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AgathaChristiewouldnothavegonenearTheMysteryoftheMissing

SolarNeutrinos,butthepuzzlerhasheldscientistsinraptfrustration

formorethan30years.Finally,theirdoggednessappearstohavepaidoff.

Acceptedtheorysaysthesun'score,heatingitselfbyatomic

fusion,shouldspewintospacevastnumbersofminusculeparticlescalled

electronneutrinos.Mostoftheseghostlyparticlestravelbillionsof

light-years,evenstraightthroughstars,withouthittinga

thing.Measuringthemisobviouslydifficult,buteverydetectoruntilnow

hasconsistentlyfoundhalf(orfewer)ofthattheorywould

predict.Physicistsbegantodoubttheirconceptaboutwhystarsshine.

Lastweek,after14monthsmeasuringfaintflashesofbluelight

fromneutrinosandotherparticlesstreamingthroughadetector6800feet

downinanOntarionickelmine,178scientistsfromCanada,theUnited

States,andBritainannouncedthattheyhavesolvedtheconundrum.Nothing

iswrongwithmodelsofthesun,saysprojectdirectorArthurMcDonaldof

Queen，sUniversityinKingston,Ont.Theneutrinosarerightwherethey

shouldbe.Somearejustindisguise.Theinstrumentfoundelectron

neutrinosmixedinwithothers,evenharder-to-detect“flavors”of

neutrinos.SowhilesomemaychangeidentityonthewaytoEarth,thegrand

totalisjustright.

NobodygreetedtheresultsmorejoyouslythanphysicistJohn

BahcalloftheInstituteforAdvancedStudyinPrinceton,N.J.Intheearly

1960s,hecalculatedhowmanyneutrinosthesun，sfurnaceshouldsend

throughEarth.It'salot:About5millionpassharmlesslythrougha

fingernail-sizeareaeverysecond.In1968,thefirstneutrinodetector

一locateddeepintheHomestakeGoldMineinSouthDakota一foundthe

discrepancy.Bahcallrecallsitasthemostembarrassingmomentofhis

professionallife.

Lastweek，sdiscoverysolvesonemysterybutraisesraises

others.Nobodyissureexactlywhyneutrinoschangetheiridentity.The

overarchingstandardmodelofphysicssaysneutrinoshavenomass；the

newresultssuggesttheymusthaveatleastatinybitofheft.

TheworkleavesAmericanscientistsdeeplyenviousofthe

Canadianlaboratory.Japan,RussiaandItalyalsohavefirst-rate

undergroundlabsshieldedfromordinarycosmicraysandsuitedfor

studyingneutrinos.AconsortiumofU.S.universitiesappliedtofederal

agenciesearlythismonthtoconstructa$200millionlaboratorymore

than7400feetdowninthenowidleHomestakeMine,deeperthananyother

country，ssetup.

i

neutrino(n.)微中子puzzler(n.)難題

consortium(n.)社團(tuán)，協(xié)會(huì)，聯(lián)盟

doggedness(n.)頑固，固執(zhí)minuscule(adj.)微小的nickel

mine鍥礦

conundrum(n.)難題discrepancy".)差異，矛盾overarch

(v.)形成拱型

heft(n.)分量，重量cosmicrays宇宙射線(xiàn)

raptfrustration全神貫注的、完全的受挫

第1題：

Whatdoestheword“puzzler”(Line2,Para.1)referto?

A.peoplewhoarepuzzled

B.scientistswhoarepuzzled

C.AgathaChristie

D.TheMysteryoftheMissingSolarNeutrinos

參考答案：D

答案解析：

本文主要介紹了失蹤的太陽(yáng)微中子之謎。第一段：失蹤的太陽(yáng)微中子之謎在困

擾科學(xué)家多年后被發(fā)現(xiàn)。第二段：傳統(tǒng)理論對(duì)太陽(yáng)核心粒子移動(dòng)的解釋。第三

段：科學(xué)家們宣布的新發(fā)現(xiàn)。第四段：物理學(xué)家JohnBahcall對(duì)這一結(jié)果感到

非常高興。第五段：人們還不清楚為什么微中子會(huì)改變其特性。第六段：美國(guó)

人希望建立最好的實(shí)驗(yàn)室進(jìn)行進(jìn)一步的研究。[D]推斷題。從第一段可

以堆斷出“難題”指的是失蹤的太陽(yáng)微中子之謎。

第2題：

Accordingtosometheorists,howmanyelectronneutrinosshouldbe

detected?

