2018年考研英语二模拟试卷2与答案

英语（二）模拟试题

Secti on I Use of En glish

Directions:

Read the follow ing text. Choose the best word(s) for each nu mbered bla nk and mark A, B, C

or D on ANSWER SHEET . (10 poi nts)

Facebook has been 1 with fire and has got its fin gers bur ned, aga in. On November 29th

America ' Federal Trade Commissi on (FTC) announced that it had reached a 2 settleme nt with the gia nt social n etwork over 3 that it had misled people about its use of their pers onal

data.

The details of the settleme nt make clear that Facebook, which 4 over 800m users, betrayed its users ' trust. It is also no table because it appears to be part of a broader 5 by the FTC to craft a new privacy framework to deal with the rapid 6 of social n etworks in America.

The regulator ' s findings come at 7 moment for Facebook, which is said to be preparing for an initial public offering next year that could value it at around $100 billion. To 8 the way for

its list ing, the firm first n eeds to resolve its privacy 9 with regulators in America and Europe. 10_its willi ngn ess to n egotiate the settleme nt 11 this week.

Announcing the agreement, the FTC said it had found a number of cases where Facebook had made claims that were “ unfairand deceptive, and 12 federal law ” For instanee, it _13 pers on ally ide ntifiable in formatio n to advertisers, and it failed to keep a promise to make photos and videos on deleted acco unts 14 .

The settleme nt does not 15 a n admissi on by Facebook that it has broke n the law, but it deeply

16_the company nonetheless. In a blog post published the same day, Mark Zuckerberg,

Facebook ' s boss, tried to17 the impact of the deal. First he claimed that “ a small number of high- pro ” were 18 the social network ' s “ good history ” on privacy.

The FTC is not relying on Facebook to police itself. Among other things, the company will now

have to seek consumers ' approval before it changes the way it shares their data. And it has agreed to an in depe ndent privacy audit every two years for the next 20 years.

There is a clear patter n here .In separate cases over the past couple of years the FTC has in sisted that Twitter and Google accept regular 19 audits, too, after each firm was accused of violat ing its customers ' privacy. The intent seems to be to create a regulatory regthnet is tighter than the status quo, 20 one that still gives social networks plenty of room to innovate.

1. [A] sett ing [B] playi ng [C] light ing [D] turni ng

2. [A] craft [B] docume ntary [C] trade [D] draft

3. [A] verdicts [B] allegati ons [C] rumors [D] affirmati on

4. [A] boasts [B] exaggerates [C] estimates [D] assesses

5. [A] impulse [B] in itiative [C] inno vati on [D] motion

6. [A] in crease [B] elevation [C] rise [D] appeara

nee

7. [A] in dispe nsable [B] esse ntial [C] critical [D] fun dame

ntal

8. [A] steer [B] clear [C] lay [D] remove