2018年CATTI三級(jí)筆譯綜合能力考試試題及答案解析(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題

　　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

　　【正確答案】：D

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　細(xì)節(jié)題型。見第二段第一句：The convenience and efficiency of electronic mail are threatened by......unsolicited commercial electronic mall.從第三段得知unsolicited commercial electronic mail指的是unwanted messages;因此選項(xiàng)D為答案。

　　第12題

　　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.

　　【正確答案】：B

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　是非題型。見第三段第一句：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.分別是選項(xiàng)A、C、D的內(nèi)容，因此只有選項(xiàng)B為答案。

　　第13題

　　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

　　【正確答案】：B

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　細(xì)節(jié)題型。見第三段第二句：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…因此選項(xiàng)B為答案。

　　第14題

　　Pornographic in Paragraph 3 probably means________.

　　A decent

　　B instructional

　　C sexual

　　D commercial

　　【正確答案】：C

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　詞義題型。本文第三段主要談及unsolicited commercial electronic mail帶來的害處，且根據(jù)上下文，pornographic應(yīng)與or前面的vulgar(粗俗的)近義;因此選項(xiàng)A. decent正派的，有分寸的、B.instructional指導(dǎo)的，教育的、D.commercial商業(yè)的，貿(mào)易的，均不符合題意;只有選項(xiàng)、C.sexual(性的)符合題意，是答案。pornographic的，作品的。

　　第15題

　　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.

　　【正確答案】：A

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　細(xì)節(jié)題型。見第四段第一句：The growth in unsolicited commercial electronic mail imposes significant monetary costs on providers of Internet access services, businesses，and educational and nonprofit institutions that…因此選項(xiàng)A是答案。

　　第16題

　　Disguise in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to________.

　　A reveal

　　B hide

　　C deliver

　　D post

　　【正確答案】：B

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　詞義題型。見第四段最后一句：Many senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail purposefully disguise the source of such mail.根據(jù)前面提及的unsolicited commercial electronic mail會(huì)帶來許多危害，可推斷出發(fā)送人當(dāng)然不希望人們知道他們的地址了;因此選項(xiàng)B.hide(隱藏，掩飾)是答案。disguise隱瞞，掩飾;reveal展現(xiàn)，揭示;deliver遞送，陳述;post郵遞，張貼，揭示。

　　第17題

　　The word "induce" in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to________.

　　A cheat

　　B introduce

　　C provide

　　D harm

　　【正確答案】：A

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　詞義題型。從第五段第一句：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：這些人故意在郵件主題欄中使用一些會(huì)誤導(dǎo)的信息來......收件人觀看信息;四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中A.cheat(欺騙，騙取)用在劃線部分最符合題意。選項(xiàng)B(介紹)和C(提供)都不如A的意思恰當(dāng)。

　　第18題

　　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

　　【正確答案】：B

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　細(xì)節(jié)題型。第四段第二句是個(gè)對(duì)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…從中得知‘opt—out’應(yīng)是reject的近義詞;而‘opt—out’mechanism應(yīng)是前半句中提到的simple and reliable ways for recipients to reject receipt of…;因此選項(xiàng)B最符合題意。

　　第19題

　　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

　　【正確答案】：C

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　推斷題型。從第六段得知：發(fā)送這些unwanted messages的人利用電腦程序自動(dòng)從國(guó)際互聯(lián)網(wǎng)站或在線服務(wù)來收集大量的e-mail地址……，由此推知：他們會(huì)向這些地址發(fā)送unwanted messages，目的當(dāng)然應(yīng)是發(fā)送廣告了;因此選項(xiàng)C是答案。

　　第20題

　　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

　　【正確答案】：D

　　【本題分?jǐn)?shù)】：1.0分

　　【答案解析】

　　細(xì)節(jié)題型。見最后一段。選項(xiàng)A、B、C的內(nèi)容都對(duì)，但都不全面;只有選項(xiàng)D(人們共同的努力和新技術(shù)的使用)最全面，是答案。