2011年考研英语二真题及答案.pdf

2011 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语二试题 Section I UseofEnglish Directions： Read the following tex t. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered black and mark A,B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10points) The Internet affords anonymity to itsusers— ablessing toprivacy and freedom of speech.But that very anonymity is alsobehindtheexplosion ofcyber-crimethathas___1___ acrosstheWeb. Canprivacybepreserved___2___bringing safety and security to aworldthat seemsincreasingly___3___ ? Last month, Howard Schmidt, the nations cyber-czar, offered the federal government a ___4___ to make the Web a saferplace— a “voluntary trustedidentity” system thatwouldbethehigh-tech___5___ of aphysicalkey, a fingerprint and a photo ID card, all rolled ___6___ one. The system might use a smart identity card, or a digital credential ___7___ to a specificcomputer,andwouldauthenticateusersat arange ofonline services. The idea is to___8___ a federation ofprivate online identity systems.User could___9___ which system tojoin,and only registered users whose identities have been authenticated could navigate those systems. The approach contrasts with onethatwouldrequirean Internet driverslicense___10___ bythegovernment. Google and Microsoft are among companiesthat already have these “single sign-on” systems that make it possible for usersto___11___just oncebutusemany different services. ___12___, the approach would create a “walled garden” in cyberspace, with safe “neighborhoods” and bright “streetlights”to establish a senseofa___13___ community. Mr. Schmidt described it as a “voluntary ecosystem” in which “individuals and organizations can complete online transactionswith ___14___ ,trusting the identities of each other andthe identities ofthe infrastructure___15___ which the transactionruns”. Still,the administrationsplanhas___16___ priva