8．The Streisand Effect
When Barbra Streisand discovered in 2003 that a photograph of her California beach house was among 12，000photos on the Internet as part of a collection by a photographer Kenneth Adelman，she did what any famous person would do：hit him with a﹩50million lawsuit （訴訟）．But in trying to hold back the images，she caused a different result．Her legal actions led to almost half a million people visiting the website，viewing and copying the photos within a month．
Ever since then，the effect of letting public know something you are trying to keep secret has been called the"Streisand effect"．The problem for anyone trying to cover up information is that the Internet is the world's biggest and most useful copying machine．Put a document （文件） on to a connected machine and it will spread．So when you want to be famous，you can't，but if you find yourself receiving too much attention and want to remove yourself，you cannot．
There are many examples of the Streisand effect．Nine-year-old Martha Payne created a simple blog，posting the meals her school served．She took a photo of what was hardly a satisfying meal by anyone's standards．With the photo，she added a comment，"Now Dad understands why I am hungry when I get home．"The thing did not go too far，until the local authority （權(quán)威機(jī)構(gòu)） banned （禁止） little Martha from doing that again．Martha posted a final post called"Goodbye"，explaining everything．Once the media found this out，things went from bad to worse for the authority．Now the blog has more than 9.5million page views．Martha has even expanded her blog by including pictures of school meals taken by other kids from all over the world，like Germany and Japan．
We can find similar examples throughout history．Man has experienced the Streisand effect ever since the birth of mass communication．Why does it exist？Every time you are told not to see what's in the secret shiny box wrapped in gift paper，you're going to do everything in your power to do exactly that!Just realizing that knowing something about someone is harmful to their status，we will want to know that piece of information．This is exactly the human nature．This is what lawyers and authorities should be familiar with．Unfortunately，a few of them fail to understand it．
33．What speeded up the spread of Martha's story？B
A．Parents'reaction．B．The authority's order．
C．Martha's comment．D．Supporting from the school．
34．What is the last paragraph mainly about？A
A．The root of Streisand effect．B．The influence of Streisand effect．
C．People's reaction to Streisand effect．D．Historical examples of Streisand effect．
35．What can be inferred from the passage？C
A．Streisand effect does good to most famous people．
B．It's not a good idea to argue against authorities．
C．The ban on something may have opposite effect．
D．Turning to the law is a perfect way to get one out of trouble．
分析 本文由史翠珊效應(yīng)，9歲瑪莎佩恩創(chuàng)建的有關(guān)學(xué)校食堂的博客這兩個(gè)例子揭示人類的本性-想要知道更多的對(duì)于別人地位不利的信息．
解答 33-35 BAC
33B細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段的句子"The thing did not go too far，until the local authority （權(quán)威機(jī)構(gòu)） banned （禁止） little Martha from doing that again．"和"Once the media found this out，things went from bad to worse for the authority．"可知是權(quán)威機(jī)構(gòu)的命令加速了Martha 故事的傳播．故選B．
34A主旨大意題．根據(jù)最后一段的句子"Why does it exist？Every time you are told not to see what's in the secret shiny box wrapped in gift paper，"可知最后一段主要介紹了史翠珊效應(yīng)的根源．故選A．
35C推理判斷題．根據(jù)文章最后一段的句子"Every time you are told not to see what's in the secret shiny box wrapped in gift paper，you're going to do everything in your power to do exactly that!"可知禁止一件事情會(huì)有相反的效果．故選C．
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