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3、ion. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the “great game” of espionage - spying as a “profession.” These days the Net, which has already re-made such everyday pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovans vocation as well.The last revolution isnt simply a matt
4、er of gentlemen reading other gentlemens e-mail. That kind of electronic spying has been going on for decades. In the past three or four years, the World Wide Web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying. The spooks call it “open source intelligence,” and as the Net grows, it is
5、 becoming increasingly influential. In 1995 the CIA held a contest to see who could compile the most data about Burundi. The winner, by a large margin, was a tiny 新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 考研英语冲刺阅读2Virginia company called Open-Source Solutions, whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.A
6、mong the firms making the biggest splash in the new world is Straitford, Inc., a private intelligence-analysis firm based in Austin, Texas. Straitford makes money by selling the results of spying (covering nations from Chile to Russia) to corporations like energy-services firm McDermott Internationa
7、l. Many of its predictions are available online at .Straitford president George Friedman says he sees the online world as a kind of mutually reinforcing tool for both information collection and distribution, a spymasters dream. Last week his firm was busy vacuuming up data bits from the far corners
8、of the world and predicting a crisis in Ukraine. “As soon as that report runs, well suddenly get 500 new internet sign-ups from Ukraine,” says Friedman, a former political science professor. “And well hear back from some of them.” Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be di
9、fficult to tell good information from bad. Thats where Straitford earns its keep.Friedman relies on a lean staff in Austin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firms outsider status as the key to its success. Straitfords briefs dont sound like the usual W
10、ashington 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 DonovanB remolded the intelligence servicesC restored many
11、 common pastimesD revived spying as a profession42. Donovans story is mentioned in the text to _.A introduce the topic of online spyingB show how he fought for the U.S.C give an episode of the information warD honor his unique services to the CIA43. The phrase “making the biggest splash” (line 1, pa
12、ragraph 3) most probably means _.A causing the biggest troubleB exerting the greatest effortC achieving the greatest successD enjoying the widest popularity44. It can be learned from paragraph 4 that _.新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 考研英语冲刺阅读3A Straitfords prediction about Ukraine has proved trueB Straitford guar
13、antees the truthfulness of its informationC Straitfords business is characterized by unpredictabilityD Straitford is able to provide fairly reliable information45. Straitford is most proud of its _.A official statusB nonconformist imageC efficient staffD military background参考答案：41. B 42. A 43. C 44.
14、 D 45. B2004 年考研英语试题 TEXT 1Hunting for a job late last year, lawyer Gant Redmon stumbled across CareerBuilder, a job database on the Internet. He searched it with no success but was attracted by the sites “personal search agent.” Its an interactive feature that lets visitors key in job criteria such
15、 as location, title, and salary, then E-mails them when a matching position is posted in the database. Redmon chose the keywords legal, intellectual property, and Washington, D.C. Three weeks later, he got his first notification of an opening. “I struck gold,” says Redmon, who E-mailed his resume to
16、 the employer and won a position as in-house counsel for a company.With thousands of career-related sites on the Internet, finding promising openings can be time-consuming and inefficient. Search agents reduce the need for repeated visits to the databases. But although a search agent worked for Redm
17、on, career experts see drawbacks. Narrowing your criteria, for example, may work against you: “Every time you answer a question you eliminate a possibility,” says one expert.For any job search, you should start with a narrow concept - what you think you want to do - then broaden it. “None of these p
18、rograms do that,” says another expert. “Theres no career counseling implicit in all of this.” Instead, the best strategy is to 新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 考研英语冲刺阅读4use the agent as a kind of tip service to keep abreast of jobs in a particular database; when you get E-mail, consider it a reminder to check the
19、database again. “I would not rely on agents for finding everything that is added to a database that might interest me,” says the author of a job-searching guide.Some sites design their agents to tempt job hunters to return. When CareerSites agent sends out messages to those who have signed up for it
20、s service, for example, it includes only three potential jobs - those it considers the best matches. There may be more matches in the database; job hunters will have to visit the site again to find them - and they do. “On the day after we send our messages, we see a sharp increase in our traffic,” s
21、ays Seth Peets, vice president of marketing for CareerSite.Even those who arent hunting for jobs may find search agents worthwhile. Some use them to keep a close watch on the demand for their line of work or gather information on compensation to arm themselves when negotiating for a raise. Although
22、happily employed, Redmon maintains his agent at CareerBuilder. “You always keep your eyes open,” he says. Working with a personal search agent means having another set of eyes looking out for you.41. How did Redmon find his job?A By searching openings in a job database.B By posting a matching positi
23、on in a database.C By using a special service of a database.D By E-mailing his resume to a database.42. Which of the following can be a disadvantage of search agents?A Lack of counseling.B Limited number of visits.C Lower efficiency.D Fewer successful matches.43. The expression “tip service” (Line 4
24、, Paragraph 3) most probably means _.A advisoryB compensationC interactionD reminder44. Why does CareerSites agent offer each job hunter only three job options?A To focus on better job matches.B To attract more returning visits.C To reserve space for more messages.新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 考研英语冲刺阅读5D To inc
25、rease the rate of success.45. Which of the following is true according to the text?A Personal search agents are indispensable to job-hunters.B Some sites keep E-mailing job seekers to trace their demands.C Personal search agents are also helpful to those already employed.D Some agents stop sending i
