单选题
"At Booz Allen, we're shaping the future of cyber-security," trumpets a recruiting message on the website of Booz Allen Hamilton, a consulting and technology firm. It is hard to argue with that exaggeration right now. Edward Snowden, the man who revealed he was responsible for leaks about monitoring American citizens by the National Security Agency (NSA), was a contractor working for Booz Allen. That has turned a spotlight on the extensive involvement of private firms in helping America's spies to do their jobs. The affair could lead to changes in the way these relationships work. The role of firms such as Booz Allen in the intelligence arena and the flow of government cyber-tsars into tech companies are evidence of an emerging cyber-industrial complex in which the private and public sectors are intimately linked. Some will see this as a worrying development, noting that President Dwight Eisenhower used the term "military-industrial complex" in a speech in 1961 to give warning about the dangers of too cosy a relationship between government, military men and defence contractors. There are risks inherent in the cyber-industrial complex too. Mr. Snowden's leak will raise questions about just how watertight firms such as Booz Allen can keep their operations. There is also a theoretical risk that former officials might tap their friends in government to give their new employers an unfair advantage in bidding for federal contracts or to influence policy for commercial advantage. But there are also reasons why the cyber-industrial complex should, on balance, be welcomed. For a start, many talented but weird teenies would refuse to work for government agencies. Better to have them work as contractors than not to enlist their talents at all. Deep-pocketed firms may also be best placed to attract rare birds such as data scientists. Because of the danger that online security threats pose, companies need to co-operate closely with government spies to counter them. Former cyber-officials can advise firms how best to do this. Moreover, if the government wants to continue to benefit from the intelligence of its departing cyber-warriors, it can always hire their new firms. Government types can also help cyber-security firms and consultancies, which are prime targets for hackers, to protect their own operations better. Dmitri Alperovitch, a founder of CrowdStrike, a cyber-security company that hired Shawn Henry after he retired from a senior position at the FBI, says that in addition to working with clients Mr. Henry is also responsible for CrowdStrike's own internal security.
单选题
It can be learned from the first paragraph that_____.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析：根据题干定位到第一段。理解的关键在于④句的That has turned a spotlight on the extensive involvement…，此处turn a spotlight on意为“注意到”，说明之前很多人没有注意到公私合作。D项使用的是过去时，说的正是过去没有注意到私有公司在美国情报领域所起的作用，故D项为本题答案。
单选题
Some are worried about the cyber-industrial complex in that_____.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析：从题干可以看出，本题问的是对网络-工业联合体担心的原因。文中第二段②句可以找到与题干对应的worrying一词，该句前半部分表示一些人担忧其发展，后半句便给出原因to give warning about the dangers of too cosy a relationship…，理解这句话的关键在于cosy“密切的”，B项中的intimate与此同义，即他们之间的关系过于密切会导致潜在的危险，故答案选B项。
单选题
The cyber-industrial complex should be welcomed probably because _____.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：根据题干的should be welcomed先定位到第四段①句。该句表明总体来说有理由欢迎网络-工业联合体。接着分析原因，而在第五段由Because of指出第二个原因：政府和公司合作可以一起抵御(counter)网络安全威胁(online security threats)，C项符合题意。
单选题
Shawn Henry is mentioned in the last paragraph to ______.