2021年天津大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)考试考前冲刺卷（7）.docx
2021年天津大学生英语竞赛(NECCS)考试考前冲刺卷（7）本卷共分为2大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。一、单项选择题（共25题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.Why does BBC Trust support Radio ls decision to cut down the song Ding DongAIt is highly political and anti-society.BIt has given rise to many complaints among the British people.CIts surprise chart entry has caused anti-Thatcher feelings.DIt is too old and it has been broadcasted over and over again. 2._ is the first writer in America to win the Nobel Prize in literature.AEugene ONeillBSaul BellowCErnest HemingwayDSinclair Lewis 3.The Romans led by Jules Caesar launched their first invasion on Britain in _.A200B.CB55B.CC55A.DD410A.D 4.Conversation TwoWhat is the hosts suggestion at the end of the conversationAThe bus company provide a new timetable as soon as possible.BPassengers keep the bus clean.CFare increases be controlled.DThe bus company and passengers exchange ideas occasionally. 5.The British flag, the Union Jack, combines the flags of _.ASt Georges Cross and St Patricks CrossBSt Georges Cross and St Andrews CrossCSt Georges Cross, St Patricks Cross and St Andrews CrossDSt Patricks Cross, St Andrews Cross and the Dragon of Cadwallader 6.Whats the main idea of the newsAThe retirement saving schemes have benefited millions of UK workers.BThe retirement saving schemes will be reformed.CThe retirement saving schemes have just got started.DThe retirement saving schemes are being questioned. 7.The highest mountain in the U. S. is _.AMount ZionBMckinleyCBen NevisDMount Rushmore 8.Conversation TwoHow many complaints has Mrs Higgins madeAThree.BFour.CFive.DSix. 9.Section B Were in the midst of a global interconnection that is expected to have consequences at least as profound. What would happen if all the information stored on the worlds computers were accessible via the Internet to anyone Ask Dr. Denise Nagel, executive director of the National Coalition for Patient Rights, about medical privacy. "Small-scale privacy atrocities take place every day. The technology is getting ahead of our ethics," says Nagel. (61) Then, even more than today, the citizenry instinctively loathed the computer and its injunctions against folding, spindling, and mutilating. The public rebelled, and Congress took up the question of how much the government and private companies should be permitted to know about us. (62) The first Fair Credit Reporting Act, passed in 1970, overhauled what had once been a secret, unregulated industry with no provisions for due process. The new law gave consumers the right to know what was in their credit files and to demand corrections. Other financial and health privacy acts followed, although to this day no federal law protects the confidentiality of medical records. The public and private sectors took two very different approaches. Congress passed legislation requiring that the government tell citizens what records it keeps on them while insisting that the information itself not be released unless required by law. The private sector responded by letting each industry-credit-card companies, banking, insurance, marketing, advertising-create its own guidelines. (63) In the old days, information stored in government databases was relatively inaccessible. Now, however, with PCs on every desktop linked to office networks and then to the Internet, data that were once carefully hidden may be only a few keystrokes away. Kevin Kelly, executive editor of Wired magazine, says: "We think that privacy is about information, but its not-its about relationships." There was no privacy in the traditional village or small town; everyone knew everyone elses secrets. And that was comfortable. "Whats gone out of whack is we dont know who knows about us anymore. Privacy has become asymmetrical." (64) And not surprisingly, he and others points out that what technology has taken, technology can restore. The idea is to allow computer users to decide how much information they want to reveal while limiting their exposure to intrusive marketing techniques. Website entrepreneurs learn about their customers tastes without intruding on their privacy. (65) Many office electronic-mail systems warn users that the employer reserves the right to monitor their e-mail. "Technology has outpaced law," says Marc Rotenberg, director of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center. Rotenberg advocates protecting the privacy of e-mail by encrypting it with secret codes so powerful that even the National Security Agencys supercomputers would have a hard time cracking it. Such codes are legal within the United States but cannot be used abroadwhere terrorists might use them to protect their secrets-without violating U. S. export laws. Rotenberg thinks we need a new government agency-a privacy agencyto sort out the issues. "We need new legal protections," he says, "to enforce the privacy act, and to act on behalf of privacy interests." Wireds Kelly disagrees. "A federal privacy agency would be disastrous! The answer to the whole privacy question is more knowledge," he says. "More knowledge about whos watching you. More knowledge about the information that flows between us." A. But worse things may already be happening. B. Our culture is undergoing a kind of mass identity crisis, trying to hang on to a sense of privacy and intimacy in a global village of tens of millions. C. The result was a flurry of new legislation that clarified and defined consumer and citizen rights. D. That approach worked-to a point, when mainframes started giving way to desktop computers. E. Many online consumers, however, are skittish about leaving any footprints in cyberspace. F. It all started in the 1950s, when the US government began entering records on big mainframe computers, using nine-digit identification numbers as data points. G. The trick, says Kelly, is too restore that balance. 10.What is the publics reaction to the air pollutionAThey are angry at its serious impact.BThey have become used to it.CThey are afraid it may cause serious disease.DThey behave rationally and quietly. 11.Conversation TwoWhich one below is correctATaking a bus is still much cheaper than travelling by taxi.BMrs Higgins has never taken a bus which is on time.CThe bus company makes a big profit and cares little about its service.DMrs Higgins is optimistic about the improvement of the bus service. 