26、nformation to people once they are employed.参考答案：41. C 42. A 43. D 44. B 45. CTEXT 3When it comes to the slowing economy, Ellen Spero isnt biting her nails just yet. But the 47-year-old manicurist isnt cutting, filing or polishing as many nails as shed like to, either. Most of her clients spend $12
27、to $50 weekly, but last month two longtime customers suddenly stopped showing up. Spero blames the softening economy. “Im a good economic indicator,” she says. “I provide a service that people can do without when theyre concerned about saving some dollars.” So Spero is downscaling, shopping at middl
28、e-brow Dillards department store near her suburban Cleveland home, instead of Neiman Marcus. “I dont know if other clients are going to abandon me, too.” she says.Even before Alan Greenspans admission that Americas red-hot economy is cooling, lots of working folks had already seen signs of the slowd
29、own themselves. From car dealerships to Gap outlets, sales have been lagging for months as shoppers temper their spending. For retailers, who last year took in 24 percent of their revenue between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the cautious approach is coming at a crucial time. Already, experts say, hol
30、iday sales are off 7 percent from last years pace. But dont sound any alarms just yet. Consumers seem only mildly concerned, not panicked, and many say they remain optimistic about the economys long-term prospects, even as they do some modest belt-tightening.Consumers say theyre not in despair becau
31、se, despite the dreadful headlines, their own fortunes still feel pretty good. Home prices are holding steady in most regions. In Manhattan, “theres a new gold rush happening in the $4 million to $10 million range, predominantly fed by Wall Street bonuses,” says broker Barbara Corcoran. In San Franc
32、isco, prices are still rising even as frenzied overbidding quiets. “Instead of 20 to 30 offers, now maybe you only get two or three,” says John Tealdi, a Bay Area real-estate broker. And most folks still feel pretty comfortable about their ability to find and keep a job.Many folks see silver linings
33、 to this slowdown. Potential home buyers would cheer for lower interest rates. Employers wouldnt mind a little fewer bubbles in the job market. Many consumers seem to have been influenced by stock-market swings, 新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 考研英语冲刺阅读6which investors now view as a necessary ingredient to a susta
34、ined boom. Diners might see an upside, too. Getting a table at Manhattans hot new Alain Ducasse restaurant used to be impossible. Not anymore. For that, Greenspan by the late 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just “mental noise” - the random byproducts of the neural-repair work
35、 that goes on during sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the minds emotional thermostat, regulating moods while the brain is “off-line.” And one leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious contro
36、l, to help us sleep and feel better, “Its your dream,” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair of psychology at Chicagos Medical Center. “If you dont like it, change it.”Evidence from brain imaging supports this view. The brain is as active during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep - when most vivid dreams occu
37、r - as it is when fully awake, says Dr, Eric Nofzinger at the University of Pittsburgh. But not all parts of the brain are equally involved; the limbic system (the “emotional brain”) is especially active, while the prefrontal cortex (the center of intellect and reasoning) is relatively quiet. “We wa
38、ke up from dreams happy or depressed, and those feelings can stay with us all day.” says Stanford sleep researcher Dr. William Dement.The link between dreams and emotions shows up among the patients in Cartwrights clinic. Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing towar
39、d happier ones before awakening, suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generated during the day. Because our conscious mind is occupied with daily life we dont always think about the emotional significance of the 新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 考研英语冲刺阅读10days events - until, it appears, we be
40、gin to dream.And this process need not be left to the unconscious. Cartwright believes one can exercise conscious control over recurring bad dreams. As soon as you awaken, identify what is upsetting about the dream. Visualize how you would like it to end instead; the next time it occurs, try to wake
41、 up just enough to control its course. With much practice people can learn to, literally, do it in their sleep.At the end of the day, theres probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or “we waken up in a panic,” Cartwright says. Terrorism, economi
42、c uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased peoples anxiety. Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist. For the rest of us, the brain has its ways of working through bad feelings. Sleep - or rather dream - on it and youll feel better in the mo
43、rning.31. Researchers have come to believe that dreams _.A can be modified in their coursesB are susceptible to emotional changesC reflect our innermost desires and fearsD are a random outcome of neural repairs32. By referring to the limbic system, the author intends to show _.A its function in our
44、dreamsB the mechanism of REM sleepC the relation of dreams to emotionsD its difference from the prefrontal cortex33. The negative feelings generated during the day tend to _.A aggravate in our unconscious mindB develop into happy dreamsC persist till the time we fall asleepD show up in dreams early
45、at night34. Cartwright seems to suggest that _.A waking up in time is essential to the ridding of bad dreamsB visualizing bad dreams helps bring them under controlC dreams should be left to their natural progressionD dreaming may not entirely belong to the unconscious35. What advice might Cartwright
46、 give to those who sometimes have bad dreams?A Lead your life as usual.新东方在线 网络课堂电子教材系列 考研英语冲刺阅读11B Seek professional help.C Exercise conscious control.D Avoid anxiety in the daytime.参考答案：31. A 32. C 33. D 34. D 35. A2006 年考研英语试题TEXT 1In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an
47、 amazing machine for homogenizing people. There is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of deference” characteristic of popular culture. People are absorbed into “a culture of consumption” launched by the 19th-century department stores that offered “va
48、st arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite,” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common cultur
