At an office in Virginia，in the east of the United States，a team of ten net savvy workers

　　scours the web for sexual content，from basic sex education to sex acts.This“quality assurance‘’team is making sure that the blocking component of Symantec‘s Norton Internet Security 2000 computer program remains effective.This is because there is widespread parental concern about blocking websites with sexual content from children.

　　Website blocking is nothing new——services like Net Nanny and programs like Cyber Patrol and Guard Dog have been around for a few years now，protecting children and reassuring parents that only wholesome websites are accessed by the youngsters.Net Nanny and Cyber Patrol will prevent access to any questionable sites when the program is in place.

　　Now Symantec says it has created a new category in consumer software with a package that combines website blocking with a“firewall”，protecting your computer from hackers，snoopers and viruses，as well as preventing inadvertent disclosure of personal data.

　　In short，Norton Internet Security(NIS)，as the program is called，is designed to serve as the guardian of your digital health，keeping the bad things out and the private things in.

　　The Symantec program can be configured in many ways，the website blocking，for example，can be set to be either selectively permissive or total in its banning of websites，or switched off entirely.Also，Symantec‘s list of no-go areas，which on the CD now stand at around 36，000 addresses，is not confined to sex sites.The team in Virginia is also on the lookout for sites advocating drugs，or which contain references to violence or gambling，and keeps a watch on chat rooms，e—mail services，entertainment portals——even job search and financial pages.These sites can be blocked by the program.

　　Computer users can also refresh the address list online wim the Live Update feature which is used by Norton Anti—Virus(which is bundled with NIS)to load the latest virus definitions.This service is free for the first year but，including virus definition updates，it costs$1 9.95 a year thereafter.

　　The system is not perfect，however.Limited testing found the blocking of some “questionable” sites was not comprehensive.Trying to get access to a well—known US site such as Playboy results in an immediate blocking message with a standard invitation to report an “incorrectly categorized”site.By contrast.you could find in other countries such as New Zealand a sex site.

　　1.Which of the following statements can be inferred from paragraph 1 7

　　[A] The net savvy workers are interested in searching the web for sexual content.

　　[B]The parents hope the blocking component of Norton Interact Security remains effective.

　　[C]The parents all over the world do not want the sexual websites to be blocked.

　　[D]The parents all over the world concern that their children will be harmed by the sexual websites.

　　2.The word“wholesome”(Line 3.Para.2)probably means .

　　[A]healthy [B]thorough [C]complete [D]perfect

　　3.According to the text，NIS is designed to——。

　　[A]make profit for Symantec

　　[B] permit any other people sharing your personal data

　　[C] prevent you from accessing any questionable sites

　　[D] protect personal data from carelessly disclosure

　　4.Which of the following statement is correct according to the passage?

　　[A] Both the program and virus update are free.

　　[B]The NIS program is free，but you should pay$19.95 per year for the virus update.

　　[C]The program can refresh the address list online with the Live Update function.

　　[D] Computer users should pay$1 9.95 every year the time they begin to use the program.

　　5.By saying“the blocking of some questionable sites was not comprehensive”，the author means

　　_____.

　　[A] ‘Playboy“ should be included in the list of no—go areas

　　[B] NIS is not effective in other countries at all

　　[C] all the websites in New Zealand should be included in the list

　　[D]some questionable websites are not included in the list of no-go areas

　　核心詞匯

　　Switch vt.開(kāi)關(guān)(電器設(shè)備);轉(zhuǎn)換，轉(zhuǎn)變 reference n.涉及 bundle v.捆扎

　　virus n.病毒

　　難句點(diǎn)津

　　Trying to get access to a well—known US site such as Playboy results in an immediate blocking message with a standard invitation to report an“incorrectly categorized”site.

　　[點(diǎn)津]句子的主語(yǔ)是一個(gè)動(dòng)名詞短語(yǔ)trying to get access to…，謂語(yǔ)是results in，賓語(yǔ)是

　　message，with引導(dǎo)的介詞短語(yǔ)作定語(yǔ)修飾message，其中to report an…是invitation的定語(yǔ)。

　　文章翻譯

　　美國(guó)東部弗吉尼亞州漢普頓的一個(gè)辦公室里，10名精通網(wǎng)絡(luò)的工作人員組成的小組正在搜索網(wǎng)絡(luò)上從基礎(chǔ)性教育到性行為等有關(guān)性的內(nèi)容。這個(gè)“質(zhì)量保證”小組正在確保賽門鐵克公司“諾頓網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全特警2000”的封鎖還是有效的。這是因?yàn)楸姸喔改赶Ｍ�屏蔽帶有色情�?nèi)容的網(wǎng)站以使孩子免受不良內(nèi)容的影響。

　　網(wǎng)站屏蔽并不新鮮?像“網(wǎng)絡(luò)保姆”這類服務(wù)和“網(wǎng)絡(luò)巡警”、‘’看門狗‘’這些程序至今已運(yùn)行了好幾年。這些服務(wù)和程序保護(hù)孩子，也使家長(zhǎng)放心，因?yàn)槟贻p人只能接觸到健康的網(wǎng)站。當(dāng)“網(wǎng)絡(luò)保姆”和“網(wǎng)絡(luò)巡警”運(yùn)行時(shí)，可以阻止進(jìn)入任何存在問(wèn)題的網(wǎng)站。

　　現(xiàn)在，賽門鐵克公司聲稱自己已經(jīng)開(kāi)發(fā)出了一種供用戶使用的新程序，這種程序可以將網(wǎng)站屏蔽系統(tǒng)與防火墻結(jié)合起來(lái)，保護(hù)電腦免受黑客、偷窺者和病毒的襲擊，同時(shí)也可防止無(wú)意中泄露個(gè)人信息。

