10.Since the beginning of the Internet era it has been pretty widely accepted that when you join an online service,whatever data you put into it belongs to you.That's the way things were-until Facebook came along.Facebook took a different approach.Until recently,everything you put into Facebook-photos,messages,wall posts,your profile info,and,most significant,your address book-could not be exported anywhere.In effect,you didn't own your data.Facebook did.
In October it relaxed things a bit with a policy that lets you export most of your stuff,with one glaring exception:the e-mail addresses of the people on your contact list.All you get is a list of names.Facebook says it can't let you take your friends'e-mail addresses because that information doesn't belong to you; it belongs to your friends.Of course this is rubbish.The reality is that Facebook wants to make it difficult,if not impossible,for you to leave.
Now that policy has sparked a fight between Google and Facebook.Google is steamed because its users can,and often do,export their Gmail contact information into Facebook.But those people can't bring Facebook info back into Gmail.
Earlier this month Google declared it would block exports of its data to services that don't reciprocate -meaning guess who.In a countermove,F(xiàn)acebook hacked around Google's roadblock so its users could keep pulling data from Google.
Google said it was"disappointed"with Facebook's behavior.It also created a warning screen to tell Gmail users that if they export their information to Facebook they won't get it back.
Both companies declined to comment on the record for this story.But what's really going on is that they're at war.Google views Facebook as a threat to its business and has been trying to launch a social-networking service to compete with it.Facebook has rounded up 500million people and intends to generate billions of dollars in revenue(收益) by gathering data about them and selling it to advertisers.
Facebook's position with rival tech companies boils down to this:if you want access to all the information we've collected,strike a deal with us.Microsoft and Yahoo have done that,and now,like magic,they can export Facebook contact info into their systems,while Google still can't.
Remember the early days of the Net,when everything was going to be open and free,and we were all going to share information in a techno-utopia?That was great until people realized that their user data could be turned into gold.Now there are billions at stake,and nobody is playing nice anymore.
41.Before Facebook appeared,people generally believed thatC.
A.they can join any online service at their own will
B.their online information belongs to online service providers
C.they own all the data they put into online services
D.their online service providers should keep their online info secret
42.What does the author think of Facebook preventing its users exporting their e-mail address to other online services?D
A.It can ensure the safety of its users'information.
B.It has quite reasonable explanation.
C.It is one example often seen in online services.
D.It makes leaving Facebook hard for its users.
43.What's the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 4?A
A.return the favour
B.update in time
C.expand widely
D.guarantee their rights
44.What action did Google take to deal with the threat from Facebook?B
A.It united Microsoft and Yahoo to fight against what Facebook did.
B.It planned to create a social-networking service to fight Facebook.
C.It warned its users of danger of giving away information on Facebook.
D.It created a program preventing Facebook's hackers browsing its site.
45.What does the author say about the Net in its early days?D
A.The data on it was the tool for people to make profit.
B.It didn't allow people to share the information on it.
C.It made people in danger of revealing their privacy on line.
D.All the information it provided was accessible and free of charge.
分析 本文為一篇社會(huì)文化類文章,主旨是:在Facebook上,你的網(wǎng)上數(shù)據(jù)可能不屬于你.原本,你放在Facebook的所有東西,包括照片、信息、張貼的東西、個(gè)人介紹信息等,都屬于你自己.你的聯(lián)系人名單也不能被轉(zhuǎn)移至其它地方.但事實(shí)上,你的這些個(gè)人數(shù)據(jù)并不屬于你,而屬于Facebook.Facebook十月份放松了這一政策,允許用戶將除了聯(lián)系人的電子郵件地址之外的大多數(shù)個(gè)人數(shù)據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)移至其它地方.但你能得到的是名字的清單.Facebook稱,它不能讓你獲得你朋友的電子郵件地址,因?yàn)檫@一信息并不屬于你,它屬于你的朋友.
解答 41.答案C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段"Since the beginning of the Internet era it has been pretty widely accepted that when you join an online service,whatever data you put into it belongs to you.That's the way things were-until Facebook came along."可知,在Facebook出現(xiàn)以前,人們一直認(rèn)為,他們放在網(wǎng)上的信息是屬于自己的.故選C.
42.答案D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段最后一句話"The reality is that Facebook wants to make it difficult,if not impossible,for you to leave."可知,F(xiàn)acebook允許你將除了聯(lián)系人的電子郵件地址之外的大多數(shù)個(gè)人數(shù)據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)移至其它地方,對(duì)此,作者認(rèn)為這一舉措是為了讓人們難以離開Facebook.故選D.
43.答案A.詞意猜測(cè).根據(jù)上一段"Google is steamed because its users can,and often do,export their Gmail contact information into Facebook.But those people can't bring Facebook info back into Gmail."可知,人們經(jīng)常將Gmail的聯(lián)系信息導(dǎo)入Facebook,但很少有人會(huì)從Facebook導(dǎo)入到Google.結(jié)合下一段"Earlier this month Google declared it would block exports of its data to services that don't reciprocate-meaning guess who",月初的時(shí)候,Google宣布將攔截那些沒(méi)有反饋的數(shù)據(jù)---意味著你要猜猜那到底是誰(shuí).此處reciprocate,原意"報(bào)答;互換;互給".故選A,return its favor意為"反饋,歸還".
44.答案B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第六段"But what's really going on is that they're at war.Google views Facebook as a threat to its business and has been trying to launch a social-networking service to compete with it."可知,為了對(duì)抗Facebook,Google計(jì)劃提供一種新的社交網(wǎng)路服務(wù).故選B.
45.答案D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段"Remember the early days of the Net,when everything was going to be open and free,and we were all going to share information in a techno-utopia"可知,早期的時(shí)候,網(wǎng)絡(luò)所提供的服務(wù)都是可用且免費(fèi)的.故選D.
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