考研英语真题阅读理解试题及名师解析十六.docx

Wild Bill Donovan would have loved thhis firm
was busy vacuuming up data bits from the far corners of the world and
predicting a crisis in Ukraine
。“As soon as that report runs, we'll
suddenly get 500 new Internet sign-ups from Ukraine,
” says Friedman,
a former political science professor.
“ And we'll hear back from some
of them 。” Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since
it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That
’ s where
Straitford earns its keep
。
Friedman relies on a lean staff of 20 in Austin. Several of his
staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the
firm's outsider status as the key to its success. Straitford's briefs
don't
sound like
the
usual
Washington back-and-forthing,
whereby agencies avoid
dramatic declarations on the chance they might be
wrong. Straitford, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent
voice 。
21. The emergence of the Net has
[A] received support from fans like Donovan
。
[B] remolded the intelligence services.
[C] restored many common pastimes
。
[D] revived spying as a profession
。
22. Donovan's story is mentioned in the text to
[A] introduce the topic of online spying
。
[B] show how h