　　總之，“諾頓網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全特警”名如其實(shí)，它被設(shè)計(jì)成數(shù)字健康的衛(wèi)士，保護(hù)你的隱私，將不好的東西排除在外。

　　賽門鐵克的程序可以被設(shè)定為多種形式，以網(wǎng)站屏蔽為例，可以設(shè)置成部分屏蔽也可設(shè)置成全部屏蔽，或者完全將其關(guān)閉。另外，賽門鐵克程序光盤上列出的禁入網(wǎng)站已多達(dá)3萬(wàn)6 千個(gè)，不只局限于色情網(wǎng)站。維吉尼亞的工作小組還在關(guān)注那些宣傳毒品，或是包含暴力、賭博內(nèi)容的網(wǎng)站。同時(shí)也監(jiān)視聊天室、郵件服務(wù)、娛樂(lè)端口，甚至是工作搜索網(wǎng)站和財(cái)務(wù)方面的網(wǎng)頁(yè)，這些網(wǎng)站都可以被該程序屏蔽。

　　計(jì)算機(jī)用戶還可以用“諾頓防毒”程序(“諾頓網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全特警‘’附帶的)的”即時(shí)更新‘’功能在線刷新“禁入網(wǎng)站”名單，下載最新的病毒定義。這些服務(wù)在第一年是免費(fèi)的，但之后包括對(duì)病毒定義的升級(jí)在內(nèi)，每年要花費(fèi)19.95美元。

　　但是這種系統(tǒng)并不盡善盡美。有限的幾次測(cè)試就發(fā)現(xiàn)對(duì)“有問(wèn)題的‘’網(wǎng)站的屏蔽并不全面。比如，想要進(jìn)入美國(guó)的知名網(wǎng)站，如”花花公子“，結(jié)果就會(huì)馬上出現(xiàn)一條屏蔽信息，報(bào)告這是個(gè)”錯(cuò)誤分類“的網(wǎng)站。相反，你可以找到其他國(guó)家的色情網(wǎng)站，比如新西蘭的。

　　答案解析

　　1.D推斷題。文章第一段提到，質(zhì)量保證小組正努力確保賽門鐵克公司的計(jì)算機(jī)程序有效工作，因?yàn)槭澜绺鞯氐母改付缄P(guān)心色情網(wǎng)站的屏蔽，以免讓孩子接觸到這類網(wǎng)站。由此推斷，家長(zhǎng)擔(dān)心孩子受到色情網(wǎng)站的毒害，故選D.選項(xiàng)B的內(nèi)容在文中的確提到，但這并非本段的重點(diǎn)，故不選。

　　2.A語(yǔ)義題。由題干關(guān)鍵詞wholesome定位第二段。該段提到，網(wǎng)站屏蔽可以保護(hù)孩子，也使家長(zhǎng)放心，因?yàn)槟贻p人只能接觸到——網(wǎng)站。上文提到家長(zhǎng)關(guān)心一些不良網(wǎng)站的屏蔽，這里能使冢長(zhǎng)放心，說(shuō)明年輕人瀏覽的應(yīng)為內(nèi)容健康的網(wǎng)站，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)A(健康的)、B(徹底的)、C(完全的)和D(完美的)可知，正確答案應(yīng)為A.

　　3.D推斷題。由題干關(guān)鍵詞NIS定位文章第四段。該段首句的“總之”一詞表明是對(duì)上段的總結(jié)。即第三段開(kāi)始對(duì)這種新程序進(jìn)行描述：它可以將網(wǎng)站屏蔽系統(tǒng)與防火墻結(jié)合起來(lái)，保護(hù)電腦免受黑客、偷窺者和病毒的襲擊，同時(shí)也可防止無(wú)意中泄露個(gè)人信息。第四段則總結(jié)：“諾頓網(wǎng)絡(luò)安全特警”被設(shè)計(jì)成數(shù)字健康的衛(wèi)士，保護(hù)你的隱私……，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知應(yīng)選D.其余三項(xiàng)A(為Symantec公司盈利)文中并未提到，B(允許其他人共享你的個(gè)人資料)與文意相悖。C(阻止你登錄任何可疑的網(wǎng)站)說(shuō)法過(guò)于絕對(duì)。

　　4.c推斷題。由選項(xiàng)可知，本題內(nèi)容涉及NIs program.文章第六段提到，計(jì)算機(jī)用戶還可以用“諾頓防毒”程序的“即時(shí)更新”功能在線刷新“禁入網(wǎng)站”名單，下載最新的病毒定義，這些服務(wù)第一年是免費(fèi)的，以后每年付19.95美元，排除A和D.文章之前還提到了該程序的功能：可以屏蔽內(nèi)容不健康的網(wǎng)站，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知應(yīng)選C.選項(xiàng)B以偏概全，文中提到包括對(duì)病毒定義的升級(jí)在內(nèi)，每年要花費(fèi)19.95美元，而不是說(shuō)僅病毒定義就需要19.95美元。

　　5.D語(yǔ)義題。文章最后提到，系統(tǒng)并非盡善盡美，“花花公子”網(wǎng)站被屏蔽了，但卻沒(méi)能屏蔽新西蘭的色情網(wǎng)站，由此推斷，D正確。A(“花花公子”應(yīng)該被包括在禁止網(wǎng)站的名單內(nèi))并非作者說(shuō)這句話的重點(diǎn)，應(yīng)排除;B(NIS在其他國(guó)家根本不奏效)、c(新西蘭所有的網(wǎng)站都應(yīng)該包括在禁止網(wǎng)站的名單內(nèi))兩項(xiàng)過(guò)于武斷，應(yīng)排除。

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