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In a letter to readers, Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., the publisher of the paper, laid out the details of the paywall, which he said will go into effect immediately in Canada and on March 28th for the rest of the world. He called the move “an important step that we hope you will see as an investment in the Times, one that will strengthen our ability to provide high-quality journalism to readers around the world and on any platform.”
Sulzberger said that readers will be able to read 20 articles per month at no charge. Once they click on the 21st piece, however, they’ll be presented with three payment options: $ 15 for four weeks of online and mobile application access, $ 20 for access to the site and the iPad application, or $ 35 for access to everything. People who already receive the printed paper through home delivery will enjoy free and unlimited access to the Times on all platforms.
These details largely agree with earlier reports on how the paywall would work. The Times had made it clear that it did not want to imitate the total paywalls put into effect by papers such as The Times of London and Newsday, which block access to all contents unless the reader pays.
The paper also signaled that it wants to stay relevant in the social media world. According to Sulzberger"s announcement, people who come to the Times site from Facebook, Twitter or from blogs will be able to read those articles even if they have gone over their monthly limit.
However, Sulzberger said that a limit will be placed on “some search engines”, meaning that after readers have accessed a certain number of articles from search engines, any further articles they access from there will be added to their monthly count. It was reported that the only search engine that will be affected this way is Google, where there will be a five-article limit. This marks a clear attempt by the Times to close what could be a giant loophole （漏洞）, since so much online traffic is directed through Google. But it also presents a risk for the Times for the same reason.
Sulzberger seems well aware of the risk. “The challenge now is to put a price on our work without walling ourselves off from the global network,” he said, adding that the Times must “continue to engage with the widest possible audience.”
小题1:The author’s main purpose in the text is to _______.
| A．describe research findings | B．report a piece of news |
| C．make advertisements | D．suggest a solution |
| A．It wants to stay relevant in the social media world. |
| B．It has too many readers coming from the other sites. |
| C．It is seeking new financial sources for its development. |
| D．It is trying a way to offer better service to its readers. |
| A．Those subscribing to the printed newspapers |
| B．Readers clicking through from Facebook. |
| C．Those using Google research engine |
| D．Readers paying $ 35 a month. |
| A．It may bring the Times more competition with the other media |
| B．It may stop the Times connecting to the global network |
| C．It may block the readers from the other websites |
| D．It may result in huge drops in papers" online readership |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
小题4:D
解析
试题分析：文章介绍纽约时报将开始对除了最稀少的用户之外的人收费阅读文章，文章引用Sulzberger的话，介绍收费的原因，收费的标准，以及这样做给泰晤士报带来的挑战。
小题1:主旨题：从第一段的句子：On March 28th, the New York Times will begin charging all but the most infrequent users to read articles online. 可知这篇文章是告诉大家一个消息：纽约时报将开始向除了最稀少的用户之外的所有的人都收费阅读文章，选B
小题2:细节题：从第二段的句子：He called the move “an important step that we hope you will see as an investment in the Times, one that will strengthen our ability to provide high-quality journalism to readers around the world and on any platform.”可知泰晤士报向网上用户收费是为了更好的发展，选C
小题3:细节题：从倒数第二段的句子：It was reported that the only search engine that will be affected this way is Google, where there will be a five-article limit.可知被限制阅读泰晤士报文章的人是使用谷歌搜索引擎的人，选C
小题4:推理题：从最后一段的句子：Sulzberger seems well aware of the risk. “The challenge now is to put a price on our work without walling ourselves off from the global network,” 可知这样做会导致网上的用户数量下降，选D
核心考点
试题【On March 28th, the New York Times will begin charging all but the most infrequen】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
Senator(参议员) Charles Schumer said in a telephone interview that his office had spoken with officials at both Apple and Google on Monday.
“We asked them if they could find a way on their own to prevent Apple from having access to private information,” Mr. Schumer said. “They were friendly and open to the idea that this ought to be changed.”
On Sunday, Mr. Schumer said that he planned to send a letter to the Federal Trade Commission asking the agency to investigate Apple and Google after the privacy concerns came to light. Claudia Bourne Farrell, an F.T.C. spokeswoman, said the agency had received the letter but she could not comment further.
“It worries people to think that one’s personal photos, address book, and who knows what else can be obtained and even posted online without permission,” Mr. Schumer wrote in his letter to the F.T.C. “If the technology exists to open the door to this kind of privacy invasion（入侵）, then surely technology exists to close it, and that’s exactly what must happen.”
Mr. Schumer said if Apple and Google could not come to an agreement to fix the problem, then he would be forced to take the issue further.
