阅读理解 LONDON—Security experts are warning that the global cyberattack that began on Friday is likely to be magnified in the new workweek as users return to their offices and turn on their computers. Many workers, particularly in Asia, had already logged off on Friday when the malicious software, stolen from the United States government, began proliferating across computer systems around the world. So the true impact of the attack may emerge on Monday as employees return and log in. Moreover, copycat variants of the malicious software behind the attacks are likely to spread, since the malware uses mostly open-source code and is easily replicable.
Rob Wainwright, the executive director of Europol, said on Sunday that the attacks had hit 200,000 computers in more than 150 countries. Among the organizations hit were FedEx in the United States, the Spanish telecom giant Telef6nica, the French automaker Renault, universities in China, Germany's federal railway system and Russia's powerful Interior Ministry. The most disruptive attacks infected Britain's public health system, where surgeries had to be rescheduled and some patients were turned away from emergency rooms. Nancy Harper, who went to the hospital for an X-ray, said: "It's concerning that the N.H.S. was dependent on these outdated systems. If your average person has access to cheap cloud storage these days, then hospitals should be using similar backup methods. I hope this was a wake-up call."
"We could see more attacks if people start to copycat this attack," Matthieu Suiche added. A 22-year-old British researcher who uses the Twitter name Malware Tech has been credited with inadvertently helping to stanch the spread of the assault by identifying the web domain for the hackers' "kill switch"—a way of disabling the malware.
Governments around the world were bracing themselves for the start of the workweek. "This is crucial for businesses when reopening on Monday: Please be aware and anticipate, and take preventive steps against the Wanna Cry malware attack," Indonesia's communication and information minister, Rudiantara, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said at a news conference. He advised those hit by the malware against paying the $300 to $600 in Bitcoin demanded as ransom to regain access to encrypted data, since there was no assurance that the extortionists would decrypt the files as promised.

单选题 36.According to Paragraph 1, which one of the following about malicious software is NOT true?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】细节题。根据题干关键词定位到文章第一段。A项与原文stolen from the United States government出处一致。C、D两项中关键词reproductive variants，transmit和copied可在该段最后一句Moreover，copycat variants of the malicious software behind the attacks are likely to spread，since the malware uses mostly open-source code and is easily replicable中找到相关信息，其中transmit(传播)，copied(复制)分别是该句中spread和replicable的同义转化。B项意为“恶意软件从互联网上释放出来时．这次攻击的真正影响就立即表现出来”，根据选项关键词true impact可定位到第三句So the true impact of the attack may emerge on Monday as employees return and log in，即“这次攻击的真正影响也许在员工周一上班、登录计算机时才会表现出来”，因此B项表述错误，故本题选B。

单选题 37.Among the following organizations,______is damaged the most seriously.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】细节题。根据题干关键词定位到文章第二段第三句The most disruptive attacks infected Britain’s public health system。其中，题干关键词damaged the most seriously是the most disruptive attacks的同义转换，故选C。根据第二段第二句可知，“法国汽车制造商雷诺”“德国的联邦铁路系统”“西班牙的电信巨头Telefonica”都受到了相应的攻击，但并没有表明其所受攻击的危害程度，排除A、B、D，故本题选C。

单选题 38.The attitude of Nancy Harper towards the National Health Service is______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】态度题。根据题干关键词定位到文章第二段倒数第二句Nancy Harper,…said：“It’s concerning that the N．H．S．was dependent on these outdated systems…”，该句话意为“NHS仍依赖这些过时的系统令人担忧。连普通老百姓都能使用廉价的云端存储，医院早就该用类似的备份方法了。我希望这次攻击给他们敲响了警钟”。A项意为“批判的”，B项意为“赏识的”，C项意为“偏见的”，D项意为“赞成的，赞许的”，根据南希-哈珀说话的内容可知，A项符合题意，故本题选A。

单选题 39.The meaning of the word "stanch" (Para. 3) is similar to______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】含义题。根据题干关键词定位到文章第三段最后一句…has been credited with in ad vertently helping to stanch the spread of the assault by identifying the web domain for the hackers’“kill switch”一a way of disabling the malware，通过破折号后所表述的内容“禁用恶意软件的一种方式”可推断出，这种方式“阻止”了恶意软件攻击的扩大。A项意为“加速”，B项意为“释放”，C项意为“促进”，D项意为“阻止”，故本题选D。

单选题 40.Which one of the following statements about Rudiantara is NOT true?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】细节题。根据题干关键词定位到文章最后一段。B项关键词precautionary，take measures可在…and take preventive steps against the Wanna Cry malware attack(采取步骤预防“想哭”恶意软件的攻击)中找到相关信息，其中precautionary是preventive的同义替换，意为“预防的”。D项意为“他怀疑敲诈者是否会信守承诺，解密文件”，其是该段最后一句since there was no assur ance that the extortionists would decrypt the files as promised(无法保证敲诈勒索者会按他们承诺的去做，对文件进行解密)的同义替换。C项意为“他鼓励那些受到恶意软件攻击的人为了把被加密的数据换回来可以支付赎金”，其与原文He advised those hit by the malware against paying the $300 to $600…表述不一致，故本题选C。