Question

    The "cloud war" is taking place as the dispute between the United States and China about data hacking and computer network security grows stronger. Chinese companies such as Alibaba, Baidu and Huawei are expanding within their country and gaining customers in other countries. They are creating data centers in multiple countries and trying to sell data management services throughout the world.

The increasing competition in cloud computing and storage incurs the new challenge and worries some experts. They are concerned about the safety of data. After all, companies often use the cloud to store important, confidential information and to operate such activities as data-driven machinery, telecommunications, banking and transport systems — including plans for driverless vehicles.

Lee Branstetter is an associate professor of economics at the Heinz School of Policy and Management of the Carnegie Mellon University. He told many multi-national companies "have serious concerns about the protection of their intellectual property （知识产权）."Branstetter said some of these large companies already believe they have lost valuable information.

Sheila Jasanoff is the director of the program on science, technology and society at Harvard's Kennedy School. She called the cloud computing industry "unruly". In other words, the industry is not strictly governed.

"People （in the business） are making rules as they go along or taking advantage of the lack of rules," Jasanoff said. She said cloud computing companies are not clear about what security measures they are promising customers. She is worried that a major accident may happen before governments realize the need for stronger rules in the cloud computing industry. She believes there should be internationally-accepted rules to meet the new challenge. But she does not believe an international agreement will be reached anytime soon.

1.What does the "cloud war" refer to?

A.The war up in the sky.

B.Some kind of cold war.

C.The China-US relationship.

D.The competition on the "cloud".

2.What concerns some experts according to Paragraph 2?

A.Information security.

B.Wars among countries.

C.The storage of “cloud”.

D.The lack of technology.

3.Which of the following may be consistent with Jasanoff's opinion?

A.A major accident is bound to take place soon.

B.An agreement is to be reached in the near future.

C.The cloud industry needs guiding and monitoring.

D.Governments have kept an eye on cloud industry.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.China's Rise or Not

B.New War, New Challenge

C.Chances on Cloud Information

D.Growth of Cloud Computing Industry

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要通过讲述中美之间关于网络安全和黑客间的争端提出了我们在云计算领域面对的挑战

1.

词义猜测题。根据文章第一段as the dispute between the United States and China about data hacking and computer network security grows stronger（随着美国和中国之间关于数据黑客和计算机网络安全的争论越来越激烈）可知，此处的cloud war是中美之间关于数据黑客和计算机网络安全之间的争论，并非真正的战争。同时在文章第二段提到The increasing competition in cloud computing and storage incurs the new challenge and worries some experts（云计算和存储领域日益激烈的竞争带来了新的挑战）可知，中美之间的战争是关于“云计算和储存领域”。综合分析，故选D项。

2.

细节理解题。根据文章第二段The increasing competition in cloud computing and storage incurs the new challenge and worries some experts. They are concerned about the safety of data（云计算和存储领域的竞争日益激烈，这给一些专家带来了新的挑战。他们担心数据的安全）可知，专家们担心的是数据安全即信息安全。故选A项。

3.

推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段She called the cloud computing industry "unruly". In other words, the industry is not strictly governed（她称云计算行业“难以驾驭”。换句话说，这个行业没有得到严格的管理）和文章倒数最后一段She believes there should be internationally-accepted rules to meet the new challenge（她认为应该有国际公认的规则来应对新的挑战）可知，Jasanoff认为云计算行业需要得到严格的管理和制定规则来指导。故选C项。

4.

主旨大意题。根据作者在文章第一段提到The "cloud war" is taking place as the dispute between the United States and China about data hacking and computer network security grows stronger（“云战争”正在发生之际，美国和中国之间关于数据黑客和计算机网络安全的争端愈演愈烈）和第二段第一句The increasing competition in cloud computing and storage incurs the new challenge and worries some experts（云计算和存储领域的竞争日益激烈，这给一些专家带来了新的挑战）可知，中美之间在数据黑客和计算机网络安全日益激烈的争端给一些专家带来了新的挑战。同时在根据文章倒数第二段She called the cloud computing industry "unruly". In other words, the industry is not strictly governed（称云计算行业“难以驾驭”。换句话说，这个行业没有得到严格的管理）和文章倒数最后一段She believes there should be internationally-accepted rules to meet the new challenge（她认为应该有国际公认的规则来应对新的挑战）可知，云计算行业需要制定规则监督和指导。经过综合分析，本篇主要通过讲述中美之间的争端，提出了我们在云计算领域面对的挑战。故选B项。