問題詳情
六、閱讀測驗(共9分,每題3分) In the latest revelation of the extent of the United States’ worldwide electronics surveillance programs, it has been confirmed that as many as 35 world leaders have had their phones tapped. This has caused outrage among those being listened in on, especially since many of them are counted among America’s closest political, economic and military allies. The leader who was perhaps most visibly upset was German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who claimed that relations between the U.S. and its European allies have been damaged and that the Americans would have to try to win back their trust. The information was made public by Edward Snowden, the notorious former National Security Agency employee who has been in hiding since May of this year after revealing sensitive, secret information about American espionage activities around the world. Snowden claims the world has a right to know the extent of America’s spying activities which he feels are a violation of people’s human rights. The news that America’s chief intelligence service had been listening to the private conversations of world leaders reportedly came as a surprise to American President Barak Obama, who denied any prior knowledge of the NSA’s activities. This apparently led to a number of awkward conversations between the president and his European and South American counterparts as he tried to smooth ruffled feathers. He has publicly announced that this type of activity is not currently taking place, nor will it happen again in the future. Civil and human rights activist both in the United States and abroad have condemned the NSA’s practice of collecting massive amounts of data on seemingly innocent people and have called on the American government to exercise more control over its intelligence services.
【題組】72. According to the passage, which of following statements is true?
(A)Edward Snowden is currently being held prisoner by the security services of theUnited States.
(B)The leaders of the nations that were spied on by American intelligence services wereAmong America’s greatest enemies.
(C)The source of the information about America’s espionage activities is unknown andwill likely remain so.
(D)It is considered by many to be a violation of both civil and human rights to spy onpeople whohave done nothing wrong.
參考答案
答案：D
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(1),D(1),E(0)