2017英语等级考试pets5级阅读理解每日练习五

1. 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

2. The author implies in the second paragraph that _______。

[ A ] the proposal of the Department of Justice is unjustified

[ B ] surveillance of any suspect communication is necessary

[ C ] civil liberties groups should not have shown such great concern

[ D ] exceptions should be made in intercepting communications

3. In the eyes of the author, the Financial Service Modernization Act_______。

[ A ] serves no more than as a new patch on an old robe

[ B ] indicates the Congress’s admirable move to protect privacy

[ C ] invades online consumer privacy rather than protect it

[ D ] is deficient in that it leaves many sectors unshielded

4. Privacy standards made by individual states are ineffective because _______。

[ A ] the standards of different states contradict each other

[ B ] online communication is not restricted to any state

[ C ] these standards ignore the federal law on the matter

[ D ] these standards are only applicable to regional Web sites

5. The expression "opt out of such data collection" ( in the last paragraph) probably means _______。

[ A ] pick out from such data the information one needs

[ B ] shift through such data to collect one’s own information

[ C ] evaluate the purpose for such data collection

[ D ] choose not to be involved in such data collection