2025年雅思(阅读)模拟试卷27(题后含答案及解析).pdfVIP

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雅思（阅读）模拟试卷27(题后含答案及解析)

题型有：1.ReadingModule

ReadingModule(60minutes)

TheBountyHuntersAHereisadilemma.Supposeyouareacomputer

hackerandyoudiscoverabuginapieceofsoftwarethat,ifitwereknowntothebad

guys,wouldenablethemtostealmoneyorevenaperson’sidentity.Itwouldbea

featherinyourcap.Butfeathersdonotpaytherent.Sohowmightyousellyour

discoveryforthehighestprice?Askingforcashfromthecompanythatsoldthebuggy

softwareinthefirstplacesoundsabitlikeblackmail.Theimplicitthreatisthatifthe

firmdoesnotstumpup,theknowledgemightendupindisreputablehands.But,in

truth,itismainlythatpossibilitywhichgivesthebugvalueinthefirstplace.What,

then,isafairprice,andwhoistonegotiateit?BSinceeconomics,likenature,

abhorsavacuum,asmallindustryof“securitycompanies”hasemergedtoexploitthe

hackers’dilemma.Theseoutfitsbuybugsfromhackers{euphemisticallyknownas

“securityresearchers”).Theytheneithersellthemtosoftwarecompaniesaffectedby

theflaws,sometimeswithacorrectivepatch“”asasweetener,orusethemforfurther

research“”,suchaslookingformoresignificant—andthereforemorelucrative—bugs

ontheirownaccount.Suchfilmsseektoactasthirdpartiesthataretrustedbyhacker

andtargetalike;theideaitsthattheyknowthemarketandthusknowthepriceitwill

bear.COften,thoughneithersidetruststhem.Hackerscomplainthat,iftheygoto

suchcompaniestotrytoascertainwhatrepres