厦门大学2007博士研究生入学考试英语试题

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1、厦门大学2007博士研究生入学考试英语试题厦门大学2007博士研究生入学考试英语试题PartIReadingComprehension(40points)PartA(30points)Directions:Thereare3readingpassagesinthispart.Eachpassageisfollowedbysomequestionsorunfinishedstatements.ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD.Youshoulddecideonthebestchoiceand

2、markthecorrespondingletterontheANSWERSHEETwithasinglelinethroughthecenter．PassageOneQuestions1~5arebasedonthefollowingpassage：Forthelongesttime,Icouldn’tgetworkedupaboutprivacy:myrighttoit；howit’sdying；howwe’reheadedforanevenmorewired，underregulated，overinstrusive，privacy-depri

3、vedplanet．IshouldalsopointoutthatasnewsdirectorforPathfinder，TimeInc’smegainfomall，andaguywhomakeshislivingontheWeb,Iknowbetterthanmostpeoplethatwe’rehurtlingtowardanevenmoreintrusiveworld.We’reallbeingwatchedbycomputerswheneverwevisitWebsites；bythemereactof“browsing”(itsoundss

4、opassive!)we’regoingpublicinawaythatwasunimaginableadecadeago．IknowthisbecauseI’mawatchertoo．WhenpeoplecometomyWebsite，withouteverknowingtheirnames,Icanpeerovertheirshoulders，recordingwhattheylookat,timinghowlongtheystayonaparticularpage，followingthemaroundPathfinder’ssprawling

5、offerings．Noneofthiswouldbothermeintheleast，Isuspect，ifafewyearsago，myphone,likeMarley’sghost,hadn’tgivenmeaglimpseofthenightmarestocome．OnThanksgivingweekendin1995,someone(presumablyacriticofabookmywifeandIhadjustwrittenaboutcomputerhackers)forwardedmyhometelephonenumbertoanou

6、t-of-stateansweringmachine’whereunsuspectingcallerstryingtoreachmeheardamalevoiceidentifyhimselfasmeandsaysomeextremelyrudethings．Then，withtypicalhackeraplomb,thepranksteraskedpeopletoleavetheirmessages(whichtomysurprisemanyCallers,includingmymother，did)．Thiswentonforseveralday

7、suntilmywifeandIfiguredoutthatsomethingwaswrong(“Hey…whyhasn’tthephonerungsinceWednesday?”)andgotourphoneservicerestored．Itseemedfunnyatfirst，anditgaveusaswellstorytotellonourbooktour.Buttheinterloperwhoseizedourtelephonelinecontinuedtohitusevenafterthetourended.Andhitusagainan

8、dagainforthenextsixmonths：Thephonecompanyseemedpowerle