A.abouttwicethenumberthedetectorsfound

B.alittlebitmorethanthedetectorsfound

C.fewerthanthenumberthedetectorsfound

D.exactlythesamenumberasthedetectorsfound

參考答案：A

答案解析：

[A]細(xì)節(jié)題。見(jiàn)第二段第三句“測(cè)量它們顯然很困難，到目前為止，每種探測(cè)器

只找了理論預(yù)測(cè)上的一半甚至不到一半的量。”

第3題：

Whathappenedlastweekaccordingtothepassage?

A.Scientistsmeasuredfaintflashesofbluelightfromneutrinosand

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otherparticles.

B.Britainscientistsannouncedthattheyhavesolvedtheconundrum.

C.178scientistsannouncedthattheyhavesalvedtheconundrum.

D.Neutrinosandotherparticlesstreamedthroughadetector6800feet

down.

參考答案：c

答案解析：

[C]細(xì)節(jié)題。見(jiàn)第三段第一句“上周，在一家安大略銀礦，在進(jìn)行了長(zhǎng)達(dá)14個(gè)

月對(duì)藍(lán)光微中子的微光和能夠通過(guò)深測(cè)器穿透6800英尺以下深度的粒子的測(cè)量

后，來(lái)自加拿大、美國(guó)和英國(guó)的178名科學(xué)家宣布他們已經(jīng)解決了這個(gè)難題?！?/p>

第4題:

WhichisNOTtrueaboutthelaboratorytheuniversitiesappliedto

construct?

A.Thelaboratorywillcostthem$200million.

B.Thelaboratorywillbeconstructed7400feetdown.

C.ThelaboratorywillbeconstructedwhereHomestakeMineisnow.

D.Thelaboratorywillalsobeanidleone.

參考答案：D

答案解析：

[D]細(xì)節(jié)題。見(jiàn)全文最后一句話(huà).morethan7400feetdowninthenowidle

HomestakeMine”是指Homestake礦井至今仍閑置著。

第5題：

Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.TheMysteryoftheMissingSolarNeutrinos.

B.Whystarsshine.

C.Whyneutrinoschangetheiridentity.

D.AgathaChristie，snovel.

參考答案：A

答案解析：

[A]主旨題。全文的主題是失蹤的太陽(yáng)微中子之謎，參見(jiàn)文章精點(diǎn)。

Theimportanceandfocusoftheinterviewintheworkoftheprint

andbroadcastjournalistisreflectedinseveralbooksthathavebeen

writtenonthetopic.Mostofthesebooksaswellasseveral

chapters,mainlyin,butnotlimitedto,journalismandbroadcasting

handbooksandreportingtexts,stressthe“howto“aspectsofjournalistic

interviewingratherthantheconceptualaspectsoftheinterview,its

context,andimplications.Muchofthe^howto^materialisbasedonpersonal

experiencesandgeneralimpressions.Asweknow,injournalismasinother

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fields,muchcanbelearnedfromthesystematicstudyofprofessional

practice.Suchstudybringstogetherevidencefromwhichbroadgeneralized

principlescanbedeveloped.

Thereis,ashasbeensuggested,agrowingbodyofresearch

literatureinjournalismandbroadcasting,butverylittlesignificant

attentionhasbeendevotedtothestudyoftheinterviewitself.Onthe

otherhand,manygeneraltextsaswellasnumerousresearcharticleson

interviewinginfieldsotherthanjournalismhavebeenwritten.Manyof

thesebooksandarticlespresentthetheoreticalandempiricalaspects

oftheinterviewaswellasthetrainingofthe

interviewers.Unhappily,thisplentifulgeneralliteratureabut

interviewingpayslittleattentiontothejournalisticinterview.Thefact

thatthegeneralliteratureoninterviewingdoesnotdealwiththe

journalisticinterviewseemstobesurprisingfortworeasons.First,it

seemslikelythatmostpeopleinmodernWesternsocietiesaremore

familiar,atleastinapositivemanner,withjournalisticinterviewing

thanwithanyotherformofinterviewing.Mostofusareprobablysomewhat

familiarwiththeclinicalinterview,suchasthatconductedbyphysicians

andpsychologists.Inthesesituationstheprofessionalpersonor

interviewerisinterestedingettinginformationnecessaryforthe

diagnosisandtreatmentofthepersonseekinghelp.Anotherfamiliar

situationisthejobinterview.However,veryfewofushaveactuallybeen

interviewedpersonallybythemassmedia,particularlybytelevision.And

yet,wehaveavividacquaintancewiththejournalistinterviewbyvirtue

ofourrolesasreaders,listeners,andviewers.Evenso,trueunderstanding

ofthejournalisticinterview,especiallytelevisioninterviews,requires

thoughtfulanalysesandevenstudy,asthisbookindicates.

