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【题目】 Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism. The minister added, “If they continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for their inaction. Because content is not taken down as quickly as they could do, we have to spend millions. WhatsApp, owned by Facebook, was turning the internet into a violent space.”

Mr Wallace did not give more details about a possible terror tax, but it would probably take the form of a windfall tax. The minister also accused internet companies of putting profit before public safety.

Simon Milner, Facebook’s UK policy director, said: “Mr Wallace is wrong to say that we put profit before safety, especially in the fight against terrorism. We’ve invested millions of pounds in people and technology to identify and remove terrorist content.” YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company, said: “Violent extremism is a complex problem and addressing it is a critical challenge for us all. We are committed to being part of the solution and we are doing more every day to deal with these issues. “Over the course of 2017 we have made significant progress through investing in machine learning technology, recruiting more reviewers, building partnerships with experts and collaboration with other companies”.

Anthony Glees, an intelligence expert at Buckingham University, told The Times: “What the government is proposing makes excellent theoretical sense when it comes to making us more secure from the appalling things that are broadcast by the service providers.” He added: “But in practice it may not be enough, because we are dealing with Goliaths here and the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a lone David.”

【1】What do we know from Ben Wallace’s words?

A.The internet firms have been put on a terror tax.

B.The internet companies only concentrate on profit.

C.The profit of the Internet firms should be cut down.

D.The internet companies are not cooperative enough.

【2】What did “they” in the first paragraph refer to?

A.internet firmsB.internet extremism

C.violent spacesD.terror taxes

【3】Anthony Glees thought the government’s behavior was ______.

A.unpracticalB.positive

C.unexpectedD.disapproving

【4】What’s the best title of the passage?

A.Profit or Safety?

B.Policing Internet Extremism.

C.Internet Giants Threatened with Tax.

D.Demonstrating the Government’ Determination.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。互联网公司应该帮助应对恐怖主义的威胁或面临恐怖主义税，否则互联网巨头面临被征税。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段中Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism. “Ben Wallace表示，像Facebook和谷歌这样的暴利者未能发挥他们的作用，迫使政府花费数亿美元来监管互联网极端主义。”根据Ben Wallace 的话可知，互联网公司不够合作。故选D。

【2】词义指代题。根据第一段中Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism.“安全部长表示，互联网公司应该帮助应对恐怖主义威胁，否则将面临恐怖主义税。本华莱士表示，像Facebook和谷歌这样的暴利者未能发挥他们的作用，迫使政府花费数亿美元来监管互联网极端主义。”由此推知下文If they continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for their inaction.“如果他们继续不合作，我们应该把税收等事情视为他们不作为的一种补偿。”中的they指的就是“Internet firms”，故选A。

【3】细节理解题。 根据最后一段中He added: “But in practice it may not be enough, because we are dealing with Goliaths here and the United Kingdom is increasingly becoming a lone David.” 他补充道:“但在实践中，这可能还不够，因为我们面对的是歌利亚，而英国正日益变成一个孤独的大卫。”可知，安东尼·格雷斯认为政府的行为是不切实际的。故选A。

【4】主旨大意题。根据整篇文章，因特网公司被征税，尤其是第一段第一句Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said.“安全部长表示，互联网公司应该帮助应对恐怖主义威胁，否则将面临恐怖主义税。”由此可知，C项Internet Giants Threatened with Tax.“互联网巨头被威胁要征税。”为最佳主题。故选C。

代词指代题要求同学们根据语境的逻辑关系、判断画线的人称代词或指示代词在文章中指代的对象，包括考查it（指动物，无生命的事物、特定的事件或人），they/them(指代人、物、事件的复数名词)，he/she等人称代词的指代意义，以及指示代词this，that，these，those等在文章中的指代意义。本题第2小题，根据第一段中Internet firms should help deal with the threat of terrorism or face terror tax , the security minister has said. Ben Wallace said such profiteers as Facebook and Google were failing to play their part, forcing the government to spend hundreds of millions to police internet extremism.“安全部长表示，互联网公司应该帮助应对恐怖主义威胁，否则将面临恐怖主义税。本华莱士表示，像Facebook和谷歌这样的暴利者未能发挥他们的作用，迫使政府花费数亿美元来监管互联网极端主义。”由此推知下文If they continue to be less than co-operative, we should look at things like tax as a way compensating for their inaction.“如果他们继续不合作，我们应该把税收等事情视为他们不作为的一种补偿。”中的they指的就是“Internet firms”，故选A。