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The Sept. 11 attacks ______.
A．caused the U.S. economy to falter
B．worsened the U.S. economic situation
C．made housing prices soar
D．expired benefits for welfare recipients
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Charitable donations for the disadvantaged decreased because ______.
A．the U.S. economy has tumbled
B．more people donated for people affected by Sept. 11 attacks
C．more people stopped donating since they found the donations were misused
D．both A and B
Passage Two
Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
In a country that defines itself by ideals, not by shared blood, who should be allowed to come work and live here？ In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks these questions have never seemed more pressing.
On Dec. 11, 2001, as part of the effort to increase homeland security, federal and local authorities in 14 states staged “Operation Safe Travel”—raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification (身份证明). In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests. But those captured were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America. Authorities said the undocumented workers’ illegal status made them open to blackmail (讹诈) by terrorists.
Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods.
Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent. “We’re saying we want you to work in these places, we’re going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are, and then when it’s convenient for us, or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security, especially after Sept. 11, then you’re disposable. There are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons,” Anderson said.
If Sept. 11 had never happened, the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America, probably indefinitely. Ana Castro, a manager at a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop at the airport had been working 10 years with the same false Social Security card when she was arrested in the December airport raid. Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation (驱逐出境). Castro’s case is currently waiting to be settled. While she awaits the outcome, the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben & Jerry’s.
62. According to the author, the United States claims to be a nation ________.
A) composed of people having different values
B) encouraging individual pursuits
C) sharing common interests
D) founded on shared ideals
On Dec. 11, 2001, as part of the effort to increase homeland security, federal and local authorities in 14 states staged "Operation Safe Travel "--raids on airports to arrest employees with false identification(身份证明). In Salt Lake City there were 69 arrests. But those captured were anything but terrorists, most of them illegal immigrants from Central or South America. Authorities said the undocumented workers' illegal status made them open to blackmail(讹诈)by terrorists.
Many immigrants in Salt Lake City were angered by the arrests and said they felt as if they were being treated like disposable goods.
Mayor Anderson said those feelings were justified to a certain extent. "We're saying we want you to work in these places, we're going to look the other way in terms of what our laws are and then when it's convenient for us, or when we can try to make a point in terms of national security, especially after Sept. 11, then you're disposable. There are whole families being uprooted for all of the wrong reasons," Anderson said.
If Sept, 11 had never happened, the airport workers would not have been arrested and could have gone on quietly living in America, probably indefinitely. Ana Castro, a manager at a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop at the airport, had been working 10 years with the same false Social Security card when she was arrested in the December airport raid. Now she and her family are living under the threat of deportation(驱逐出境). Castro's case is currently waiting to be settled. While she awaits the outcome, the government has granted her permission to work here and she has returned to her job at Ben & Jerry's.
According to the author, the United States claims to be a nation ______.
A．composed of people having different values
B．encouraging individual pursuits
C．sharing common interests
D．founded on shared ideals
A．might have them extended without trouble.
B．would be closely watched by FBI agents.
C．might stay on for as long as they wished.
D．would live in constant fear of deportation.
A．The Canadian economy was steady.
B．The Canadian economy was affected greatly.
C．The Canadian economy contracted by 0.2 percent.
D．The Canadian economy was weak.
A suitable title for the passage would be
A．July 7th Terrorist Attack in London.
B．The war against terrorism.
C．Terrorism after Sept. 11, 2001.
D．Lessons from terrorist attack in London.
In response to the attacks, Congress quickly passed legislation that included provisions expanding rights of investigators to intercept wire, oral and electronic communications of alleged hackers and terrorists. Civil liberties groups expressed concerns over the provisions and urged caution in ensuring that efforts to protect our nation do not result in broad government authority to erode privacy rights of U. S. citizens. Nevertheless, causing further concern to civil liberties groups, the Department of Justice proposed exceptions to the attorney-client privilege. On Oct. 30, Attorney General John Ashcroft approved an interim agency rule that would permit federal prison authorities to monitor wire and electronic communications between lawyers and their clients in federal custody, including those who have been detained but not charged with any crime, whenever surveillance is deemed necessary to prevent violence or terrorism.
In light of this broadening effort to reach into communications that were previously believed to be "off-limits" , the issue of online privacy is now an even more pressing concern. Congress has taken some legislative steps toward ensuring online privacy, including the Children' s Online Privacy Protection Act, and provided privacy protections for certain sectors through legislation such as the Financial Services Modernization Act. The legislation passed to date does not, however, provide a statutory scheme for protecting general online consumer privacy. Lacking definitive federal law, some states passed their own measures. But much of this legislation is incomplete or not enforced. Moreover, it becomes unworkable when states create different privacy standards; the Internet does not know geographic boundaries, and companies and individuals cannot be expected to comply with differing, and at times conflicting, privacy rules.
An analysis earlier this year of 751 U. S. and international Web sites conducted by Consumers International found that most sites collect personal information but fail to tell consumers how that data will be used, how security is maintained and what rights consumers have over their own information.
At a minimum, Congress should pass legislation requiring Web sites to display privacy policies prominently, inform. consumers of the methods employed to collect client data, allow customers to opt out of such data collection, and provide customer access to their own data that has already been collected. Although various Internet privacy bills were introduced in the 107th Congress, the focus shifted to expanding government surveillance in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Plainly, government efforts to prevent terrorism are appropriate. Exactly how these exigent circumstances change the nature of the online privacy debate is still to be seen.