conceptual(adj.)抽象的implication(n.)意義by

virtueof通過(guò)

literature(n.)文獻(xiàn)numerous(adj.)大量的

otherthan除了…(還有)

somewhat(adv.)有點(diǎn)clinical(adj.)診療的

physician(n.)內(nèi)科醫(yī)生

psychologist(n.)心理醫(yī)生massmedia大眾媒體

acquaintance(n.)熟悉

第6題：

Themainideaofthefirstparagraphisthat.

A.generalizedprinciplesforjournalisticinterviewsarethechief

concernforwritersonjournalism

B.importanceshouldbeattachedtothesystematicstudyof

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journalisticinterviewing

C.conceptsandcontextualimplicationsareofsecondaryimportance

tojournalisticinterviewing

D.personalexperiencesandgeneralimpressionsshouldbeexcluded

fromjournalisticinterviews

參考答案：B

答案解析：

這是一本書(shū)的序言，作者分析了人們對(duì)新聞采訪(fǎng)理論研究的忽視，強(qiáng)調(diào)人們應(yīng)該

注重新聞采訪(fǎng)，尤其是電視采訪(fǎng)。第一段：新聞采訪(fǎng)工作不僅需要學(xué)習(xí)其具體

步驟，還要進(jìn)行系統(tǒng)的理論研究。第二段：關(guān)于采訪(fǎng)的通用文獻(xiàn)很多，人們卻

不太關(guān)注新聞采訪(fǎng)本身。這其中有兩個(gè)原因：其一，人們對(duì)新聞采訪(fǎng)更了解而不

太熟悉其他形式的采訪(fǎng)。其二，我們對(duì)新聞采訪(fǎng)中聽(tīng)眾的角色熟悉，卻不經(jīng)常上

電視親自接受采訪(fǎng)。本文作者認(rèn)為應(yīng)該深入了解新聞采訪(fǎng)。［B］推斷題。

根據(jù)第一段的大意，我們可以判斷［B］應(yīng)該注重新聞采訪(fǎng)的系統(tǒng)研究是對(duì)的。［A］

從新聞采訪(fǎng)中概括出一些原理是新聞方面的作家主要關(guān)心的問(wèn)題。這與目前的狀

況相反，因而錯(cuò)誤。［C］概念和上下文含義對(duì)新聞采訪(fǎng)來(lái)說(shuō)不重要。而作者在文

章后半部分推翻了此說(shuō)法，因而也是錯(cuò)誤的；［D］個(gè)人經(jīng)驗(yàn)和大體印象不應(yīng)該包

括在新聞采訪(fǎng)之內(nèi)。這點(diǎn)文中沒(méi)有提及。

第7題：

Muchresearchhasbeendoneoninterviewsingeneral.

A.sothetrainingofjournalistinterviewershaslikewisebeen

strengthened

B.thoughthestudyoftheinterviewingtechniqueshasn，treceivedmuch

attention

C.butjournalisticinterviewingasaspecificfieldhasunfortunately

beenneglected

D.andtherehasalsobeenadramaticgrowthinthestudyof

journalisticinterviewing

參考答案：C

答案解析：

［C］細(xì)節(jié)題。第二段的第一句和第四句都指出，關(guān)于采訪(fǎng)的通用文獻(xiàn)很多，人們

卻不太關(guān)注新聞采訪(fǎng)本身。因此［C］正確。［A］對(duì)新聞采訪(fǎng)者的培訓(xùn)相應(yīng)的增加了。

這點(diǎn)文章沒(méi)有提及；［B］中interviewing的前面應(yīng)加上journalistic才對(duì)；［D］

錯(cuò)在dramaticgrowth——詞。

第8題：

Westernerstarefamiliarwiththejournalisticinterview,.

