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The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and some other newspapers have published
articles indicating that cyber attacks targeting Google and several other U.S. companies were from China.
Such accusations are biased (有偏见的).
These anicles take as evidence that hackers' IP addresses could be traced back to two schools in China.
However, it is common sense that hackers can attack by contmlling computers from anywhere in the world.
This fact also explains why hackers are hard to be tracked down.
Computers in China are easy to be controlled by hackers as the majority of Chinese Internet users lack
security awareness and adequate protection measures.
The hackers' IP addresses could by no means vindicate (证明正确) the newspapers' accusations that the
attacks were carried out by Chinese citizens or from within China.
The New York Times says one of the schools from which the cyber attacks were said to originate has
military support. Another school "has received financing from a high-level government science and technology
project."
The New York Times went to great lengths to mention that "graduates of one of the school's computcr
science department are employed by the local military each year." The paper, howevcr, did not care to tell its
readers that a school in China does not need to have any special relationship with the military to have its
graduates in uniform. It is also true in the United States, where the New York Times is based.
China's attitude toward cyber attacks has been unequivocal and has adopted laws against such crimes, as
China is one of the countries that suffer from cyber attacks.
The U.S. government, on the other hand, takes an uncertain attitude toward cyber attacks. According to
media reports, the U.S. Homeland Security and Defense departments have both openly employed hackers.
People with a "blackhat perspective" and knowing how to "do threat modeling" are the best choices, said
Philip Reitinger, Department of Homeland Security deputy undcrsecretary, at an information security
conference last October.
Cyber crimes could cause immense losses to individuals, companies and nations. Effective supervision (监
督) and closer international cooperation are ways to improve cyber security. Finger pointing is not.
1. The passage is intended to tell us that _____. [ ]
A. IP addresses are often used as evidence to track down hackers
B. it's not necessary for schools in China to contact the military
C. the U.S. government openly employ hackers to deal with cyber attacks
D. the accusations of cyber attacks against China are unreasonable and irresponsible
2. The underlined word "unequivocal" in Paragraph 7 means _____. [ ]
A. clear
B. negative
C. supportive
D. vague
3. We can conclude from the passage that _____.[ ]
A. international cooperation and finger pointing are called for to ensure cyber safety
B. people skilled at doing threat modeling don't have security awareness
C. some hackers work for the U.S. Homeland Security and Defense departments
D. hackers are difficult to catch because they can cause lots of losses to people
4. The passage is organized by _____.[ ]
A. raising questions and analyzing figures
B. making descriptions and giving explanations
C. presenting opinions and providing arguments
D. giving definitions and explaining details
