Passage ３.

Hillary Rodham Clinton released the first television spot of her Senate campaign this morning, a 30-second commercial that will begin airing statewide on Thursday. The spot, titled “First”, uses numerous still photos to highlight landmarks in Mrs. Clinton’s career, while the voiceover says she is “more than a first lady.”

There is no mention of Mrs. Clinton’s rival for New York’s Senate seat, New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said the ad was “positive” and “biographical”, instead of focusing on the first lady’s opponent.

Mrs. Clinton has previously aired radio ads, but has generally stayed with a strategy of making extensive campaign appearances instead of using television spots, while Giuliani has already run statewide TV ads.

Text of Hillary Commercial:

First she became a lawyer, named one of the top hudred in America.

Her first cause was children, fighting abuse and chairing the board of the Children’s Defense Fund.

Her first priority was public schools, helping to establish teacher testing.

More than a first lady. For 30 years, she’s fought for children and families.

As New York’s senator, she’ll fight for better schools and heath care for children.

Hillary. Put her to work for all of us.

1. What does the word “air” in the first sentence mean?

A. dry B. express. C. breathe. d. broadcast.

答案： Ｄ

考点： 该题是一个词汇题．

解析： 本题提问的是第一段中的＂air＂是什么意思．由这句话我们可以得知，希拉里今天早晨发表了她竞选纽约议员的电视宣传；为时30分钟的电视宣传将于星期二开始进行全国播放．由该句的意思我们可以猜出＂air＂的意思是＂播放＂．所以答案为Ｄ．

2. What does “more than first lady in the first paragraph suggest?

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A. Hillary is not a first lady.

B. Hillary does much more than what a first lady is expected to do. C. There are more women in America who does better than Hillary does. D. Hillary is doing better than her husband.

答案： Ｂ

考点： 这是一个理解判断题．

解析： 本题提问的是第一段里＂more than first lady＂是什么意思．在世界各地，第一夫人作为国家元首的妻子，是一国之母，也的形象一般是一个帮助总统处理好家务，并且进行一些妇女活动和慈善事业，借此来提高元首的形象．但是，希拉里作为第一夫人，她所做的超出了第一夫人的职责．她不但在社会活动中经常露脸，而且直接参与政事，开始竞选起议员来了．所以，选项Ｂ应该是该题答案．

3. Which of the following statement is true regarding the Senator campaign according the passage?

A. Hillary has appeared on TV shot for numerous times. B. Hillary rarely makes her public appearance. C. Giuliani has made TV advertisement for himself. D. Hillary has a bigger chance to win the campaign.

答案： Ｃ

考点： 这是一个对原文事实的理解题．

解析： 本题提问的是对此参议院竞选，以下哪一个说法是正确的．文章的第四段告诉我们，希拉里以前曾经在广播上作过宣传；与她不同的是，giuliani已作过全国电视宣传．由该段可知，选项Ｃ是正确答案．从文章的第一句话我们可以得知．这是希拉里第上次在电视上为自己作宣传，所以，选项Ａ和Ｂ不符合原文；此次议员竞选，花落谁手尚未见分明，所以，选项Ｄ也不能入选．

4. Hillary’s campaign focuses on all the following except ____.

A. children’s health care. B. school education for children. C. combating child abuse. D. family planning policy.

答案： Ｄ

考点： 这是一个对原文细节的分析判断题．

解析： 本题提问的是以下哪一个不是希拉里的竞选重点．希拉里的竞选广告在文章的最后几段里：它的重点是学校教育；作者评论道，在过去的30年里，希拉里一直都在为儿童和家庭幸福斗争．将来当了纽约的参议员，她会为孩子们的良好教育和健康保险而努力；由此我们可以得知，选项Ａ（儿童健康保险），Ｂ（儿童的学校教育）和Ｃ（打击虐待儿童现象）都是她的竞选重点，只有选项Ｄ（计划生育政策）与原文不合，所以Ｄ是本题答案．

5. Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?

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A. First Lady’s Senator Campaign. B. Hillary’s TV Advertisement.

C. A Rivalry for New York’s Senate Seat. D. The Focuses of Hillary Campaign.

答案： Ａ

考点： 该题是一个主旨题，考的是文章的题目应该是哪一个．

解析： 本文从第一夫人希拉里克林顿为其入选纽约参议员拉开序幕讲起，对目前的竞选状况作了一个大概介绍，并且对希拉里的竞选内容作了一个介绍，同时，作者表达他自己的观点；整篇文章以介绍她的竞选情况为主，所以，选项Ａ（第一夫人竞选参议员）用以概括全文最为全面，为正确答案．

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The latest version of the “Love Bug” computer virus failed to cause nearly as much harm as its predecessor because companies remained on alert.