A.butmostofthemwishtostayfromit

B.andmanyofthemhopetobeinterviewedsomeday

C.andmanyofthemwouldliketoacquireatrueunderstandingofit

D.butmostofthemmaynothavebeeninterviewedinperson

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參考答案：D

答案解析：

[D]細(xì)節(jié)題。這句話(huà)的答案在第二段第十句：我們很少有人被媒體—特別是

電視——親自采訪(fǎng)過(guò)。[A]的意思為：我們大都希望避而遠(yuǎn)之，與內(nèi)容不符。

第9題：

Whoistheintervieweeinaclinicalinterview?

A.Thepatient.

B.Thephysician.

C.Thejournalist.

D.Thepsychologist.

參考答案：A

答案解析：

[A]細(xì)節(jié)題。第二段的第八、九句話(huà)告訴我們，該句的interview是指醫(yī)生與病

人的談話(huà)，因此這里的interviewee是指病人。

第10題：

Thepassageismostlikelyapartof.

A.anewsarticle

B.aresearchreport

C.ajournalisticinterview

D.apreface

參考答案：D

答案解析：

[D]推斷題。這個(gè)答案在文章的最后一句話(huà)：雖然如此，要想達(dá)到對(duì)新聞采訪(fǎng)

—特別是電視采訪(fǎng)——的真正理解，需要深入分析，乃至研究，正如這本書(shū)

所說(shuō)的那樣。這說(shuō)明本文應(yīng)是一篇序言。

Forthemajorityofproducers,however,neithermakingdirectcontact

withallpossibleconsumers,norestablishingtheirownchainofselling

pointswillbe[viable]options.Forthem,therequirementtousethe

facilitiesoftheexistingdistributionsystemtogettheirproducts

throughtotheultimateconsumerwhilekeepingthemaximumofprofitfor

themselves.Asageneralrule,theexistingmarket,canspreadits

overheadsoverthemultitudeofproductswhichithandlesandtherefore

shouldbeabletoprovidedistributionforanyoneproductmorecheaply

thanitwouldcosttoprovideuniqueservicesforthatproductalone.The

questionis,cantheexistingmarketprovidetheknow-hownecessaryto

getthisparticularproductthroughitspotentialconsumers,intermsof

understandingit,beingabletoexplainit,recommendingitorinstalling

itcorrectly?Inshort,howeverinexpensivethemarketsystemmaybe,is

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itcosteffectiveforthepurpose?

Theanswerislikelytobethatveryfewproducerswillfind

themselvesabletomakeabsolutelyallthesalestheywanttomakedirectly

totheactualconsumersineverycase.Verymanyproducers,especially

ofgoodsfordomesticconsumption,willhavenodirectcontactwiththeir

publicatall:Thosewhocanadvantageouslydealdirectlywithsome

proportionoftheiruserswillneverthelessfinditworthwhiletousethe

markettoreachcertainotherclassesofuser,whoareeithertoosmall

ortoodistantortooundemandingtojustifycontactingdirectly.The

manufacturerofindustrialsupplieswilltypicallyselldirectlytohis

majorusercustomers,eachofwhomwilldemandpersonalattentionand,

nodoubt,thekeenestprices,whileprovidingavolumeofbusinessthat

justifiesthecost.Butthereisnearlyalwaysaninterestingvolumeof

additionalsalestobemadetosomeothersectorofusers,whichcannot

beobtainedeconomicallydirectly,butwhichtradedistributionis

adequatetosupply.Acrossthewholerangeofalternatives,nearlyevery

producerfindsitnecessarytomakesomeuseofthetradedistribution

system.

注釋

viable可行的option自由選擇

facility設(shè)備、便利multitude大批、大

群

overheads經(jīng)常性支出、管理費(fèi)用install安置、安裝

consumption消耗、消費(fèi)keen熱心的、渴望的

adequate足夠的、適當(dāng)?shù)腶lternative選擇余地

第11題：

Thepassageismainlyabout.

A.thefactthatit'shardtoselldirectly

B.theadvantagesofthetradedistributionsystem

C.awayofdistribution

D.howtogetthemaximumofprofit

參考答案：c

答案解析：

C縱覽全文，可見(jiàn)本文介紹的是一種銷(xiāo)售方式“usingtheexisting

distributionsystems”,通過(guò)與其他方式做比較來(lái)說(shuō)明其優(yōu)點(diǎn)，也是為了證明

這種銷(xiāo)售方式的可行性。因此C.awayofdistribution為正確答案。

第12題:

WhichisNOTthereasonthatproducerswhocandealdirectlywithsome

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consumersstillusetheexistingdistributionsystem?

