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【文章內容簡介】 udents39。 ambition to succeed EXCEPT ________.(A) stimulating them to build up selfconfidence(B) cultivating the attitude of risk taking(C) enlarging the areas for children to succeed(D) making them understand their family crisis3. What is the message that peer pressure conveys to children?(A) A sudden lack of motivation is attributed to the student39。s failure.(B) Book knowledge is not as important as practical experience.(C) Looking smart is more important for young people at school.(D) To achieve academic excellence should not be treated as the top priority.4. The word malleable in the clause that their intelligence is malleable, () most probably means capable of being ________.(A) altered and developed(B) blocked and impaired(C) sharpened and advanced(D) replaced and transplanted5. The expression to disabuse them of the notion () can be paraphrased as ________.(A) to free them of the idea(B) to help them understand the idea(C) to imbue them with the notion(D) to inform them of the conceptQuestions 610Civilliberties advocates reeling from the recent revelations on surveillance had something else to worry about last week: the privacy of the billions of search queries made on sites like Google, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft. As part of a longrunning court case, the government has asked those panies to turn over information on its users39。 search behavior. All but Google have handed over data, and now the Department of Justice has moved to pel the search giant to turn over the goods. What makes this case different is that the intended use of the information is not related to national security, but the government39。s continuing attempt to police Internet pornography. In 1998, Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), but courts have blocked its implementation due to First Amendment concerns. In its appeal, the DOJ wants to prove how easy it is to inadvertently stumble upon pore. In order to conduct a controlled experimentto be performed by a UC Berkeley professor of statisticsthe DOJ wants to use a large sample of actual search terms from the different search engines. It would then use those terms to do its own searches, employing the different kinds of filters each search engine offers, in an attempt to quantify how often material that is harmful to minors might appear. Google contends that since it is not a party to the case, the government has not right to demand its proprietary information to perform its test. We intend to resist their motion vigorously, said Google attorney Nicole Wong.DOJ spokesperson Charles Miller says that the government is requesting only the actual search terms, and not anything that would link the queries to those who made them. (The DOJ is also demanding a list of a million Web sites that Google indexes to determine the degree to which objectionable sites are searched.) Originally, the government asked for a treasure trove of all searches made in June and July 2005。 the request has been scaled back to one week39。s worth of search queries.One oddity about the DOJ39。s strategy is that the experiment could conceivably sink its own case. If the builtin filters that each search engine provides are effective in blocking porn sites, the government will have wound up proving what the opposition has said all alongyou don39。t need to suppress speech to protect minors on the Net. We think that our filtering technology does a good job protecting minors from inadvertently seeing adult content, says Ramez Naam, group program manager of MSN Search.Though the government intends to use these data specifically for its COPArelated test, it39。s possible that the information could lead to further investigations and, perhaps, subpoenas to find out who was doing the searching. What if certain search terms indicated that people were contemplating terrorist actions or other criminal activities? Says the DOJ39。s Miller, I39。m assuming that if something raised alarms, we would hand it over to the proper authorities. Privacy advocates fear that if the government request is upheld, it will open the door to further government examination of search behavior. One solution would be for Google to stop storing the information, but the pany hopes to eventually use the personal information of consenting customers to improve search performance. Search is a window into people39。s personalities, says Kurt Opsahl, an Electronic Frontier Foundation attorney. They should be able to take advantage of the Internet without worrying about Big Brother looking over their shoulders.6. When the American government asked Google, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft to turn over information on its users39。 search behavior, the major intention is _________.(A) to protect national security(B) to help protect personal freedom(C) to monitor Internet pornography(D) to implement the Child Online Protection Act7. Google refused to turn over its proprietary information() required by DOJ as it believes that ________.(A) it is not involved in the court case(B) users39。 privacy is most important(C) the government has violated the First Amendment(D) search terms is the pany39。s business secret8. The phrase scaled back to in the sentence the request has been scaled back to one week39。s worth of search queries () can be replaced by _________.(A) maximized to(B) minimized to(C) returned to(D) reduced to9. In the sentence One oddity about the DOJ39。s strategy is that the experiment could conceivably sink its own case.(), the expression sink its own case most probably means that _________.(A) counterattack the opposition(B) lead to blocking of porn sites(C) provide evidence to disprove the case(D) give full ground to support the case10. When Kurt Opsahl says that They should be able to take advantage of the Internet without worrying about Big Brother looking over their shoulders. (), the expressio