单选题
Facebook has been playing with fire and has got its fingers burned, again. On November 29th America"s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached a
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settlement with the giant social network over accusations that it had
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people about its use of their personal data. The details of the settlement make clear that Facebook, which
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over 800 million users, betrayed its users" trust. It is also notable
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it appears to be part of a broader attempt by the FTC to craft a new privacy framework to
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the swift rise of social networks in America.
The regulator"s findings come at a
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time for Facebook, which is said to be
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for an initial public offering next year that could value it at around $100 billion. To clear the way for its initial public offering, the firm first needs to resolve its
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disputes with regulators in America and Europe. Hence its willingness to negotiate the settlement is
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this week, which should be finalized at the end of December after a period for public comment.
Announcing the agreement, the FTC said it had found a number of cases
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Facebook had made claims that were "
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and deceptive, and violated federal law".
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, it passed on personally identifiable information to advertisers, even though it said it would not do so. And it failed to keep a promise to
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photos and videos on deactivated and deleted accounts
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. The settlement does not constitute (an)
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by Facebook that it has broken the law. But the regulator"s findings are deeply embarrassing for the company nonetheless. In a blog post published the same day, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook"s boss, tried to
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the impact of the deal. He claimed that "a small number of high-profile mistakes" were
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the social network"s "good history" on privacy.
But public
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over Facebook"s behaviour could spur Congress into action anyway. And it will certainly not be lost on regulators who are
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the social network"s privacy record too. Mr. Zuckerberg"s latest admission of its fault is
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to be his last.
【答案解析】[解析] 此空所在的部分是that引导的同位语从句，说明accusations(控诉)的具体内容为“社交网巨头就个人信息的使用 用户”。mislead“误导，引入歧途，把……引致错误的思想或行为”，该词通常指有意或无意地使人走错路、犯错误，符合题意，且组成mislead sb. (about sth. )的搭配，故B．misled为正确答案。fake“伪造，冒充，假装”不符合题意；根据“控诉”一词可以排除encourage“鼓励，鼓舞”；lie为不及物动词，常用结构为lie to sb. about sth. ，故排除。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 此处的句意为“脸谱网______八亿多用户”。boast作为动词有两层含义：一是指“自夸，自吹自擂，夸口说”；二是指“有(值得自豪的东西)”，不用进行时，如The hotel also boasts two swimming pools and a golf course. (那家宾馆还拥有两个游泳池和一个高尔夫球场。)此题考查了它的第二层含义，故D．boasts为正确答案。consist是不及物动词，后接of使用时才能表示“由……组成”；constitute是及物动词，但表示“部分构成整体”，不符合题意；blow指“吹动，刮，吹奏”，三者均不符合题意，应排除。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 在It is also notable ______ it appears to be part of a broader attempt中，由also可推断出这里的两个it均指前句中的the settlement(方案)，该句大意为“这份方案受到广泛关注______它似乎是一个更大计划的一部分”，根据第一段内容可知最后一句的主从句之间是因果关系，故A．because"因为”为正确答案。unless“除非，如果不”表条件；though“虽然，尽管”表让步；while“而，然而”表对比，三项均不符合文意，故排除。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 此处的句意为“FTC有个更大的计划，那就是创建一个新的隐私框架以______美国社交网的快速攀升”。C．deal with“处理，应对”符合文意，为正确答案。hold up“支持住，承受住”，keep up“保持，继续”，meet with sth. “遭遇某事，受到某种待遇；经历、体验(不愉快的事)”，此三项均不符合文意，故排除。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据下文中脸谱网面临的clear the way(扫清障碍)和resolve its ______ disputes(解决争端)可知，此句说明调解员的调查对这个时候的脸谱网来说很“敏感”，故D．sensitive为正确答案。sensational“轰动的，哗众取宠的，耸人听闻的”，sensible"明智的”，sentimental“感伤的”，均不符合文意，故排除。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处的句意为“据说它(脸谱网)正在准备明年的首次招股，这将使它的价值达到一千亿美元”。prepare for“准备”，符合题意，故B．preparing为正确答案。enter for“报名参加”，contend for“争取”，apply for“申请”，在语义上与an initial public offering搭配均不合适，故排除。
【答案解析】[解析] 此句中的cases接的是定语从句，空格后是一个完整的句子。在定语从句中，case，point，situation等可以看作表抽象地点的先行词，当从句缺状语成分时，定语从句的引导词用关系副词where充当，where等同于in a case，表示“在某种情况下”，故D．where为正确答案。从句不缺少成分，故排除which；though“虽然，尽管”表示让步：when作时间状语，均不符合文意，应排除。
【答案解析】[解析] 根据空格后的内容“尽管它(脸谱网)说不会做此类事情”和“它并没有遵守承诺”可知，它是对空格前的内容进行具体的例证说明，故C．For instance“例如”为正确答案。As a result“因此”，By the way“顺便一提”，In short“简而言之，总之”均不符合文意，应排除。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 分析空格处的不定式可知，deactivated and deleted是形容词修饰accounts，on deactivated and deleted accounts是photos and videos的后置定语，整个不定式短语是make+sth. +adj. 结构，意为“让某事变得……”。故C．make为正确答案。put“放置”，没有此用法。upload photos and videos“下载相片和视频”，take photos“拍照”，均不符合文意。