A.Othergroupsofcustomersaretoolargetocontactwithdirectly.

B.Therearemanycustomerswhoareusedtodoso.

C.Somecustomersaresoeasytosatisfythattheyr)eedn，ttobedealt

withdirectly.

D.Thatwillbringthemmoreprofit.

參考答案：A

答案解析：

A文中第二段有這樣一句話(huà)“Thosewhocanadvantageouslydealdirectlywith

someproportionoftheiruserswillneverthlessfinditworthwhiletouse

themarkettoreachcertainotherclassesofuser,whoareeithertoosmall

ortoodistantortooundemandingtojustifycontactingdrect.”選項(xiàng)B

與C的意思被包含在內(nèi)，而D是顯然的。對(duì)于A中的原因，文中并未提到。

第13題:

Themostimportantadvantageofusingtheexistingdistributionsystem

isthat.

A.itcanreducethepriceoftheproducts.

B.itcoststheproducerslessthanusingotherways.

C.itcoversalargernumbertocustomers.

D.itmakestheconsumersunderstandtheproductsbetter.

參考答案：B

答案解析：

B根據(jù)第——段中“Asageneralrule,theexistingmarket...andtherefore

shouldbeabletoprovidedistributionforanyoneproductmorecheaply

thanitwouldcosttoprovideuniqueservicesforthatproductalone.”

及文中其他表述可知銷(xiāo)售成本低是這種方式的主要特點(diǎn)。A與D都是由成本低導(dǎo)

致的，而D是直接銷(xiāo)售的特點(diǎn)。

第14題：

Wecanguessthattheunderlinedword“viable“inthefirstparagraphmay

mean.

A.beneficial

B.necessary

C.useful

D.practical

參考答案：D

答案解析：

D本文主要講的是，由于種種原因，與消費(fèi)者直接接觸以及建立自己的銷(xiāo)售鏈對(duì)

多數(shù)生產(chǎn)者來(lái)說(shuō)不太現(xiàn)實(shí)，因此利用現(xiàn)有的銷(xiāo)售體系才成為較普遍的方式，所以

本題中選項(xiàng)Dpractical才是合適的答案，文中沒(méi)有討論哪種更為有用或獲利更

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多的問(wèn)題。

第15題：

Allofthefollowingstatementsaretrueexcept.

A.producersofdomesticconsumptionoftenusethefacilitiesofthe

existingdistributionsystem

B.usuallytheproducersofindustrialsupplieswillspendmoreon

distribution

C.thetradedistributionsystemisusefultosomeproducersbutis

unnecessarytoothers

D.theexistingmarketsystemmaybelessexpensive

參考答案：C

答案解析：

C從“verymanyproducers,especiallyofgoodsfordomesticconsumption,

willhavenodirectcontactwiththeirpublicatall.”可推出選項(xiàng)A的

結(jié)論。工業(yè)供應(yīng)品的制造者由于主要采用向用戶(hù)直接銷(xiāo)售的方式，必然銷(xiāo)售成本

較高，因此B正確；D在原文中較明顯；由本文最后一句可否定選項(xiàng)C。

Manysystemscanbedeliberatelyfooled.AnewstudyfromYokohama

NationalUniversityinJapanshowsthatphonyfingersconcoctedfrom

gelatin（膠），calledugummydummies,“easilytrickfingerprintsystems.

Manufacturersofsomesystemsclaimtoguardagainstsuchtacticsby

recordingpupildilation（瞳孔擴(kuò)張），bloodflowinfingers,andother

evidencethatthebiometricsampleis"live."Andalthoughsomemakers

assertthatbiometricssolvestheproblemofidentitytheft-noonecan

stealyouriris（虹月英）orhand,afterall-manyexpertsdisagree.Ahacker

whobrokeintoapoorlydesignedsystemmightbeabletostealother

people，sdigitalbiometrictemplatesandusethemtoaccesssecure

networks.Thistrick,called^replay,couldtakeidentitythefttoawhole

newlevel."Your,fingerprintisuniquelyyours,forever.Ifit's

compromised,youcan，tgetanewone,“saysJackieFenn,atechnology

analystattheGartnerGroup.

