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12．The Streisand Effect
When Barbra Streisand found in 2003 that a photo of her California beach house was among 12，000 photos on the Internet as part of a collection by photographer Kenneth Adelman，she did what any famous person would do：hit him with a 50 million lawsuit （起訴）．But in trying to hold back the images，she caused a different outcome．Her legal actions led to almost half a million people visiting the website，viewing and copying the photos within a month．
Ever since then，the effect of letting public know something you are trying to keep secret has been called the "Streisand effect"．The problem for anyone trying to suppress information is that the Internet is the world's biggest and most efficient copying machine．Put a document on to a connected machine and many people will learn it．So when you want to be famous，you can't，but if you find yourself in the spotlight （聚光燈） and want to erase yourself，you cannot．
There are a lot of examples of the Streisand effect．Nine-year-old Martha Payne created a simple blog，posting the meals her school served．She took a photo of what was only a filling meal by anyone's standards．With the photo，she filled a comment，"Now Dad understands why I am hungry when I get home．"The thing did not go too far，until the local government banned （禁止） little Martha from doing that again．Martha posted a final post called"Goodbye"，explaining everything．Once the media found this out，things went from bad to worse for the government．Now the blog has more than 9.5million page views．Martha has even added pictures of school meals taken by other kids from all over the world，like Germany and Japan．
We can find similar examples throughout history，to be honest．Man has experienced the Streisand effect ever since the birth of mass communication．Why does it exist？Every time you are told not to see what's in the secret shiny box wrapped in gift paper，you're going to do everything in your power to do exactly that!Just realizing that knowing something about someone is harmful to their status，we will want to know that piece of information．This is exactly the human nature．This is what lawyers and governments should be familiar with．Unfortunately，a few of them fail to know it．
52．The underlined word"suppress"in Paragraph 2probably meansA．
A．cover up      
B．look through    
C．give away     
D．look for
53．What made the spread of Martha's story even faster？C
A．The photos of other kids．
B．Supporting from the school．
C．The government's order．
D．Parents'complaints．
54．What is the last paragraph mainly about？D
A．Other examples of Streisand effect．
B．The influence of Streisand effect．
C．People's opinion of Streisand effect．
D．The cause of Streisand effect．
55．What can be inferred from the passage？C
A．Streisand effect benefits most famous people．
B．It's not a good idea to argue against the government．
C．The ban on something may have opposite effect．
D．Turning to the law is a perfect way to get one out of trouble．

Answer 1

分析 本文由史翠珊效應(yīng)，9歲瑪莎佩恩創(chuàng)建的有關(guān)學(xué)校食堂的博客這兩個例子揭示人類的本性--僅僅意識到了解了一些對于別人地位不利的事情，我們?nèi)韵胍�知道更多的信息�?/p>

解答 答案：52．A  詞義猜測題．根據(jù)上下句effect of letting public know something you are trying to keep secret has been called the"Streisand effect"讓公眾知道你試圖保密的事情的效應(yīng)被稱為"史翠珊效應(yīng)"．可知keep secret意為保守、掩蓋，所以The problem for anyone trying to suppress information．是任何人試圖掩蓋信息的問題．cover up意為掩蓋，蓋�。�故選A．
53．C  細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段第二行句子The thing did not go too far，until the local government banned （禁止） little Martha from doing that again．Martha posted a final post called"Goodbye"，explaining everything．Once the media found this out，things went from bad to worse for the government．事情沒有走得太遠(yuǎn)，直到當(dāng)?shù)卣�府禁止小瑪莎再次這樣做．瑪莎張貼了最后一個名為"再見"的帖子，解釋了一切．一旦媒體發(fā)現(xiàn)這一點，政府的情況變得越來越糟．可知政府的命令使瑪莎的故事傳播得更快．故選C．
54．D   細(xì)節(jié)歸納題．根據(jù)本段內(nèi)容及其第一行句子 Man has experienced the Streisand effect ever since the birth of mass communication．Why does it exist？人類自大眾傳播誕生以來就經(jīng)歷過史翠珊效應(yīng)，它為什么存在？可知說的是史翠珊效應(yīng)的原因．故選D．
55．C  細(xì)節(jié)推理題．根據(jù)整篇文章內(nèi)容及其最后一段第二行句子Just realizing that knowing something about someone is harmful to their status，we will want to know that piece of information．This is exactly thehuman nature．This is what lawyers and authorities should be familiar with．Unfortunately，a few ofthem fail to grasp it．僅僅意識到了解了一些對于別人地位不利的事情，我們會想要知道那片信息．這完全是人類的本性．這是律師和當(dāng)局應(yīng)該很熟悉的．不幸的是，他們沒有幾個未能把握住它．可知禁止可能產(chǎn)生相反的效果．故選C．

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