2018年CATTI三级笔译综合能力考试试题及答案解析(六)
Electronic mail has become an extremely important and popular means of communication.
The convenience and efficiency of electronic mail are threatened by the extremely rapid growth in the volume of unsolicited commercial electronic mail. Unsolicited commercial electronic mail is currently estimated to account for over half of all electronic mail traffic, up from an estimated 7 percent in 2001, and the volume continues to rise. Most of these messages are fraudulent or deceptive in one or more respects.
The receipt of unsolicited commercial electronic mail may result in costs to recipients who cannot refuse to accept such mail and who incur costs for the storage of such mail, or for the time spent accessing, reviewing, and discarding such mail, or for both. The receipt of a large number of unwanted messages also decreases the convenience of electronic mail and creates a risk that wanted electronic mail messages, both commercial and noncommercial, will be lost, overlooked, or discarded amidst the larger volume of unwanted messages, thus reducing the reliability and usefulness of electronic mail to the recipient. Some commercial electronic mail contains material that many recipients may consider vulgar or pornographic in nature.
The growth in unsolicited commercial electronic mail imposes significant monetary costs on providers of Internet access services, businesses, and educational and nonprofit institutions that carry and receive such mail, as there is a finite volume of mail that such providers, businesses, and institutions can handle without further investment in infrastructure. Many senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail purposefully disguise the source of such mail.
Many senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail purposefully include misleading information in the messages'' subject lines in order to induce the recipients to view the messages. While some senders of commercial electronic mail messages provide simple and reliable ways for recipients to reject (or ''opt-out'' of) receipt of commercial electronic mail from such senders in the future, other senders provide no such ''opt-out'' mechanism, or refuse to honor the requests of recipients not to receive electronic mail from such senders in the future, or both.
Many senders of bulk unsolicited commercial electronic mail use computer programs to gather large numbers of electronic mail addresses on an automated basis from Internet websites or online services where users must post their addresses in order to make full use of the website or service.
The problems associated with the rapid growth and abuse of unsolicited commercial electronic mail cannot be solved by the government alone. The development and adoption of technological approaches and the pursuit of cooperative efforts with other countries will be necessary as well.
第11题
According to the passage, efficiency of e-mail is threatened by________.
A heavy e-mail traffic
B fraudulent e-mail messages
C large volume of messages
D increasing amount of unwanted e-mail
【正确答案】：D
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
细节题型。见第二段第一句：The convenience and efficiency of electronic mail are threatened by......unsolicited commercial electronic mall.从第三段得知unsolicited commercial electronic mail指的是unwanted messages;因此选项D为答案。
第12题
Which of the following is NOT true about unwanted e-mail?
A It costs money to receive them.
B It's free to store them.
C It takes time to access them.
D It takes time to throw them away.
【正确答案】：B
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
是非题型。见第三段第一句：The receipt of unsolicited commercial electronic mail may result in costs to recipients who......，or for the time spent accessing，reviewing，and discarding such mail，or for both.分别是选项A、C、D的内容，因此只有选项B为答案。
第13题
Unwanted e-mail may________.
A cause companies to fail in business
B cause wanted e-mail messages to lose
C damage the credit of a company
D do good to a small company
【正确答案】：B
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
细节题型。见第三段第二句：The receipt of a large number of unwanted messages also decreases the convenience of electronic mail and creates a risk that wanted electronic mail messages，both commercial and noncommercial，will be lost, overlooked，or discarded amidst…因此选项B为答案。
第14题
Pornographic in Paragraph 3 probably means________.
A decent
B instructional
C sexual
D commercial
【正确答案】：C
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
词义题型。本文第三段主要谈及unsolicited commercial electronic mail带来的害处，且根据上下文，pornographic应与or前面的vulgar(粗俗的)近义;因此选项A. decent正派的，有分寸的、B.instructional指导的，教育的、D.commercial商业的，贸易的，均不符合题意;只有选项、C.sexual(性的)符合题意，是答案。pornographic的，作品的。
第15题
What does unwanted e-mail messages do to the providers of the Internet services?
A Raising their cost.
B Raising the Internet speed.
C Improving their business.
D Attracting investment.
【正确答案】：A
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
细节题型。见第四段第一句：The growth in unsolicited commercial electronic mail imposes significant monetary costs on providers of Internet access services, businesses，and educational and nonprofit institutions that…因此选项A是答案。
第16题
Disguise in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to________.
A reveal
B hide
C deliver
D post
【正确答案】：B
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
词义题型。见第四段最后一句：Many senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail purposefully disguise the source of such mail.根据前面提及的unsolicited commercial electronic mail会带来许多危害，可推断出发送人当然不希望人们知道他们的地址了;因此选项B.hide(隐藏，掩饰)是答案。disguise隐瞒，掩饰;reveal展现，揭示;deliver递送，陈述;post邮递，张贴，揭示。
第17题
The word "induce" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to________.
A cheat
B introduce
C provide
D harm
【正确答案】：A
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
词义题型。从第五段第一句：Many senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail purposefully include misleading information in the messages' subject lines in order to induce the recipients to view the messages.得知：这些人故意在邮件主题栏中使用一些会误导的信息来......收件人观看信息;四个选项中A.cheat(欺骗，骗取)用在划线部分最符合题意。选项B(介绍)和C(提供)都不如A的意思恰当。
第18题
Opt-out mechanism is probably________
A a machine that can be attached to your computer
B a button that you can make a choice to read or not to read
C a software that you can play a computer game
D an e-mail that says some good words to you
【正确答案】：B
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
细节题型。第四段第二句是个对比句：while some senders…provide simple and reliable ways for recipients to reject(or‘opt—out’of)receipt of…，other senders provide no such‘opt-out’mechanism…从中得知‘opt—out’应是reject的近义词;而‘opt—out’mechanism应是前半句中提到的simple and reliable ways for recipients to reject receipt of…;因此选项B最符合题意。
第19题
It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 that bulk unsolicited commercial e-mail will probably spread________.
A harmful virus
B unpleasant news
C advertisements
D adult jokes
【正确答案】：C
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
推断题型。从第六段得知：发送这些unwanted messages的人利用电脑程序自动从国际互联网站或在线服务来收集大量的e-mail地址……，由此推知：他们会向这些地址发送unwanted messages，目的当然应是发送广告了;因此选项C是答案。
第20题
The unwanted e-mail problem can be solved if________.
A the government takes action
B a new technology is adopted
C more people are aware of the problem
D joint efforts are made and new technology is used
【正确答案】：D
【本题分数】：1.0分
【答案解析】
细节题型。见最后一段。选项A、B、C的内容都对，但都不全面;只有选项D(人们共同的努力和新技术的使用)最全面，是答案。
