单选题 Companies have the legal right to monitor employees'e-mail and instant messaging．Many do, whether they warn their workers or not．Last month the University of Tennessee released the e-mail correspondence between an administrator and a married college president in which the administrator wrote of her love for him， and of her use of drugs and alcohol to deal with her unhappiness．Employers, including The New York Times and Dow Chemical, have fired workers for sending improper e-mail．
But the fastest-growing area for Internet spying is the home．SpectorSoft, a leading manufacturer of spyware, at first marketed its products to parents and employers．Sales jumped enormously, however, when the company changed its pitch to target romantic partners．"In just one day of running Spector on my home PC, I was able to identify my boyfriend's true personality,"a message on the company'website declares．
What can you expect if someone puts SpectorSoft's Spector 2.2 on your computer? It will take hundreds of records an hour of every website and e-mail that appears on your screen, and store them so that someone who is spying on you can review them later．A new product, SpectorSoft's eBlaster, will send the spy detailed e-mail reports updating your computer activities ffequently. These products keep the people being spied on totally unaware．
SpectorSoft has sold 35,000 copies of its spyware, and it has only a piece of a flourishing market．WinWhatWhere, another big player, sells primarily to businesses, but what it calls the"discontented family member" market has been finding VvSnWhatWhere．Many smaller companies have sites that sell relatively crude"key-loggers,"software that records every keystroke typed on a computer．
Isn't all this spying on loved ones a little creepy?Not to SpectorSoft president Doug Fowler．"If you're in a committed relationship and you get caught because of evidence online, as far as I'm concerned you deserve to be caught,"he says．Richard Eaton, president of WinVVhatWhere, recognizes that in a perfect world users would reveal that they have placed monitoring software on a computer．But WinWhatWhere Investigator has a feature that allows it to be completely hidden．"Our customers demanded it，"he says．

单选题 From the text we learn that most companies in the U.S．______．
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。由文章第一、二句“Companies have the legal right to monitor employees'e-mail and instant messaging．Many do…”可知，公司 有合法的权利监控雇员的电子邮件和即时消息，而且许多公司这样做了， e-mail和instant messaging属于员工的网上行为，因此应选择[D] 。[B] “禁止 雇员在工作时上网”与作者提到的“monitor”相反。[C] “公开泄露员工的隐 私”迷惑性很强，虽然文章第一段的例子中，田纳西大学泄露了一位行政人 员的隐私，但不可将其推广到美国的大多数公司。[B] “尊重员工在网上的 隐私”与某些公司的做法不符，也不是作者的写作意图。
单选题 The future of spyware is the most promising when it comes to______．
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。本题提问监控软件在哪方面最有发展前途。文章第二段 提到，SpectorSoft公司将监控软件销售给父母，雇主和情侣(romantic partners)，第四段提到，所谓的“不满的家庭成员”市场也发现了 WinWhatWhere，由此可推断出，未来的监控软件的购买者是个人，监 管针对的是个人的网上行为，因此应选择[B] 。其他选项的含义为：[A] 使 个人的上网模式标准化；[C] 使目前的上网模式多样化；[D] 管理各种网络 行为。
单选题 From the text we know that SpectorSoft's Spector 2.2 works______．
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。由文章第三段中“It will take hundreds of records an hour of every website and e-maill that appears on your screen, and store them….”可 知，SpectorSoft公司的Spector监控软件能在一小时内记录上百条信息， 将每一个网站，每一封电子邮件都储存下来，由此可推断出，这个软件能 准确地记录信息，因此应选择[B] 。文章中的“an hour”提示不应选择[D] 。 [A] “创造性地”和[C] “秘密地”与文章不符。
单选题 What might WinWhatWhere do in the future?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 推理题。由文章第四段中“WinWhatWhere，…sells primarily to businesses，but what it calls the'discontented family member'market has been finding WinWhatWhere.”可知，WinWhatWhere主要在商业领域销 售，但是所谓的“不满的家庭成员”市场也发现了WinwhatWhere，也就是 说，WinWhatWhere未来会转向家庭网络用户，因此应选择[B] 。
单选题 WinWhatWhere Investigator is characterized by its ability______．
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文章的最后一句是解题的关键。由“WinWhatWhere Investigator has a feature that allows it to be comDietely hidden.”可知， WinWhatwhere有软件隐形的功能，因此应选择[A] 。[A] 中“covet up'’表示 “掩盖，掩饰”。
语言点：
1．have the legal right to do stll．有合法权利做某事
2．Last month the University of Tennessee released the e-mail correspondence between an administrator and a married college president in which the administrator wrote of her love for him, and of her use of drugs and alcohol to deal with her unhappiness．上个月，田纳西大学公开了一位行政人员写给 一位已婚大学校长的电子邮件，在电子邮件中，她倾诉了对校长的爱，以 及如何靠吸毒、酗酒来排解痛苦。
1)release a correspondence公开来往信件
2)句子分析：in which引导定语从句，修饰the email correspondence，从 句中ofher use of…与ofher love for him并列。
3．SpectorSoft，a leading manufacturer of spyware，at first marketed its products to parents and employers．SpectorSoft公司作为监控软件的主要生成厂商， 首先将其产品推销给父母和雇主们。
句子分析：a leading manufacturer of spyware为SpectorSoft的同位语，句中 的market用做动词，表示“推销”。
4．Sales jumped enormously,however,when the company changed its pitch to target romantic partners．然而，当公司将销售目标指向情侣时，销售额急 剧攀升。
句子分析：句子的主句为sales iumped，when引导时间状语从句。
5．identify one's true personality 识别某人的真面目
6．a flourishing market欣欣向荣的市场，繁荣的市场
7．Many smaller companies have sites that sell relatively crude“key-loggers.” software that records every keystroke typed on a computer．许多小型公司也 有经营点，销售相对简易的“键盘记录”，即将电脑上每次击键记录下来的 软件。
句子分析：software that…为key-loggersfl9同位语，其中that引导定语从 句，修饰software。
8．Isn't all this spying on loved ones a little creepy?Not to SpectorSoft president Doug Fowler．监视自己的爱人是不是有点令人毛骨悚然呢? SpectorSoft的总裁Doug Fowler认为一点也不。
1)spyon侦查，暗中监视
2)creepy令人毛骨悚然的，令人不寒而栗的
3)句子分析：not to SpectorSoft president Doug Fowler为省略结构，完
整的句子为：All this spying on loved ones isn’t creepy to SpectorSoft president Doug Fowler。
9．as far as sb．is concerned就某人而言
10．Richard Eaton, president of WinWhatWhere, recognizes that in a perfectworld users would reveal that they have placed monitoring software on a computer．WinWhatWhere的总裁Richard Eaton认识到，在完美的世界 里，用户会透露他们在电脑上安装了监控软件。
句子分析：that in a perfect…on a computer为recognize的宾语从句，宾语 从句中，that they have placed…为动词revealflq宾语从句。