2022年大学英语考试模拟卷三25测

2022年大学英语考试模拟卷三（本卷共分为1大题50小题,作答时间为180分钟,总分100分,60分及格。）单位: 姓名: 考号:题号单选题多项选择判断题综合题总分分值得分ー、单项选择题（共50题,每题2分。每题的备选项中,只有一个最符合题意）Mikebegantoplaybaseba11at.24271820MikewenttoMexicotoplaythewinterseasonprimarilybecauseithelpedhimearnextramoneyhisseasonwasoverheneededmoreexperiencehecouldimprovehisskillsForapIayoffplayer,thewholeseasonlastsmonths.6810D.11TherearenewconcernsabouttheoftheU.S.economicexpansion.durationmomentumprospectfutureInthepastyears,theeconomyhasbeengrowingowingtotaxcutsandFederalReserveinterestratecuts.2345WhatdoesMikefindmostattractiveinbasebaIIItisaspectatorsport.Itisfuntowin.Itiswhatheexactlylikes.Itisaprofessionalsport.Thereseemstobetheconsumerspendingdrops.generalpessimismaboutsomedoubtaboutdifferentinterpretationsofmuchoptimismabout{{1}}Questions9to10arebasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwi11begiven10secondstoanswereachquestion.NowIistentothenews.{{/I}}Accordingtothereport,thecontestwi11lastdays.A.oneB.twoC.fourD.six{{1}}Questions9to10arebasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwi11begiven10secondstoanswereachquestion.NowIistentothenews.{{/I}}ThechiefpurposeofthecontestistomakecomputerusersawareofhackingtrainhackingexpertsenlightenpeopleonhowtopreventcomputerattacksdisplaytheharmsofhackingTheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasman,butitwasnotuntiI1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakersclaimed(声称)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancing,singing,killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans),andblowingastreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.MorerecentIy,somerainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootingguns,causingexplosions,orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauseraintofall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninchofrain.OnewassoeffectivethathewasaImosthanged.HewasbeIievedtohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaliforniathatfIoodedthatland,killedseveralpeople,anddidmillionsofdollars'worthofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIewhohappenedtohave'goodluck.ScientificrainmakingwasstartedinthatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesoftheGeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.Hissuccesswastheresultofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffailureintovictory.Ithasbeenaboutyearssincemansucceededinmakingrain.505561D.7011.Whenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganoneofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrolengineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangeinourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenolessimportantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStoneAge,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaperAge,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdowneveryyear.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcanbestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.OnecansendalongmessagemorequicklyfromEnglandtoAustralia,forexampIe,thanfromone'shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyusedforwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeusedforplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIwaystations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,almosteverywhere.Theauthorseemstosaythattheinventionofthecomputeristhatofthesteamandpetrolengines.lessimportantthanfarmoreimportantthanatleastasimportantasnotsoimportantasModernmedicinehasbecomeamoreexcitingfieldofstudyasaresultofthetworecentchanges.A.现代医学成为一个更令人振奋的研究领域的结果就是最近两个变化的发生。B.现代医学使整个研究领域更为令人振奋。并同时引发了最近的两个变化。C.由于最近发生的两个变化,现代医学使整个研究领域都更为令人振奋。D,最近的两个变化使现代医学成为一个更令人振奋的研究领域。Americanuniversitystudentsareusua11yunderpressurebecausetheiracademicperformancewi11affecttheirfuturecareers.A,美国大学生通常压カ较大。因为他们的学业成绩将会影响到未来的事业。B.大学里的美国学生通常压カ较大,因为他们在学术上的表现对未来的事业会有影响。c.大学里的美国学生通常都会因为其学术表现影响到了未来的事业而倍感压カ。D,美国大学生通常课业负担较重,因为他们的学业成绩对未来的职业生涯会有影响。TheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasman,butitwasnotuntiI1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakersclaimed(声称)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancing,singing,killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans),andblowingastreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.Morerecently,somerainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootingguns,causingexplosions,orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauseraintofall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninchofrain.OnewassoeffectivethathewasaImosthanged.HewasbeIievedtohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaliforniathatfIoodedthatland,killedseveralpeopIe,anddidmillionsofdollars'worthofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIewhohappenedtohave'goodluck.ScientificrainmakingwasstartedinthatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesoftheGeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.Hissuccesswastheresultofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffailureintovictory.Onerainmakerwasalmosthangedbecause.hedidnotmakerainatallheaskedfortoomuchmoneypeoplethoughthecausedtoomuchrainhekilledseveralpeople15.Whenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganoneofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrolengineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangeinourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenolessimportantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStoneAge,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaperAge,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdowneveryyear.