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12．The Streisand Effect
When Barbra Streisand found in 2003 that a photo of her California beach house was among 12，000 photos on the Internet as part of a collection by photographer Kenneth Adelman，she did what any famous person would do：hit him with a 50 million lawsuit （起诉）．But in trying to hold back the images，she caused a different outcome．Her legal actions led to almost half a million people visiting the website，viewing and copying the photos within a month．
Ever since then，the effect of letting public know something you are trying to keep secret has been called the "Streisand effect"．The problem for anyone trying to suppress information is that the Internet is the world's biggest and most efficient copying machine．Put a document on to a connected machine and many people will learn it．So when you want to be famous，you can't，but if you find yourself in the spotlight （聚光灯） and want to erase yourself，you cannot．
There are a lot of examples of the Streisand effect．Nine-year-old Martha Payne created a simple blog，posting the meals her school served．She took a photo of what was only a filling meal by anyone's standards．With the photo，she filled a comment，"Now Dad understands why I am hungry when I get home．"The thing did not go too far，until the local government banned （禁止） little Martha from doing that again．Martha posted a final post called"Goodbye"，explaining everything．Once the media found this out，things went from bad to worse for the government．Now the blog has more than 9.5million page views．Martha has even added pictures of school meals taken by other kids from all over the world，like Germany and Japan．
We can find similar examples throughout history，to be honest．Man has experienced the Streisand effect ever since the birth of mass communication．Why does it exist？Every time you are told not to see what's in the secret shiny box wrapped in gift paper，you're going to do everything in your power to do exactly that!Just realizing that knowing something about someone is harmful to their status，we will want to know that piece of information．This is exactly the human nature．This is what lawyers and governments should be familiar with．Unfortunately，a few of them fail to know it．
52．The underlined word"suppress"in Paragraph 2probably meansA．
A．cover up      
B．look through    
C．give away     
D．look for
53．What made the spread of Martha's story even faster？C
A．The photos of other kids．
B．Supporting from the school．
C．The government's order．
D．Parents'complaints．
54．What is the last paragraph mainly about？D
A．Other examples of Streisand effect．
B．The influence of Streisand effect．
C．People's opinion of Streisand effect．
D．The cause of Streisand effect．
55．What can be inferred from the passage？C
A．Streisand effect benefits most famous people．
B．It's not a good idea to argue against the government．
C．The ban on something may have opposite effect．
D．Turning to the law is a perfect way to get one out of trouble．

Answer 1

分析 本文由史翠珊效应，9岁玛莎佩恩创建的有关学校食堂的博客这两个例子揭示人类的本性--仅仅意识到了解了一些对于别人地位不利的事情，我们仍想要知道更多的信息．

解答 答案：52．A  词义猜测题．根据上下句effect of letting public know something you are trying to keep secret has been called the"Streisand effect"让公众知道你试图保密的事情的效应被称为"史翠珊效应"．可知keep secret意为保守、掩盖，所以The problem for anyone trying to suppress information．是任何人试图掩盖信息的问题．cover up意为掩盖，盖住．故选A．
53．C  细节理解题．根据第三段第二行句子The thing did not go too far，until the local government banned （禁止） little Martha from doing that again．Martha posted a final post called"Goodbye"，explaining everything．Once the media found this out，things went from bad to worse for the government．事情没有走得太远，直到当地政府禁止小玛莎再次这样做．玛莎张贴了最后一个名为"再见"的帖子，解释了一切．一旦媒体发现这一点，政府的情况变得越来越糟．可知政府的命令使玛莎的故事传播得更快．故选C．
54．D   细节归纳题．根据本段内容及其第一行句子 Man has experienced the Streisand effect ever since the birth of mass communication．Why does it exist？人类自大众传播诞生以来就经历过史翠珊效应，它为什么存在？可知说的是史翠珊效应的原因．故选D．
55．C  细节推理题．根据整篇文章内容及其最后一段第二行句子Just realizing that knowing something about someone is harmful to their status，we will want to know that piece of information．This is exactly thehuman nature．This is what lawyers and authorities should be familiar with．Unfortunately，a few ofthem fail to grasp it．仅仅意识到了解了一些对于别人地位不利的事情，我们会想要知道那片信息．这完全是人类的本性．这是律师和当局应该很熟悉的．不幸的是，他们没有几个未能把握住它．可知禁止可能产生相反的效果．故选C．

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