单选题 Tom Burke recently tried to print out a boarding pass from home before one of the frequent/lights he takes. He couldn't. His name, or one similar to it, is now on one of the Transportation Security Administration's terrorist watch lists.
Every day, thousands of people like Burke find themselves unable o do things like print a boarding pass and are pulled aside for extensive screening because their name, or a name that sounds like theirs, is on one of the watch lists. From the TSA's perspective, the screening is just one of the many new layers of increased security that are designed to prevent terrorist activity. The inconvenience is regrettable, but a price that society has to pay for security. And for national security reasons, the FBI and other government agencies responsible for supplying names to the lists will not disclose the criteria they use. They say that would amount to tipping their hands to the terrorists.
But civil libertarians are more concerned about the long-term consequence of the current lists. On Sept. 11, 2001, the no-fly list contained 16 names. Now, the combined lists are estimated to have as many as 20,000. Internal FBI memos from agents referred to the process as "really confused" and "not comprehensive and not centralized." Burke and others contend that such comments axe disturbing, because it was during the first year after the attacks that the watch lists grew exponentially.
"The underlying danger is not that Tom. Burke can no longer get a boarding pass to get on an air line," says a lawyer. "It's that the Tom Burkes in the world may .forever more be associated (with the terrorist watch list)." Burke says they do know that the lists axe frequently updated and distributed internationally, but they don't know how the old lists are destroyed. They also hope to ensure that sometime in the future a person whose name is on the list, but is not a terrorist, does not run into further trouble if, say, law enforcement in another country that they're visiting comes across their name on one of the old lists.
In addition, airlines are concerned that the lists are not updated frequently enough. "We've been encouraging the TSA to work with all of the other federal law-enforcement agencies to get a regular re view of the names that they submit to TSA, because there have been reports that these agencies have said that if there was a review, many of the names could be removed," says Diana Cronin of the Air Transport Association.

单选题 The number of names on the no-fly list increases rapidly from 16 to 20,000 most probably because
A. terrorist attacks are launched frequently.
B. many people's names are similar to known terrorists.
C. the screening system is not effective enough.
D. terrorists are not accurately identified after 9·11.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题问禁止登机名单上的名字从16人快速增长到20000人最可能的原因是什么。首段及第二段都在讲由于一些人的名字与恐P6分子的名字相似而被安全部门禁止登机。从下文的叙述可以看出作者对安全部门工作的不周全有无奈和责怪之意。故禁飞名单上的名字大幅增多主要是安全部门工作的不周全所致，因此D项“9·11后没有准确地鉴定恐怖分子”正确。 [A]恐怖袭击频繁：这一点文中并没有提到，实际上是在9·11恐怖袭击之后联邦调查局就加强了保安措施，而不是由于恐怖袭击频繁而导致名单上人数的增加。 [B]许多人的名字和已知恐怖分子的名字相同：在9·11事件以前也有人的名字和恐怖分子的名字相像，但那时名单上并没有那么多人，所以这并不是名单上名字激增的原因。真正原因是因为9·11事件发生后政府防护措施不严谨。 [C]安检系统的不够有效：文中提到数千人被叫到一旁进行进一步检查，就是因为他们的姓名，或者和他们的姓名相似的名字上了黑名单。也就是说，禁止登机的人的名单制定在先。这与“安检系统的有效性”无关。

单选题 In the eyes of the TSA, the current system is
A. inconvenient and pointless.
B. reasonable but imperfect.
C. effective and praiseworthy.
D. necessary but impractical.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】本题问在美国运输安全管理局看来现行的系统怎么样。从文中第二段的第三句"The inconvenience is re gettable，but a price that society has to pay for security"，可以看出现行的系统给人们带来了不便但又是必需的。由此可见美国运输安全管理局承认现行系统的不完善性，同时又强调这一系统的合理性和必要性，故C．B广合理的但并不完备”正确。 [A]不方便的且无意义的：说这一系统不方便有道理，但这是为了防止恐怖袭击所必须付出的代价，所以不能说它是无意义的。 [C]有效的且值得赞扬的：赞扬过头了，实际上美国运输安全管理局自己也认识到了该系统的不足和不方便。 [D]必要的但是不切实际：错在"impractical"，美国运输安全管理局认为该系统虽然不方便但也是没有办法的事情，这里并没有“不实际”、“不容易操作”的含义。

