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【題目】 Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism. The minister added, “If they continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for their inaction. Because content is not taken down as quickly as they could do, we have to spend millions. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, was turning the internet into a violent space.”

Mr Wallace did not give more details about a possible terror tax, but it would probably take the form of a windfall tax. The minister also accused internet companies of putting profit before public safety.

Simon Milner, Facebook’s UK policy director, said: “Mr Wallace is wrong to say that we put profit before safety, especially in the fight against terrorism. We’ve invested millions of pounds in people and technology to identify and remove terrorist content.” YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said: “Violent extremism is a complex problem and addressing it is a critical challenge for us all. We are committed to being part of the solution and we are doing more every day to deal with these issues. “Over the course of 2017 we have made significant progress through investing in machine learning technology, recruiting more reviewers, building partnerships with experts and collaboration with other companies”.

Anthony Glees, an intelligence expert at Buckingham University, told The Times: “What the government is proposing makes excellent theoretical sense when it comes to making us more secure from the appalling things that are broadcast by the service providers.” He added: “But in practice it may not be enough, because we are dealing with Goliaths here and the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a lone David.”

【1】What do we know from Ben Wallace’s words?

A.The internet firms have been put on a terror tax.

B.The internet companies only concentrate on profit.

C.The profit of the Internet firms should be cut down.

D.The internet companies are not cooperative enough.

【2】What did “they” in the first paragraph refer to?

A.internet firmsB.internet extremism

C.violent spacesD.terror taxes

【3】Anthony Glees thought the government’s behavior was ______.

A.unpracticalB.positive

C.unexpectedD.disapproving

【4】What’s the best title of the passage?

A.Profit or Safety?

B.Policing Internet Extremism.

C.Internet Giants Threatened with Tax.

D.Demonstrating the Government’ Determination.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文�；ヂ�(lián)網(wǎng)公司應(yīng)該幫助應(yīng)對(duì)恐怖主義的威脅或面臨恐怖主義稅，否則互聯(lián)網(wǎng)巨頭面臨被征稅。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism. “Ben Wallace表示，像Facebook和谷歌這樣的暴利者未能發(fā)揮他們的作用，迫使政府花費(fèi)數(shù)億美元來監(jiān)管互聯(lián)網(wǎng)極端主義。”根據(jù)Ben Wallace 的話可知，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司不夠合作。故選D。

【2】詞義指代題。根據(jù)第一段中Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism.“安全部長表示，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司應(yīng)該幫助應(yīng)對(duì)恐怖主義威脅，否則將面臨恐怖主義稅。本華萊士表示，像Facebook和谷歌這樣的暴利者未能發(fā)揮他們的作用，迫使政府花費(fèi)數(shù)億美元來監(jiān)管互聯(lián)網(wǎng)極端主義。”由此推知下文If they continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for their inaction.“如果他們繼續(xù)不合作，我們應(yīng)該把稅收等事情視為他們不作為的一種補(bǔ)償。”中的they指的就是“Internet firms”，故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 根據(jù)最后一段中He added: “But in practice it may not be enough, because we are dealing with Goliaths here and the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a lone David.” 他補(bǔ)充道:“但在實(shí)踐中，這可能還不夠，因?yàn)槲覀兠鎸?duì)的是歌利亞，而英國正日益變成一個(gè)孤獨(dú)的大衛(wèi)。”可知，安東尼·格雷斯認(rèn)為政府的行為是不切實(shí)際的。故選A。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)整篇文章，因特網(wǎng)公司被征稅，尤其是第一段第一句Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said.“安全部長表示，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司應(yīng)該幫助應(yīng)對(duì)恐怖主義威脅，否則將面臨恐怖主義稅。”由此可知，C項(xiàng)Internet Giants Threatened with Tax.“互聯(lián)網(wǎng)巨頭被威脅要征稅。”為最佳主題。故選C。

代詞指代題要求同學(xué)們根據(jù)語境的邏輯關(guān)系、判斷畫線的人稱代詞或指示代詞在文章中指代的對(duì)象，包括考查it（指動(dòng)物，無生命的事物、特定的事件或人），they/them(指代人、物、事件的復(fù)數(shù)名詞)，he/she等人稱代詞的指代意義，以及指示代詞this，that，these，those等在文章中的指代意義。本題第2小題，根據(jù)第一段中Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism.“安全部長表示，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司應(yīng)該幫助應(yīng)對(duì)恐怖主義威脅，否則將面臨恐怖主義稅。本華萊士表示，像Facebook和谷歌這樣的暴利者未能發(fā)揮他們的作用，迫使政府花費(fèi)數(shù)億美元來監(jiān)管互聯(lián)網(wǎng)極端主義。”由此推知下文If they continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for their inaction.“如果他們繼續(xù)不合作，我們應(yīng)該把稅收等事情視為他們不作為的一種補(bǔ)償。”中的they指的就是“Internet firms”，故選A。