Question

Google, one of the world’s outstanding tech companies, was attacked. It wasn’t its search engine that was attacked or its advertising platform or even its social network. Google⁺. Instead, it was a building.

Two web security experts hacked (侵入) into its Wharf 7 office in Sydney, Australia, through Google’s building management system (BMS). One of them, Billy Rios, says, “My colleague and I have lot of experience in web security, but it is not something that people couldn’t learn. Once you understand how the system works, it is very simple.”

They found the system on Shodan, a search engine that lists devices connected to the Internet, and then ran it through their own software to identify who owned the building. In the case of the Google hacking, the researchers had no immoral purpose and just informed Google about what they found.

According to Mr Rios, who runs security company Whitescope, there are 50, 000 buildings currently connected to the Internet, including research institutes, churches and hospitals, and 2, 000 of those are online with password protection, Martyn Thomas, a professor of IT at Gresham College in the UK, says, “It is beyond doubt that attempts to attack building management systems are happening all the time.”

Making a building smart generally means connecting the systems that control heating, lighting and security to the Internet and the wider corporate network. There was a strong reason for doing this, said Andrew Kelly, principal security consultant at defence company Qinetiq.

“Energy savings are the biggest factor in connecting building management systems to the corporate network,” he says. “It gives those who run the building better control and offers between 20% to 50% in energy savings,” he adds.

But it also makes them less secure. And if any of these feels like a Hollywood film, think again.

1.How did Billy Rios and his colleague hack Google’s building?

A. They invented a search engine and connected it to Google’s building.

B. They worked for Google and mastered how the building worked.

C. They used Google’s BMS to find out the owner of the building,

D. They connected their own software to the building to run Google.

2.In the case of the Google hacking, the researchers had the intention of ________.

A. analyzing some immoral problems

B. explaining the reasons for energy savings

C. entering Google’s building to save more energy

D. telling Google about the Wharf 7 office’s hidden danger

3.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A. The building management systems of some buildings are in danger.

B. There are many researchers contributing a lot to web security.

C. The attack on building management systems happens all over the world.

D. There are too many buildings connected to the Internet to be managed well.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards the way of the energy savings of some buildings?

A. Ambiguous.    B. Negative.    C. Indifferent.    D. Favorable.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】作为世界上最优秀的科技公司之一，谷歌遭到了攻击。它的搜索引擎没有被攻击，也不是它的广告平台，甚至不是它的社交网络。相反，它是一栋建筑。两名网络安全专家通过谷歌的建筑管理系统（BMS）侵入了位于澳大利亚悉尼的Wharf 7。

1.C

细节理解题。根据第三段中They found the system on Shodan, a search engine that lists devices connected to the Internet, and then ran it through their own software to identify who owned the building.可知，他们用谷歌的BMS来找出大楼的主人，故选C。

2.D

细节理解题。根据第三段中In the case of the Google hacking, the researchers had no immoral purpose and just informed Google about what they found.可知，在谷歌黑客事件中，研究人员并没有不道德的目的，仅仅是告诉谷歌他们发现的东西，也就是打算告诉谷歌关于Wharf 7 office所隐藏的危险。故选D。

3.A

段落大意题。根据第四段最后一句“It is beyond doubt that attempts to attack building management systems are happening all the time.”以及前面的内容可知，本段叙述的是一些建筑物的管理系统处于危险之中，因为攻击建筑物的管理系统的行为一直在发生。故选A。

4.B

推理判断题。根据最后一段But it also makes them less secure. And if any of these feels like a Hollywood film, think again.（但这也降低了它们的安全性，如果这些感觉像好莱坞电影，那就再想想吧。）由此推知，作者的态度是消极的。故选B。

【名师点睛】

做推理判断题时，对于暗含在文章中的人物的行为动机、事件的因果关系及作者未言明的倾向、意图、态度、观点等要进行合乎逻辑的判断、推理、分析，进一步增强理解能力，抓住材料实质性的东西。本题第4小题，根据最后一段But it also makes them less secure. And if any of these feels like a Hollywood film, think again.（但这也降低了它们的安全性，如果这些感觉像好莱坞电影，那就再想想吧。）由此推知，作者的态度是消极的。故选B。