Privacyconcerns-althoughtheyseemlesspressingtomany

thesedays-mayalsoslowpublicacceptanceofthetechnology.Yetin

somecases,biometricscanactuallyenhanceprivacy.Afinger-scansystem

forcontrollingaccesstomedicalrecords,forexemple,wouldalsocollect

anaudittrailofpeoplewhoviewedthedata.Butfacescanning,withits

potentialforidentifyingpeoplewithouttheirknowledge,hasalarmed

privacyadvocates.

Lastmonth,forexample,VisionicsCorp，sface-scanningsystem

wasredeployedasananticrimemeasureinaTampa,Fla.,entertainment

district.DetectiveBillToddsaysthesystemhadbeentakendowntwo

monthsintoits12-monthtrialbecauseofabug（故障）intheoperating

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system,butithasbeenupgradedandisnowbackinuse.The36-camera

systemiscontrolledbyanofficeratthestation,whocanpan,tilt,and

zoomthecamerastoscanfacesinthecrowdsothatthesoftwarecancompare

themwithfacesinadatabase.

WhileToddsaysthedatabasecontainsonlyphotographsofwanted

felons,runaways,andsexualpredators,policedepartmentpolicyallows

anyonewhohasacriminalrecordormightprovide“valuable

intelligence,“suchasgangmembers,tobeincluded.Sofar,according

toareportbytheAmericanCivilLibertiesUnion,thetechnologyhas

producedmanyfalsematchesandTodldconfirmsthatithasn，tidentified

anycriminals,“wehaveourlimitactions,saysFrancesZelazny,

spokespersonforVisionics."It'sanenhancementtolawenforcement,not

areplacement.”

Attimes,theprivacyproblemismorepeceptablethanreality.

TheLowerMerionschooldistrictnearPhiladelphiahadinstalledfinger

一scandevicesforschoollunchlines.Studentswouldplacetheirfingers

onapadtoverifytheiridentity,andmoneywouldbedeductedfromtheir

account.Theoptionalprogramwasinstitutedtomakelinesmovefaster,

andtospareembarrassmenttostudentsentitledtofreeordiscounted

meals.Buteventhoughthesystemdidnotcaptureafullfingerprintimage,

butratherastripped-downdigitalversion,someparentsfeltthatit

cameuncomfortablyclosetotraditionalfingerprinting.Afteraspateof

badpress,theprogramwaskilledlastyear.Fortyotherschooldistricts

stillusethesystem.

注釋

phony偽造的tilt使傾斜

gummy樹(shù)膠質(zhì)的zoom調(diào)整鏡頭使影像擴(kuò)大

dummy人像模型，冒充貨felon罪犯

tactics策略predator掠奪者,食肉

動(dòng)物

biometric生物測(cè)定學(xué)的gang一群（囚犯）一幫（歹徒）

template樣板,模板intelligence新聞,情報(bào)

compromise使遭受損害perception感覺(jué)，知覺(jué)

audit稽核，檢查pad墊狀物

trail痕跡，小徑optional非強(qiáng)制性的

upgrade改進(jìn)，提高

第16題:

Thepassagemainlydealswith.

A.gummydummies

B.howtoidentifyaperson

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C.theface-scanningsystems

D.theproblemsofbiometrics

參考答案：D

答案解析：

D本文第一段與最后一段主要講的是指紋檢測(cè)技術(shù)的問(wèn)題，其他幾段講的是面孔

辨認(rèn)系統(tǒng)的不完善之處，因此整篇文章講的是目前生物測(cè)定學(xué)中的問(wèn)題。

第17題：

Whichofthefollowingisnottrueaccordingtothefirstparagraph?

A.Sometimesthefingerprintsystemscan，tdistinguishthe“gummy

dummies”andtherealfingers.

B.Biometricscan，tsolvetheproblemofidentitytheftaccordingto

someexperts.

C.Manyexpertsdisagreethatnoonecanstealyouririsorhand.

D.Abackermayeasilyuseother，sidentity.

