- 阅读理解B
题干：Examplesandrumoursaboundofcompaniesbeingburgledbycyberfrauds,cyberspooksorcyber-mischief-makers.OnJune26thAmerica'sFederalTradeCommissionsuedWyndhamWorldwide,ahotelgroup,allegingthatsecurityfailuresatthecompanyin2008and2009,hadledtotheexportofhundredsofthousandsofguests'payment-cardaccountnumberstoadomainregisteredinRussia.TheFTCsays"millionsofdollars"werelosttofraud.WyndhamsaysitknowsofnocustomerswholostmoneyandthattheFTC'sclaimsare"withoutmerit".Workingoutthecostofcybercrimeisadevilofajob.TheFTCandWyndhamarepolesapartontheirestimatesoftheeffectofthecredit-cardthefts.Companiessaytheyareunderconstantcyber-attackinevermoreingeniousforms,buttheyarelothtosayinpublichowoftentheraidersgetthroughandhowmuchdamagetheydo—assumingthatthebreachisspotted.Thatsuggeststhedamageisunderreported.Whentheyarespeakingtothesecurityservicestheymaybemoreforthcoming,butwilltheybeaccurate?Companiesmightanywayhavelostsomeofthebusinesswrittenofftocybercrime.Inthatcase,Mr.Evans's￡800millionwouldbeonthehighside.InareportbyBritain'sCabinetOfficelastyear,Detica,thesoftwarearmofBAESystems,adefencecompany,putthecostofcybercrimetothecountryatastaggering￡27billion,or1.8%ofGDP.Businessesbore￡21billion,mostlybecauseofthetheftofsecretsandindustrialespionage.Lotsofpeopledoubtedthesenumbers—including,itseems,theMinistryofDefence,whichcommissionedastudyfromateamledbyRossAnderson,acomputer-securityexpertatCambridgeUniversity.Theteam'sreport,publishedthismonth,shiesawayfromaddinguptotals,preferringtoassessthecostsofdifferenttypesofcrimeinturn,butcomesupwithmuchlowerfigures—partlybecauseitdiscountsDetica'snumbersforintellectual-propertytheftandespionageentirely,sayingtheyhave"noobviousfoundation".Mostofthecostofcybercrime,itconcludes,isindirect,suchasspendingonantivirussoftwareorothercorporatedefences.Inotherwords,alotgoesonpaymentsbyonelotofbusinessestoanother:thecomputer-securityindustry.Thatmaybeinevitable.Cyber-attacksarehappeningmoreoftenandarebecomingmorepreciselytargeted.GregDay,thechieftechnologyofficerforsecurityintheEuropeanbusinessofSymantec,acomputer-securityfirm,saysthatforyearscybercrimewasmoreorless"random",ascrookslookedforanyholestheycouldfindanywhere.Inthepastcoupleofyears,however,theyhavechosentheircorporatetargetsmoreprecisely.SymantecobservedvirtuallynotargetedattacksbeforeStuxnet,awormthatattackedindustrial-controlsystems,appearedin2010.LastDecemberitspottedanaverageof154aday.Thebadguysareincreasinglyusingsocialmediatotrytofindawayin,eitherbygatheringintelligenceorbybefriendingemployeeswhomaybetrickedintoopeningane-mailwithnastycodewithin.People,asecurity-industryadageruns,aretheweakestlink.Trainingthemtobecarefulmaystillbethebestdefence.
题目：The FTC and Wyndham are different in - A 、acquired by the computer-security industry
- B 、speaking in public how much damage the cyber-crime does
- C 、estimation of the effect of the credit-card thefts
- D 、letting out the clients' payment-card account numbers
- E 、Britain has invested a lot of money to prevent cybercrime
- 、spent on antivirus software or other corporate defences directly
- 、cybercrime is more purposeful than before
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参考答案【正确答案：C】
根据题干关键词The FTC and Wyndham定位到第二段第二句The FTC and Wyndham are poles apart on their estimates of the effect of the credit-card theft。此句意为“联邦贸易委员会和温德姆酒店集团对信用卡盗窃的影响预估大相径庭”。其中，主干中are different in是对are poles apart on的同义替换。故C项“对信用卡盗窃的影响预估”符合题意，为正确答案。此题的易混项是B项“公布网络犯罪带来的损害有多大”，该项不符合文意，故排除。
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