the past three
or four years, the World Wide
Web has
given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click
spying.
The spooks call it
“
open-source
intelligence,
”
and as the
Net grows,
it is becoming increasingly
influential. In 1995 the CIA held a
contest to see who could compile the
most data about Burundi. The
winner,
by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company
called Open-
Source
Solutions
whose clear advantage was its
mastery of the
electronic
world
。
Among
the firms making the biggest splash in this new
world is
Straitford, Inc., a private
intelligence-analysis firm 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
。
Straitford
president George Friedman says he sees the online
world
as a kind of mutually
reinforcing tool for both information
collection and distribution, a
spymaster's dream. Last week his firm
was busy vacuuming up data bits from
the far corners of the world and
predicting a crisis in
Ukraine
。
“
As soon
as that report runs, we'll
suddenly
get 500 new Internet sign-ups from
Ukraine,
”
says Friedman,
a former political science professor.
“
And we'll hear back from
some
of
them
。
”
Open-
source spying does have its 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 lean staff of 20 in Austin. Several of
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 independent
voice
。
21. The emergence of the Net has
[A] received support from fans like
Donovan
。
[B]
remolded the intelligence services.
[C] restored many common
pastimes
。
[D]
revived spying as a
profession
。
22. Donovan's story is mentioned in the text to
[A] introduce the topic of online
spying
。
[B]
show how he fought for the
U.S
。
[C] give
an episode of the information
war
。
[D] honor
his unique services to the
CIA
。
23. The
phrase
“
making the biggest
splash
”
(Line 1, Paragraph
3)most probably means
[A]
causing the biggest trouble
。
[B] exerting the greatest
effort
。
[C]
achieving the greatest
success
。
[D]
enjoying the widest
popularity
。
24. It can be learned from paragraph 4 that
[A] Straitford's prediction about
Ukraine has proved true.
[B]
Straitford guarantees the truthfulness of its
information.
[C] Straitford's
business is characterized by unpredictability.
[D] Straitford is able to provide
fairly reliable information
。
25. Straitford is most proud of its
[A] official status.
[B]
nonconformist image
。
[C] efficient staff.
[D] military background
。
名师解析
21. The emergence of the Net has
网络的出现已经
[A]
received support from fans like Donovan.
得到了多诺文这样的爱
好者的支持。
[B]
remolded the intelligence services.
重新塑造了情报业。
[C]
restored many common pastimes.
恢复了许多常见的娱乐活动。
[D] revived spying as a profession.
使情报业成为一个职业。
【答案】
B
【考点】
事实细节题。
【分析】
第一段最后一句话“
These days the Net,
which has remade
such everyday
pastimes as buying books and sending
mail
is reshaping
Donovan
’
s
vocation as well
。
”从上文中我们已经得知
“
Donovan
’
s
vocation
”指的就是“
spying
”
(
间谍
)
也就是“
intelligence
services
”
(
情报行业
)
。关键在于对“
reshape
”一词的理解
它的含义是“重新塑造”
。
[B]
其实就是原
文的另一种表述方式。
“
remold
”就是“
reshape
”的意思
都<
/p>
表示“重新塑造
改造”
。干扰项“
revive
”的意思是“
(
使
)
苏醒
< br> (
使
)
复
兴
(
使
)
复活
(
使
)
再生效
回想”
言下之意是将某一样已灭亡或已很脆
弱的东西重新复活或者复兴。而第一段并没有提到间谍行业曾经消失的信息
从第二段中我们了解到互联网推动了情报行业的发展
也没有找到任何关于情
报行业曾经中断的内容
所以
[D]
的说法是不正确的。
[C]
“
restore
”
的含义是
“使恢复
使回复”
言下之意是将原来不完整的或者破碎的东西给复原。原
文中没有提到。
[A]
的错
误在于对第一句话的误读。
“
would have
loved
”表示
虚拟语气
是对当时情况的一种假设
而这种假设的情况在当时是不存在的。
这句话的真实意思是
如果“疯狂的
Bill Donovan
还在世的话
他会爱上互
联
网的”
。可见“
< br>Donovan
”在世的时候并没有互联网
所以
[A]
将“
Donovan
”说
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