12.Section B Were in the midst of a global interconnection that is expected to have consequences at least as profound. What would happen if all the information stored on the worlds computers were accessible via the Internet to anyone Ask Dr. Denise Nagel, executive director of the National Coalition for Patient Rights, about medical privacy. "Small-scale privacy atrocities take place every day. The technology is getting ahead of our ethics," says Nagel. (61) Then, even more than today, the citizenry instinctively loathed the computer and its injunctions against folding, spindling, and mutilating. The public rebelled, and Congress took up the question of how much the government and private companies should be permitted to know about us. (62) The first Fair Credit Reporting Act, passed in 1970, overhauled what had once been a secret, unregulated industry with no provisions for due process. The new law gave consumers the right to know what was in their credit files and to demand corrections. Other financial and health privacy acts followed, although to this day no federal law protects the confidentiality of medical records. The public and private sectors took two very different approaches. Congress passed legislation requiring that the government tell citizens what records it keeps on them while insisting that the information itself not be released unless required by law. The private sector responded by letting each industry-credit-card companies, banking, insurance, marketing, advertising-create its own guidelines. (63) In the old days, information stored in government databases was relatively inaccessible. Now, however, with PCs on every desktop linked to office networks and then to the Internet, data that were once carefully hidden may be only a few keystrokes away. Kevin Kelly, executive editor of Wired magazine, says: "We think that privacy is about information, but its not-its about relationships." There was no privacy in the traditional village or small town; everyone knew everyone elses secrets. And that was comfortable. "Whats gone out of whack is we dont know who knows about us anymore. Privacy has become asymmetrical." (64) And not surprisingly, he and others points out that what technology has taken, technology can restore. The idea is to allow computer users to decide how much information they want to reveal while limiting their exposure to intrusive marketing techniques. Website entrepreneurs learn about their customers tastes without intruding on their privacy. (65) Many office electronic-mail systems warn users that the employer reserves the right to monitor their e-mail. "Technology has outpaced law," says Marc Rotenberg, director of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center. Rotenberg advocates protecting the privacy of e-mail by encrypting it with secret codes so powerful that even the National Security Agencys supercomputers would have a hard time cracking it. Such codes are legal within the United States but cannot be used abroadwhere terrorists might use them to protect their secrets-without violating U. S. export laws. Rotenberg thinks we need a new government agency-a privacy agencyto sort out the issues. "We need new legal protections," he says, "to enforce the privacy act, and to act on behalf of privacy interests." Wireds Kelly disagrees. "A federal privacy agency would be disastrous! The answer to the whole privacy question is more knowledge," he says. "More knowledge about whos watching you. More knowledge about the information that flows between us." A. But worse things may already be happening. B. Our culture is undergoing a kind of mass identity crisis, trying to hang on to a sense of privacy and intimacy in a global village of tens of millions. C. The result was a flurry of new legislation that clarified and defined consumer and citizen rights. D. That approach worked-to a point, when mainframes started giving way to desktop computers. E. Many online consumers, however, are skittish about leaving any footprints in cyberspace. F. It all started in the 1950s, when the US government began entering records on big mainframe computers, using nine-digit identification numbers as data points. G. The trick, says Kelly, is too restore that balance. 13.Section B Were in the midst of a global interconnection that is expected to have consequences at least as profound. What would happen if all the information stored on the worlds computers were accessible via the Internet to anyone Ask Dr. Denise Nagel, executive director of the National Coalition for Patient Rights, about medical privacy. "Small-scale privacy atrocities take place every day. The technology is getting ahead of our ethics," says Nagel. (61) Then, even more than today, the citizenry instinctively loathed the computer and its injunctions against folding, spindling, and mutilating. The public rebelled, and Congress took up the question of how much the government and private companies should be permitted to know about us. (62) The first Fair Credit Reporting Act, passed in 1970, overhauled what had once been a secret, unregulated industry with no provisions for due process. The new law gave consumers the right to know what was in their credit files and to demand corrections. Other financial and health privacy acts followed, although to this day no federal law protects the confidentiality of medical records. The public and private sectors took two very different approaches. Congress passed legislation requiring that the government tell citizens what records it keeps on them while insisting that the information itself not be released unless required by law. The private sector responded by letting each industry-credit-card companies, banking, insurance, marketing, advertising-create its own guidelines. (63) In the old days, information stored in government databases was relatively inaccessible. Now, however, with PCs on every desktop linked to office networks and then to the Internet, data that were once carefully hidden may be only a few keystrokes away. Kevin Kelly, executive editor of Wired magazine, says: "We think that privacy is about information, but its not-its about relationships." There was no privacy in the traditional village or small town; everyone knew everyone elses secrets. And that was comfortable. "Whats gone out of whack is we dont know who knows about us anymore. Privacy has become asymmetrical." (64) And not surprisingly, he and others points out that what technology has taken, technology can restore. The idea is to allow computer users to decide how much information they want to reveal while limiting their exposure to intrusive marketing techniques. Website entrepreneurs learn about their customers tastes without intruding on their privacy. (65) Many office electronic-mail systems warn users that the employer reserves the right to monitor their e-mail. "Technology has outpaced law," says Marc Rotenberg, director of the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center. Rotenberg advocates protecting the privacy of e-mail by encrypting it with secret codes so powerful that even the National Security Agencys supercomputers would have a hard time cracking it. Such codes are legal within the United States but cannot be used abroadwhere terrorists might use them to protect their secrets-without violating U. S. export laws. Rotenberg thinks we need a new government agency-a privacy agencyto sort out the issues. "We need new legal protections," he says, "to enforce the privacy act, and to act on behalf of privacy interests." Wireds Kelly disagrees. "A federal privacy agency would be disastrous! The answer to the whole privacy question is more knowledge," he says. "More knowledge about whos watching you. More knowledge about the information that flows between us." A. But worse things may already be happening. B. 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