He said other companies had been willing to work with his office to fix issues. “I’m optimistic that we can get this changed without any regulation,” he said. “If it’s not changed, then we’ll turn to the F.T.C., and if that doesn’t work then we’llconsider legislative approach.”
The F.T.C. has warned companies to try to be more vigilant(警醒的) in their efforts to protect consumers when it comes to privacy.
小题1:The senators spoke with officials at both Apple and Google___________.
| A．to discuss whether it is illegal to have access to private information. |
| B．to urge them not to invade consumers’ privacy. |
| C．to stop them from developing the technology of taking photos. |
| D．to keep them from obtaining the location information for each photo. |
| A．Privacy invasion from Apple has existed for a long time. |
| B．Privacy invasion from Google has existed for a long time. |
| C．Mr. Schumer takes the privacy concerns caused by Apple and Google seriously. |
| D．Apple and Google have decided to make a change. |
A. causes privacy invasion to happen frequently.
B. can be used if permitted.
C.causes personal information to be posted online without permission.
D.causes people to worry about the safety of their personal information .
小题4:If the privacy concerns can’t be solved with the help of the F.T.C., ___________.
A.The senators will turn to legislation.
B. The companies will be closed.
C.The companies will be fined.
D. The senators will force the companies not to invade privacy.
小题5:Where can we read about the passage?
| A．In a science report. | B．In a magazine |
| C．In a newspaper. | D．In a textbook. |
It is believed that James McCormick got about $77.8 million from the sales of his detectors - which were based on a kind of golf ball finder - to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.
McCormick, 57, was convicted(判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.
"Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people," Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. "you have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt."
The detectors, sold for up to $42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they "lacked any grounding in science" and were of no use.
McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya, the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.
"I never had any bad results from customers," he said.
小题1:Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?
| A．He sold bombs. | B．He caused death of people. |
| C．He made detectors. | D．He cheated in business |
| A．increased the cost of safeguarding |
| B．lowered people"s guard against danger |
| C．changed people"s idea of social security |
| D．caused innocent people to commit crimes |
| A．They have not been sold to Africa. |
| B．They have caused many serious problems. |
| C．They can find dangerous objects in water. |
| D．They don"t function on the basis of science. |
| A．sold the equipment at a low price |
| B．was well-known in most countries |
| C．did not think he had committed the crime |
| D．had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text |
Snowden, 30, arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport last weekend, after previously taking refuge in Hong Kong． Moscow was only supposed to be a stopover．WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy organization, had said Snowden was headed on to Ecuador—whose president has been critical of the United States — and that he would seek asylum there．
Now, however, both men said Snowden is unable to leave．
"The United States, by canceling his passport, has left him for the moment trapped in Russia," said Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, on ABC " s " This Week With George Stephanopoulos"． The United States canceled Snowden" s passport last weekend． Assange criticized the United States, saying: " To take a passport from a young man in a difficult situation like that is a disgusting action．"
President Correa spoke to the Associated Press in Puerto Viejo, Ecuador． For now, he told the AP, Snowden was "under the care of the Russian authorities． "
"This is the decision of Russian authorities． He doesn"t have a passport． I don"t know the Russian laws, I don" t know if he can leave the airport, but I understand that he can" t," Correa said． He said that the case was now out of Ecuador" s hands． "If Snowden arrives at an Ecuadoran Embassy, we" 11 analyze his request for asylum．"
Snowden traveled from Hong Kong to Moscow on his U．S．passport． Although the U．S．had already revoked it, Hong Kong authorities said they hadn’t received the official request to cancel the passport before Snowden left．
An official at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London had also issued a letter of safe passage for Snowden． But Snowden apparently did not use it for his trip to Moscow．
And it doesn’t appear that the Ecuadoran government would make a similar gesture again．
On Sunday, Correa told the AP that an Ecuadoran official at that embassy had committed "a serious error" by issuing the first letter without consulting officials back home． Correa said the consul would be punished, although he didn’t specify how．
Correa" s tone seemed to have shifted after a conversation with Vice President Biden on Friday．Where Correa had earlier been aggressive and determined, he now voiced respect for U．S．legal procedures．
小题1:Edward Snowden is a person who once worked in a federal department ______．
| A．to assist the governor of one state |
| B．to collect information secretly for the US |
| C．to organize overseas promotion campaign |
| D．to educate intelligence employees |
| A．shelter． | B．praise． | C．position． | D．forgiveness． |
| A．A letter of safe passage from the Ecuadoran Embassy． |
| B．Permission from Chinese government |
| C．Invitation of the Russian authorities． |
| D．An American passport． |
| A．Edward Snowden will live in Moscow forever． |
| B．Ecuadoran government will provide Edward Snowden protection． |
| C．Through U．S．legal procedures Edward Snowden has been caught． |
| D．Correa hesitated to assist Edward Snowden． |
It was an international drug dealing case, one that involved a lot of money and a lot of violence. Agents who had entered the organization had worn wires and collected evidence for years. A conviction(法庭判决) depended on an accurate translation of their tape recordings. “Five languages were involved, “says Liz Elting, 44, one of the owners of TransPerfect, the translation company chosen for the job. “The slightest mistake could mean the criminals would go free.”
