people tend to think of computers as isolated machines,working away all by themselves.some do-personal computer without an outside link,like someones hideaway cabin in the woods.but just as most of homes are tied to a community by streets,bus routes and electric lines,computers that exchange intelligence are part of a community m local,national and even global network joined by telephone connections.
the computer network is a creation of the electric age,but it is based on old-fashioned trust.it cannot work without trust.a rogue loose in a computer system called hacker is worse than a thief entering your house.he could go through anyones electronic mail or add to,change,distort or delete anything in the information stored in the computers memory.he could even take control of the entire system by placing his own instructions in the software that runs it.he could shut the computer down whenever he wished,and no one could stop him.then he could program the computer to erase any sign of his ever having been there.
hacking,our electronic-age term for computer break-in,is more and more in the news-brainy kids vandalizing university records,even pranking about in supposedly safeguarded systems.to those who understand how computer networks are increasingly regulating life in the late 20th century,these are not laughing matters.a potential for disaster is building: a dissatisfied former insurance-company employee wipes out information from payroll files.a student sends out a virus,a secret and destructive command,over a national network.the virus copies itself at lightning speed,jamming the entire network thousands of academic,commercial and government computer systems.such disastrous cases have already occurred.now exists the possibility of terrorism by computer.spoiling a system responsible for air-traffic control at a busy airport,or knocking out the telephones of a major city,is a relatively easy way to spread panic.yet neither business nor government has done enough to toughen its defenses against attack.for one thing,such defenses are expensive; for another,they may interrupt communication the main reason for using computers in the first place.
练习:
1.the writer mentions A.thief in the seconD.paragraph
A.to show that A.hacker is more dangerous than A.thief.
B.to tell people that thieves like to steal computers nowadays.
C.to demanD.that A.protective computer system shoulD.be set up against thieves.
D.to demonstrate that hackers anD.thieves are the same people.
2.the worD.vandalizing in line 17 means
A.stealing.
B.creating.
C.destroying,
D.updating,
3.according to the passage, which of the following statements is not true?
A.hacking is also known as computer break-in.
B.experts on computer networks consider hacking nothing serious.
C.hacking is A.widespreaD.concern.
D.hacking is potentially disastrous.
4.which of the following is not mentioneD.in the passage as an instance of attack by A.hacker?
A.deleting information in the computers memory.
B.shutting down the computer whenever he wishes.
C.entering your house to steal.
D.spoiling A.system for air traffic.
5.one of the reasons why business or government has not taken tough measures to stop hacking is that
A.it will cause fear among the public.
B.hacking has not causeD.much damage.
C.tough measures are illegal.
D.communication may be interrupted.
【参考答案】1. A 2.C 3. B 4. C 5. D
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