The new virus, dubed “NewLove”, slowly spread across the world over the past two days, infecting thousands of computers.

But the damage caused didn’t approach that caused by the first version, which infected millions of computers around the world two weeks ago and caused more than ＄10 billion in damages.

Because awareness was heightened by the Love Bug, network administrators responded much more quickly to NewLove and stymied it before it got out of control.

“In this perspective, Love Bug was a very positive wakeup call,” said Gene Hodges at security company Network Associates Inc, in Santa Clara, Calif.

“NewLove” is similar in form to the Love Bug, but it’s much more destructive. The virus appears as an attachment to an e-mail whose subject begins with “FW:” If a user clicks on the attachment’s scroll-like icon, every file on their hard drive is destroyed.

“Basically, it’s going to traxh your machine,” said Eric Chien, chief researcher at Symantec’s antivirus lab in the Netherlands.

The Love Bug only killed a small set of files, including graphics files. The new virus even wipes out the Windows cooperating system.

1. Which of following is not true in relation to “love B”?

A. It is a computer virus. B. It kills files in a computer.

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C. It appears as an attachment to an e-mail whose subject begins with”FW:”. D. It was more harmfull to the computer world than “NewLove” virus.

答案： Ｃ

考点： 该题是一个询问题，考的是对＂爱虫＂病毒的理解．

解析： 本题提问的是就＂爱虫＂病毒而言，以下哪一个不正确．从文章的第一句话我们可以得知，最近，计算机病毒＂爱虫＂的一种新形式带给全球的危害不像先前的＂爱虫＂那么严重，因为各个公司已经有所提防．全文最后一段告诉我们，＂爱虫＂病毒只毁坏一小部分文件，包括一些图表文件，但是，＂新欢＂病毒则会破坏整个计算机系统．由此可见，选项Ａ，Ｂ和Ｄ都是正确；而选项Ｃ是＂新欢＂所为，并不是＂爱虫＂所为．这一点明确陈述在第六段的第二句中，所以答案为Ｃ．

2. What does the word “stymie”(in the sentence “network administerators responded％and stymied it before it got out of control”) mean?

A. obstruct. B. get rid of . C. switch D. be frightened.

答案： Ａ

考点： 这是一个词汇题，考的是对单词＂stymie＂的理解．

解析： 本题提问的是＂stymie＂为何义；该词出现在第四段中．它所在的句子的意思是：由于：＂爱虫＂提高了人们的警惕，所以，网络管理员这次反应非常快，及时制止了＂＂的蔓延．由此可见，本题的答案应该是Ａ（阻止，制止）．

3. What does the “NewLove” bug basically do?

A. It sends some bugs into your computer. B. It destroys your computer.

C. It shows tenderness to your computer. D. It saves the files in your computer.

答案： Ｂ

考点： 这是一个细节判断题，考的是＂新欢＂根本上来说是干什么的．

解析： 本题的答案在原文第七段中直接陈述．在该段中，荷兰Symantec抗病毒实验室主要研究人员Eric Chien说道，＂根本上来说，它将毁坏你的机器＂．因此，答案是Ｂ．

4. “NiwLove” ____.

A. was blocked before it went out of control. B. destroys Windows operating system. C. kills files in computers. D. all the above.

答案： Ｄ

考点： 这是一个理解判断题，考的是对单词＂新欢＂的理解．

解析： 从第四段的最后一句话我们可以得知，因为有了上次＂爱虫＂的教训网络管理员这次反应非常快，

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及制止了＂新欢＂的蔓延．所以选项Ａ是正确的．再从文章的最后一段中来看，我们可以知道，该＂新欢＂病毒不但毁坏计算机文件，而且会破坏整个计算机操作系统，所以选项Ｂ和Ｃ也是正确的，由此可见，Ｄ为本题的答案．

5. If you are a computer user, you should ____in time of “NewLove”.

A. open your e-mail whose subject begins with whatever letter. B. keep your computer off all the time. C. scrutinize e-mail attachments closely. D. stop surfing the Internet.

答案： Ｃ

考点： 该题是一个判断分析题，考的是如果你是一个计算机使用者，在＂新欢＂发作之际，你将会怎么办．

解析： 本题所给的四个答案分别为：Ａ（打开以任何字母为主题的电子邮件），Ｂ（不要打开计算机），Ｃ（认真检查电子邮件附件）和Ｄ（停止上网）．从文章第六段的第二句我们可以得知，＂新欢＂病毒以电子邮件附件的形式出现，且邮件的主题是以＂ＦＭ＂的邮件，我们的计算机就不会染上病毒．所以，本题的答案应该是：Ｃ，另外Ａ，Ｂ，Ｄ都没有必要，也是不可行的，所以，都不能入选．

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