參考答案：C

答案解析：

C選項(xiàng)A可以“phonyfingersconcoctedfromgelatin,called'gummydummies’,

easilytrickfingerprintsystems”看出。文中指出“noonecanstealyour

irisorhand”這是一個(gè)事實(shí)，而許多專(zhuān)家不同意的只是"biometricssolvesthe

problemofidentitytheft”,因此B正確，而選項(xiàng)C是錯(cuò)誤的。

第18題：

“Thetechnologyinthesecondparagraphrefersto.

A.fingerprintsystems

B.biometrics

C.face-scanningsystems

D.gummydummies

參考答案：B

答案解析：

B第一段從指紋檢測(cè)系統(tǒng)入手，提出了生物測(cè)定學(xué)中的問(wèn)題。而且在下一句中，

作者又接著說(shuō)“Yetinsomecases,biometricscanactuallyenhanceprivacy

可見(jiàn)這里的“thetechnologyv就是指^biometrics.

第19題：

WhichofthefollowingexpressionsabouttheVisionicsCorp，sface-

scanningsystemisnottrue?

A.Ithasbeenimproved.

B.Thedatabaseofthesystemcontainsparagraphsofalimitedamount

ofpeople.

C.Ithasbeenwidelyusedinentertainmentdistricts.

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D.Itcan，treplacethelawenforcement.

參考答案：C

答案解析：

C選項(xiàng)A、B、D都可以從文章第三，第四段找到或推出，文中表明這一系統(tǒng)只是

在試用期，因此C不正確。

第20題：

Byusingthefinger-scandevicesforschoollunchlines,.

A.theschoollunchlinescanmovefaster

B.Thosewhoneedn，tpayfortheirmealsnolongergetembarrassed

C.Someparentsfeeluncomfortableaboutthedevues

D.Thefingerprintimagesofthestudentsarerecorded

參考答案：D

答案解析：

D由最后一段中“Buteventhoughthesystemdidn，tcaptureafull

fingerprintimage,butratherastripped-downdigitalversion...“口J

知選項(xiàng)D是正確的。

Onebyone,economiesaroundtheworldarestumbling.Bycutting

interestratesagainthisweek-fortheseventhtimethisyear-the

FederalReservehopesitcankeepAmericaoutofrecession.Butinan

increasingnumberofeconomies,fromJapantoTaiwantoMexicoandBrazil,

GDPinalreadyshrinking.Globalindustrialproductionfellatanannual

rateof6percentinthefirsthalfof2001.Earlyestimatessuggestthat

grossworldproduct,asawhole,mayhavecontractedinthesecondquarter,

forpossiblythefirsttimeintwodecades.Welcometothefirstglobal

recessionofthe21stcentury.

Sofar,Americaitselfhasescapedatechnicalrecession,

definedastwoquartersoffalling

GDP.ButonAugust29revisedfiguresareexpectedtoshowthat

America'sGDPgrowthinthesecondquarterwasclosetozerooreven

negative,ratherthanthe0.7percentannualrateoriginallyannounced.

WithGDPgrowingwellbelowtrendforseveralquarters,profitstumbling

andunemploymentrising,itnowsmellshorriblylikearecession.

Earlierthisyear,when[Americafirstsneezed,]theEuropean

CentralBank(alongwithmostprivate-sectoreconomists)arguedthatthe

euroareawasinsulatedfromAmerica，sslowdownandhadlittletoworry

about.Thisseemstohavebeenwrong.InGermanytherearefearsabout

recessionasbusinessinvestmentandretailsalestumble.Recentfigures

confirmedthatGermany，sGDPstagnatedinthesecondquarter.Italy，sGDP

fellinthesecondquarter,andalthoughgrowthhasheldupbetterin

FranceandSpain,thegrowthintheeuroareaasawholewasclosetozero

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inthequarter.Nobodyisforecastinganactualrecessionintheeuroarea

thisyear,butitisnolongerexpectedtoprovideanengineforworld

growth.

AsforJapan,itisprobablyalreadyinrecession.Japan'sGDP

grewslightlyinthefirstquarter.GoldmanSachsreckonsthatfigures

couldshowthatGDPfellatanannualrateofasmuchas6percentinthe

secondquarter,andthecontractionhasalmostcertainlycontinuedinto

thesecondhalfoftheyear.Persistentdeflationcontinuestobeasevere

problem.ArevisedmeasureofJapan，sconsumerpriceindex,tobe

publishedsoon,islikelytoshowthatdeflationisworsethanwhathad

beenthought.BankofJapananno