2003年全国硕士研究生英语试题及参考答案

　　Friedman relies on a lean staff 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.

　　41. 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.

　　42.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.

　　43.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.

　　44.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.

　　45.Straitford is most proud of its

　　A. official status.

　　B. nonconformist image.

　　C. efficient staff.

　　D. military background.

　　答案：41—45　BACDB

　　Text 2

　　To paraphrase 18th-century statesman Edmund Burke, “all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing.”One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research. Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. Leaders of the animal rights movement target biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research. Hearing allegations of cruelty to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal.

　　For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that opposed immunizations, she wanted to know if vaccines come from animal research. When assured that they do, she replied, “Then I would have to say yes.”Asked what will happen when epidemics return, she said, “Don't worry, scientists will find some way of using computers.”Such well-meaning people just don's understand.