When Elting started her business 18 years ago with Phil Shawe, both were attending New York University’s Stern School of Business. Neither realized just how many situations would require their services. TransPerfect’s 4,000 linguists(通晓外语的人) cover more than 100 languages.
Getting Ahead with Liz Elting
What inspired you to start TransPerfect?
When I was eight, my dad bought a KFC in Portugal. Unfortunately, the Portuguese didn’t want anything American. They thought my dad was a CIA spy! That taught me how fast things can change. I’ve studied in Spain and worked in Venezuela. This business is the perfect combination of my love for languages, cultures and business.
Is the staff multilingual?
Many are. I speak French and Spanish. My partner, Phil, who is American, likes to say he speaks English on a good day.
What languages are requested most often?
Spanish and Japanese. Chinese, Middle Eastern, Indic(South Asia), and Eastern Europeans are on the rise.
How difficult is it to manage such a diverse workforce（员工团队）?
Our challenge is to be culturally appropriate in every country. When we hand our year-end bonuses in the US, for example, we have to remember that in India, bonuses are given in the fall.
Any advice for someone starting a business?
Get started before you have kids. In the beginning, I didn’t know how to do this business on the side. I wasn’t married, didn’t have kids, and wasn’t concerned about balancing my work and personal life. Now, with strong managers in place, I can spend more time with my family (husband Michael Burlant and sons Zachary, nine and Jacob, seven), traveling and playing baseball.
小题1:What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
| A．To report on an international drug dealing case. |
| B．To encourage people to start a business before they have kids. |
| C．To present the importance of learning foreign languages. |
| D．To introduce Liz Elting and her company TransPerfect. |
| A．A type of clothes costing a lot of money. |
| B．A piece of equipment designed to record messages. |
| C．Thin metal worn to protect yourself against violence. |
| D．A organization symbol made of thin metal. |
| A．a company that offers international legal services |
| B．one which has branches in countries all over the world |
| C．one whose staff all have to speak several languages. |
| D．a company whose services are in great demand. |
| A．Liz learned that love is the answer to problems of cultural misunderstanding |
| B．Liz started her company with a schoolmate at the age of 18. |
| C．The success is simply a little beyond Liz and her partner’s expectations |
| D．Liz and Phil are now strong managers with rich experience. |
During the May Day holiday, gold stores were crowded with mostly female customers. Most of them are middle-aged "Chinese housewives". This group of buyers has risen to fame recently. They are big spenders and are desperate to get their hands on a bargain. "I bought some gold jewellery and kept them as a gift for my son when he gets married," said a buyer from Shanghai.
The gold business is skyrocketing. "Our sales are growing by the day. Yesterday we sold more than ten million yuan of gold products," a gold store salesperson said. The gold rush in China started about two weeks ago thanks to a decline in global gold prices. Media reports suggest that Chinese housewives have spent about 100 billion yuan, or about 16 billion US dollars, purchasing 300 tons of gold since mid-April. That has helped support gold prices.
"Gold prices depressed since the middle of last month but have risen gradually. That is mainly due to the strong demand from Asian markets," said foreign trader Zhang Chen from Industrial & Commercial Bank of China. "Some people even joked that Chinese housewives have beaten Wall Street analysts." For Chinese people, with limited investment options, the only thing better than buying gold is buying gold at discount prices.
小题1:What does the author indicate in the first sentence of the 1st paragraph?
| A．The global big dogs can’t match with Chinese housewives. |
| B．China"s "Da Ma" help a lot to support the global economic crisis . |
| C．Chinese housewives spend a great deal of money on gold |
| D．Chinese housewives have a better consumption idea than global financial big dogs |
| A．by comparison | B．by contrast |
| C．by quotation | D．by time order |
| A．The Chinese housewives are most willing to spend money in buying gold .. |
| B．China"s "Da Ma" crowded into stores to get gold as the best gifts for sons when they get married. |
| C．China"s "Da Ma" are bigger spenders and cleverer than global financial big dogs. |
| D．China’s "Da Ma" become the largest gold buyers due to a decline in global gold prices. |
A. it is worthy to buy gold.
B .they have a strong demand
C. they have unlimited investment options
D it is at discount prices.
小题5:The author’s description about the passage is ______.
| A．objective | B．subjective | C．doubtful | D．negative |
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