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  3. In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、

In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、

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问题 In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list (A、B、C、D、E、F、G……) to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are several extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. (10 points)

    Last year French drivers killed fewer than 5,000 people on the roads for the first time in decades. Credit goes largely to the 1,000 automated radar cameras planted on the nation’s highways since 2003, which experts reckon saved 3,000 lives last year. (41)______.
    So it goes with surveillance these days. Europeans used to look at the security cameras posted in British cities, subways and buses as the seeds of an Orwellian world that was largely unacceptable in Continental Europe. But last year’s London bombings, in which video cameras played a key role in identifying the perpetrators, have helped spur a sea change. (42)______. In a British poll, 73 percent of respondents said they were ready to give up some civil liberties to improve security.
    Europe’s politicians are now less concerned with privacy than with appearing to be soft on terror ism. In December, lawmakers in Brussels passed Europe wide legislation that permits police to investigate through cell-phone and Internet data. They are requiring cell-phone companies to retain calling information, such as the time of calls, to whom they were made and the location of the cell-phone holder; should a terrorist attack take place, cops want to be able to track callers before and after the event. Telecoms will be required to retain this information for between six months and two years.
    (43)______. The information could allow authorities to identify perpetrators after the fact, as in London, or show part of an attack taking place, as in Madrid. The law also opens up mobile-phone and Internet records, as well as previously confidential customer travel and shipping information, to scrutiny by authorities tracking suspicious individuals. And it requires cybercafé computer users to provide an ID document whose number is recorded and linked to the computer used and time of day.
    Even Amsterdam, a city legendary for its liberal attitudes, is spending millions to increase video surveillance of public transport. Cameras now watch places like the E1Tawheed mosque. Italy spends $275 million a year on telephone intercepts and conducts an astounding 172 judicial intercepts or wiretaps per 100,000 inhabitants.
    (44)______. Aside from the privacy implications, some security experts warn that all this new information may overwhelm cops. Computer programs that flag suspicious data still require human intervention.
    What’s the next step in this surveillance culture? (45)______. Fighting terror is one rationale for the system, but on a day-to-day basis it will come in most handy as a way of checking that drivers are insured and have no outstanding violations or warrants. That points out one potential problem Studies have shown that surveillance is good for preventing assaults on taxi drivers and other petty incidents, but has little effect on major crime. If this proves to be the case with terrorism, Europeans may one day grow tired of being watched.

A. By the end of the year, British authorities will begin sending license-plate information from thousands of roadside cameras to a new central database, as well as to police and M.I.6.
B. Europeans used to worry that to install cameras in the public areas may destroy individual privacy.
C. A month after the London attacks, half of Germans supported EU-wide plans to require Internet providers and telecoms to store all e-mail, Internet and phone data for "anti-terror" purposes.
D. Success, of course, breeds success: the government plans to install 500 more radar devices this year.
E. Terrorism nowadays becomes a common concern throughout the European continent and more and more countries are involved in taking actions.
F. Not everyone is happy with all these watchful eyes.
G. France, which was a target of radical Muslim terrorism well before 9.11, adopted a tough anti terror law in December that clears the way for authorities to install thousands of video cameras in transport hubs, religious centers (mostly mosques), workplaces and public spaces.

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答案A
解析 本段开篇首先发问：这种监控文化的下一步是什么?下文中又继续提到了一种系统化的摄像机监控工程，并指出该工程的两大作用，一是反恐，二是日常交通状况的维护。所以在本句之前，对于首句问句的回答应该涉及摄像机监控问题。在余下的句子中，只有A提到了摄像机系统，与下一句承接自然，故为正确选项。B欧洲人曾经担心安装摄像机会侵害个人隐私。显然，这部分与本文第二段内容相关。该段第二句提到欧洲人总是认为遍布于英国城市、地铁和公交车里的摄像机造就了欧洲大陆所不能容忍的奥威尔式的强权文化，这与B表达的意思一致，因此如果将B填进文章，只能将第二句替换，或紧放该句后，放在其他位置则不符合上下文语义逻辑关系，故排除。E项提到整个欧洲都对恐怖主义提高了警惕，越来越多的国家开始采取行动。综观全文，作者多次提到了恐怖主义对欧洲国家的影响。但本句适合的位置应当是全文篇首，文中没有合适的位置插人，因此E为干扰项，排除。
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