单选题 The attitudes of FBI and Burke towards the reliability of the no-fly list are
A. similar.
B. opposite.
C. confusing.
D. ambiguous.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】本题问FBI和伯克对禁飞名单可靠性的态度是什么。文中第三段提到FBI的内部备忘录，自己承认禁飞名单“很混乱”“不全面而且没有全面管理”，而紧随其后，又提到伯克对此“不安”，因为“恐怖袭击刚过去一年，监视名单就以指数增长”，说明他们都认为禁飞名单的数字很不可靠，存在很大问题。所以[A)“相似的”正确。 [B]对立的：二者虽然一个是政府机关，一个是被监视的对象，基本立场好像有些对立，但在禁飞名单的可靠性方面观点是一致的，均认为禁飞名单不够可靠。 [C]令人困惑的；[D]暖昧的：文中FBI和伯克对名单的态度都是很清楚的，并无让人困惑之处，也并不暧昧，难以理解。

单选题 According to paragraph 4, Burke's great concern about the current system is that
A. the system fails to update internationally.
B. he is often mistaken for a terrorist.
C. the damage done by the list cannot be quickly corrected.
D. getting his boarding pass will often take more time.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】本题问从第四段可以看出，伯克对当前使用的系统最关注的是什么。文中第四段开始提到一位律师的观点：他认为像伯克这样被误认为是恐怖分子的人最关注的是消除已经给其造成的负面影响，接下来又提到伯克自己的观点："They also hope to ensure that sometime in the future a person whose name is on the list，but is not a terrorist，does not run into further trouble if...”即伯克对目前使用的系统最关注的也是能否将已经造成的负面影响及时地消除。故[C]“名单造成的负面影响不能被及时纠正”正确。 [A]系统没能进行全球性的更新：这并不是伯克最关注的，文中第四段第三句提到"Burke says they do know that the lists are frequently updated and distributed internationally"，可见伯克知道系统是经常进行全球性更新的。因此他不会担心本项内容。 [D]他常常被误认为是恐怖分子：本项没有反映出文章强调的长期影响，如果伯克仅仅是现在被怀疑是恐怖分子，但以后不会有任何麻烦，也许他就不会这样在乎。 [D]经常要等很久才能拿到登机牌：从文中第四段首句"The underlying danger is not that Tom Burke can no longer get a boarding pass to get on an airline"可见，这也不是伯克最关注的。

单选题 The airlines may be satisfied if the TSA can
A. distribute the no-fly lists before a flight.
B. revise the terrorist watch lists more often.
C. prevent terrorists from boarding airplanes.
D. abolish the current terrorist screening system.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】本题问美国运输安全管理局怎样做机场才会满意。末段第一句说"airlines are concerned that the lists are not updated frequently enough．”可见机场对名单不能及时更新是不满意的，末段末句也说“...if there was a review，many of the names could be removed”可见，如果美国运输安全管理局能及时更新名单，机场才会满意。故[B]“更频繁地更新恐怖分子名单”正确。 [A]在起飞前分发禁止登机的名单：文中没有提到。 [C]阻止恐怖分子登机：文中并未谈到航空公司要求TSA阻止恐怖分子登机，实际上阻止恐怖分子登机应该是航空公司的任务，TSA只不过提供名单罢了。 [D]废除现在的恐怖分子监视系统：文中仅谈到要经常更新名单，并不是说要把整个监视系统给废除了。