問題詳情


(B) The term Human Flesh Search Engine was originally coined in 2001 to describe “asearch that was human-powered rather than computer-driven.” Because of the convenientand efficient nature of information sharing in cyberspace, the Human Flesh Search is oftenused to 21 information usually difficult or impossible to find by other conventionalmeans. Over the years, the Human Flesh Search was repeatedly deployed, sometimes  22 moral crusades against socially unacceptable behaviors, such as political corruption,extramarital affairs or animal cruelties. Individuals on the receiving end often have theirreal-life identities or private information 23 public, and can be subjected to harassment.One of the first notorious cases of human flesh research involved the search for a taxi driverwho allegedly 24 his car window to spit on an elderly homeless person lying on thestreet. Witnesses recorded the first few digits of the spitter’s number plate and publicized theincident. Thousands of netizens then banded together online to 25 the perpetrator.Hours later, they zeroed in on a young man, whose number plate was a partial match, andvowed to see him 26 . Ever since then, the young man was bombarded with harassingcalls from perfect strangers, some of 27 even threatened to kill him. When so manystrangers focus their attention on a single person, some inevitably go too far and make“flesh-searching” cyberbullying on a mass scale, 28 the unwitting target’s privacy andunfairly smearing the person’s reputation. Last month a Chinese official in charge of internetsurveillance stated that the government would go to any 29 to stop this kind ofcyberviolence. To avoid legal responsibility, it is imperative that every web user30 twice before embarking on the so-called online moral crusade.
【題組】21.
(A) eliminate
(B) acquire
(C) ensure
(D) construct

參考答案

答案:B
難度:簡單0.714286
統計:A(1),B(5),C(1),D(0),E(0)