Julia Angwin's struggling with privacy-eroding activities _________

单选题 Julia Angwin's struggling with privacy-eroding activities __________.

A．turns out to be a failure
B．is supported by her daughter
C．is admired by the author
D．ignores regulatory remedies

参考答案A

解析: 【定位】文中第3段讲述了朱莉娅·安格文与侵害个人隐私行为之间的斗争，故将本题出处定位于此。
【解析】A.。第3段第4句提到，当她(即朱莉娅·安格文)关掉可以用来进行追踪的基本的网页浏览功能(使用所谓的信息记录程序)时，她陷入了数据瘫痪，由此可见，她与侵害个人隐私行为的斗争最终并未成功，故A.符合题意。由第3段最后一句提到的My daughter would stand next to me and laugh…可以排除B.．文中并未提及作者对朱丽娅·安格文与侵害个人隐私行为作斗争的看法，故排除C.。D.是利用最后一段倒数第三句中的regulatory remedies设置的干扰。

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单选题 The author thinks that Julia Angwin __________.

A．has become the victim of the big data age
B．has done something harmful to the economy
C．has written about a lot of habits of guinea pigs
D．doesn't know well of the problems with Dragnet

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单选题 Questions are based on the following passage.
Every so often there appears to be a turning point in the debate over guns in America. The latest came in December, when 20 children and six staff were shot to death at a school in New own,Connecticut. "We can't tolerate this any more," said Barack Obama shortly afterwards. "These tragedies must end. And to end them, we must change." Americans seemed to agree. Polls showed increased support for stricter gun laws in the aftermath (后果，余波) of the shooting. But as the months passed, that enthusiasm waned.
Sensing this, in March Democrats (美国民主党人) in the Senate introduced only a modest bill that contained few of the big restrictions first sought by gun-control advocates and by the administration. It aimed to toughen penalties for illegal gun sales and increase funding for school-safety programmes. Most important, it would have expanded the use of background checks, which are meant to keep unfit people, like criminals and the mentally-ill, from acquiring guns. Under current law, such checks are required only for sales handled by a licensed reseller. The bill would have extended the requirement to all purchases.
Although immensely popular, this was poison to many Republican legislators, who do not like the idea of government interference in private sales. So a compromise was hashed out between two pro-gun senators -- Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, and Patrick Toomey, a Republican from Pennsylvania -- that focused only on extending the checks to sales at gun shows and online.
In the end, even that proved too ambitious. Despite having once supported more background checks, the National Rifle Association threatened senators with electoral retribution (严厉的惩罚)if they backed "Obama's gun ban". Some appeared cowed. Early signs of support quickly faded, and on April 17th the Democrats failed to acquire the 60 votes needed to pass the background-check compromise, derailing their push for stricter gun laws.
Short memories cannot be blamed for the defeat. Democrats ceaselessly summoned the victims of Newtown and other gun violence during the debate. But far from swaying the 41 Republicans and four Democrats who blocked the measure, the strategy dismayed some. When the family members of victims showed up in Washington, Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, called them the,president's "props （道具）"
Mr Paul and others noted that the background-check proposal would not have stopped Adam Lanza, the shooter in Newtown, who had used his mother's legally-obtained guns to carry out his massacre. This is true, but proposals that would have taken some of the firepower out of Lanza's hands won even less support. Bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines did not even win a majority of votes in the Democrat-controlled Senate. The measure that came closest to passing this week would have made it easier to carry a concealed weapon.
"All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington," said Mr Obama. He and his fellow Democrats vowed to continue to pursue tougher gun laws, but their way forward is now unclear. If a tragedy like Newtown cannot motivate support for even modest reforms, nothing will.
What did polls on guns show after the shooting in Newtown?

A．People think guns should be sold at gun shows and online.
B．More people support stricter gun laws.
C．People's enthusiasm about gun control waned.
D．Few people like government interference in private gun sales.

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单选题 What is most important about the modest bill introduced in March?

A．Its aim to toughen penalties for illegal gun sales.
B．Its expansion of the requirement of background checks in gun purchases.
C．Its increase of funding for school-safety programmes.
D．Its restrictions sought by advocates and administration.

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