Concerning the protection of privacy and increased surveillance of communication, the author seems to insist on______.
A．the prioriy of the former action
B．the execution of the latter at the expense of the former
C．tightening both policies at the same time
D．a balance between the two actions
1 When America had an energy crisis, our leaders responded by creating the Department of Energy. When we perceived shortcomings in our schools, the Department of Education was formed. Likewise, the terrorist threat that became apparent last Sept. 11 prompted the Bush administration to propose a Department of Homeland Security. But our experience with the first two concerns raises a question: Why bother？
2 The natural impulse of elected leaders when confronted by any problem, big or small, is to do something, if only to avoid the charge of doing nothing. So even though Congress hasn't granted the president his request just yet, it's virtually inevitable that the federal government will soon have another department.
3 It's part of the ceaseless cycle of Washington: New bureaucracies come and new bureaucracies stay. A crisis may pass, but never the department it spawned. The energy and education departments haven't solved many problems, but few politicians would dream of getting rid of them.
4 Likewise with the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. If Congress approves it and more attacks take place, lawmakers can say they tried. If they refuse, though, any future terrorist atrocities will be ascribed to their inaction.
5 The only real dispute between Democrats and Republicans is over whether the new agency should be subject to the same civil service regulations as other federal departments. But everyone on Capitol Hill seems to agree on the main point, which is that the way to defeat A1 Qaeda is by pelting it with revised organizational charts.
6 The administration wants to consolidate 22 agencies under one roof, creating a huge new department with 170,000 employees and a yearly budget of $ 37. 5 billion. It argues that this will eliminate the "current confusing patchwork of government activities" and promote greater cooperation among these entities to fight terror.
7 But there is no reason to think that if the DHS had existed a year ago or five years ago, it would have prevented the Sept. 11 attacks. A July report by a House subcommittee said the government failed to uncover the plot in advance because of mistakes by three agencies: the CIA, the FBI and the National Security Agency. Each of them had information that they failed to act on. None would be part of the DHS.
8 So what's the point？ The Customs Service, Border Patrol, Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Secret Service, and Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service have numerous duties, including many that have nothing to do with foiling violent fanatics. Putting them all in the same building doesn't assure that they will perform. their tasks any better or work together any better. The military services all report to the secretary of defense, but they sometimes give the impression that their real enemies are each other.
9 Things might function better if this massive reorganization meant that some other department could be closed down. But if that were true, the change would yield a big budgetary savings. In fact, the White House only claims that spending won't actually increase.
10 Independent Institute scholar Robert Higgs, author of the landmark 1987 book, "Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government," said in a telephone interview, "Putting all these agencies together will create a very potent organization with a lot of clout in bargaining for budgets. They'll get more money than if they remained dispersed."
11 A study by the Brookings Institution says the estimate of 170,000 employees in the new department is probably understated by at least 30,000. It does not inspire optimism to hear that the president wants to add one new deputy secretary, five undersecretaries, and as many as 16 assistant secretaries.
12 But enlarging the government merely demands money, of which the American taxpayers are b
A．Because he also thinks of it as necessary.
B．Because the Congress is obedient to the President.
C．Because it is a symbol of the leaders' active response.
D．Because terrorism is hard to crack down.
In response to the attacks, Congress quickly passed legislation that included provisions expanding fights of investigators to intercept wire, oral and electronic communications of alleged hackers and terrorists. Civil liberties groups expressed concerns over the provisions and urged caution in ensuring that efforts to protect our nation do not result in broad government authority to erode privacy rights of U. S. citizens. Nevertheless, causing further concern to civil liberties groups, the Department of Justice proposed exceptions to the attorney-client privilege. On Oct. 30, Attorney General John Ashcroft approved an interim agency rule that would permit federal prison authorities to monitor wire and electronic communications between lawyers and their clients in federal custody, including those who have been detained but not charged with any crime, whenever surveillance is deemed necessary to prevent violence or terrorism.
In light of this broadening effort to reach into communications that were previously believed to be "off-limits", the issue of online privacy is now an even more pressing concern. Congress has taken some legislative steps toward ensuring online privacy, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, and provided privacy protections for certain sectors through legislation such as the Financial Services Modernization Act. The legislation passed to date does not, however, provide a statutory scheme for protecting general online consumer privacy. Lacking definitive federal law, some states passed their own measures. But much of this legislation is incomplete or not enforced. Moreover, it becomes unworkable when states create different privacy standards; the Internet does not know geographic boundaries, and companies and individuals cannot be expected to comply with differing, and at times conflicting, privacy roles.
An analysis earlier this year of 751 U.S. and international Web sites conducted by Consumers International found that most sites collect personal information but fall to tell consumers how that data will be used, how security is maintained and what rights consumers have over their own information.
At a minimum, Congress should pass legislation requiring Web sites to display privacy policies prominently, inform. consumers of the methods employed to collect client data, allow customers to opt out of such data collection, and provide customer access to their own data that has already been collected. Although various Internet privacy bills were introduced in the 107th Congress, the focus shifted to expanding government surveillance in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Plainly, government efforts to prevent terrorism are appropriate. Exactly how these exigent circumstances change the nature of the online privacy debate is still to be seen.
Concerning the protection of privacy and increased surveillance of communication, the author seems to insist on ______.
A．the priority of the former action
B．the execution of the latter at the expense of the former
C．tightening both policies at the same time
D．a balance between the two actions
The September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States have produced serious ______.
A．consequences
B．endings
C．results
D．outcome
