2019年考研英语精选练习题(10)

　　Directions:

　　Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET . (10 points)

　　Facebook has been 1 with fire and has got its fingers burned, again. On November 29th America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached a 2 settlement with the giant social network over 3 that it had misled people about its use of their personal data.

　　The details of the settlement make clear that Facebook, which 4 over 800m users, betrayed its users’ trust. It is also notable because it appears to be part of a broader 5 by the FTC to craft a new privacy framework to deal with the rapid 6 of social networks in America.

　　The regulator’s findings come at a 7 moment for Facebook, which is said to be preparing for an initial public offering next year that could value it at around $100 billion. To 8 the way for its listing, the firm first needs to resolve its privacy 9 with regulators in America and Europe. 10 its willingness to negotiate the settlement 11 this week.

　　Announcing the agreement, the FTC said it had found a number of cases where Facebook had made claims that were “unfair and deceptive, and 12 federal law”. For instance, it 13 personally identifiable information to advertisers, and it failed to keep a promise to make photos and videos on deleted accounts 14 .

　　The settlement does not 15 an admission by Facebook that it has broken the law, but it deeply 16 the company nonetheless. In a blog post published the same day, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s boss, tried to 17 the impact of the deal. First he claimed that “a small number of high-profile mistakes” were 18 the social network’s “good history” on privacy.

　　The FTC is not relying on Facebook to police itself. Among other things, the company will now have to seek consumers’ approval before it changes the way it shares their data. And it has agreed to an independent privacy audit every two years for the next 20 years.

　　There is a clear pattern here. In separate cases over the past couple of years the FTC has insisted that Twitter and Google accept regular 19 audits, too, after each firm was accused of violating its customers’ privacy. The intent seems to be to create a regulatory regime that is tighter than the status quo, 20 one that still gives social networks plenty of room to innovate.

　　1. [A] setting [B] playing [C] lighting [D] turning

　　2. [A] craft [B] documentary [C] trade [D] draft

　　3. [A] verdicts [B] allegations [C] rumors [D] affirmation

　　4. [A] boasts [B] exaggerates [C] estimates [D] assesses

　　5. [A] impulse [B] initiative [C] innovation [D] motion

　　6. [A] increase [B] elevation [C] rise [D] appearance

　　7. [A] indispensable [B] essential [C] critical [D] fundamental

　　8. [A] steer [B] clear [C] lay [D] remove

　　9. [A] controversy [B] competition [C] dispute [D] compromise

　　10. [A] despite [B] given [C] although [D] hence

　　11. [A] unveiled [B] discovered [C] exposed [D] revealed

　　12. [A] violated [B] assaulted [C] resisted [D] betrayed

　　13. [A] informed [B] entrust [C] imparted [D] confided

　　14. [A] available [B] retrievable [C] reversible [D] inaccessible

　　15. [A] constitute [B] correspond [C] confirm [D] conceive

　　16. [A] involves [B] strikes [C] embarrasses [D] attacks

　　17. [A] turn down [B] cut down [C] play down [D] bring down

　　18. [A] overshadowing [B] overlooking [C] overtaking [D] overthrowing

　　19. [A] expert [B] external [C] formal [D] automatic

　　20. [A] and [B] but [C] thus [D] despite