2017下半年翻译资格考试笔译综合练习题（9）

　　Reading Comprehension(In this section you will find after each of the passages a number of questions or unfinished statements about the passage, each with four (A, B, C and D) suggested answers or ways of finishing. You must choose the one which you think fits best.)

　　Electronic mail has become an extremely important and popular means of communication.

　　The convenience and efficiency of electronic mail are threatened by the extremely rapid growth in the volume of unsolicited commercial electronic mail. Unsolicited commercial electronic mail is currently estimated to account for over half of all electronic mail traffic, up from an estimated 7 percent in 2001, and the volume continues to rise. Most of these messages are fraudulent or deceptive in one or more respects.

　　The receipt of unsolicited commercial electronic mail may result in costs to recipients who cannot refuse to accept such mail and who incur costs for the storage of such mail, or for the time spent accessing, reviewing, and discarding such mail, or for both. The receipt of a large number of unwanted messages also decreases the convenience of electronic mail and creates a risk that wanted electronic mail messages, both commercial and noncommercial, will be lost, overlooked, or discarded amidst the larger volume of unwanted messages, thus reducing the reliability and usefulness of electronic mail to the recipient. Some commercial electronic mail contains material that many recipients may consider vulgar or pornographic in nature.

　　post their addresses in order to make full use of the website or service.

　　The problems associated with the rapid growth and abuse of unsolicited commercial electronic mail cannot be solved by the government alone. The development and adoption of technological approaches and the pursuit of cooperative efforts with other countries will be necessary as well.

　　第41题

　　According to the passage, efficiency of e-mail is threatened by ______.

　　A heavy e-mail traffic

　　B fraudulent e-mail messages

　　C large volume of messages

　　D increasing amount of unwanted e-mail

　　第42题

　　Which of the following is NOT true about unwanted e-mail?

　　A It costs money to receive them.

　　B It's free to store them.

　　C It takes time to access them.

　　D It takes time to throw them away.

　　第43题

　　Unwanted e-mail may ______.

　　A cause companies to fail in business

　　B cause wanted e-mail messages to lose

　　C damage the credit of a company

　　D do good to a small company

　　第44题

　　"Pornographic" in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.

　　A decent

　　B instructional

　　C sexual

　　D commercial

　　第45题

　　What does unwanted e-mail messages do to the providers of the Internet services?

　　A Raising their cost.

　　B Raising the Internet speed.

　　C Improving their business.

　　D Attracting investment.

　　第46题

　　"Disguise" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______.

　　A reveal

　　B hide

　　C deliver

　　D post

　　第47题

　　The word "induce" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to ______.

　　A cheat

　　B introduce

　　C provide

　　D harm

　　第48题

　　"Opt-out" mechanism is probably ______.

　　A a machine that can be attached to your computer

　　B a button that you can make a choice to read or not to read

　　C a software that you can play a computer game

　　D an e-mail that says some good words to you

　　第49题

　　It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 that bulk unsolicited commercial e-mail will probably spread ______.

　　A harmful virus

　　B unpleasant news

　　C advertisements

　　D adult jokes

　　第50题

　　The unwanted e-mail problem can be solved if ______.

　　A the government takes action

　　B a new technology is adopted

　　C more people are aware of the problem

　　D joint efforts are made and new technology is used