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcanbestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.OnecansendalongmessagemorequicklyfromEnglandtoAustralia,forexampIe,thanfromone'shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyusedforwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeusedforplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIwaystations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,almosteverywhere.Accordingtotheauthor,thedisadvantageofusingpapertokeepandsendinformationisthattoomanytreesarecutdowntoomuchpaperisneededitwastesourtimeitishardtogetenoughpaperTheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasman,butitwasnotuntiI1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakersclaimed(声称)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancing,singing,killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans),andblowingastreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.MorerecentIy,somerainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootingguns,causingexplosions,orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauseraintofall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninchofrain.OnewassoeffectivethathewasaImosthanged.HewasbeIievedtohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaliforniathatfIoodedthatland,killedseveralpeopIe,anddidmillionsofdollars'worthofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIewhohappenedtohave,goodluck.ScientificrainmakingwasstartedinthatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesoftheGeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.Hissuccesswastheresultofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffailureintovictory.Theword"Iiars"(Line1,ParA.3)means.A.peoplewhotellliesB.toolsusedtomakerainC.personswhomakerainD.peoplewhohavegoodluckWhenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganoneofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrolengineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangeinourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenolessimportantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStoneAge,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaperAge,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdowneveryyear.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcanbestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.OnecansendalongmessagemorequicklyfromEnglandtoAustralia,forexample,thanfromone'shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyusedforwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeusedforplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIwaystations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,almosteverywhere.Wemayinferthatthefastestwaytosendmessagesisbyusing.A.computerB.airmailC.discsD.paperTheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasman,butitwasnotuntiI1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakersclaimed(声称)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancing,singing,killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans),andblowingastreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.MorerecentIy,somerainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootingguns,causingexplosions,orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauseraintofall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninchofrain.OnewassoeffectivethathewasaImosthanged.HewasbeIievedtohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaliforniathatfIoodedthatland,killedseveralpeopIe,anddidmillionsofdollars'worthofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIewhohappenedtohave'goodluck.ScientificrainmakingwasstartedinthatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesoftheGeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.HissuccesswastheresultofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffaiIureintovictory.WhichofthefollowingmethodscanmakerainKillingpigsandsheep.Blowingastreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.Shootinggunsorcausing,explosions.Noneoftheaboveisright.19.Whenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganoneofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrolengineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangeinourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenolessimportantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStoneAge,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaperAge,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdowneveryyear.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcanbestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.OnecansendalongmessagemorequicklyfromEnglandtoAustralia,forexampIe,thanfromone'shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyusedforwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeusedforplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIwaystations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,almosteverywhere.WhichofthefollowingfunctionsofthecomputerisNOTmentionedinthepassageOfferingentertainment.Makingphonecalls.Doingofficeandbusinesswork.Sendinginformation.TheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasman,butitwasnotuntiI1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakersclaimed(声称)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancing,singing,killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans),andblowingastreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.MorerecentIy,somerainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootingguns,causingexplosions,orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauseraintofall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninchofrain.OnewassoeffectivethathewasaImosthanged.HewasbeIievedtohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaliforniathatfIoodedthatland,killedseveralpeopIe,anddidmillionsofdollars'worthofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIewhohappenedtohave'goodluck.ScientificrainmakingwasstartedinthatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesoftheGeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.Hissuccesswastheresultofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffailureintovictory.WhowasthefirstrainmakersucceedinginmakingrainTheonewhocausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCalifornia.Before1946,arainmakerwhohappenedtohavegoodluck.VincentJ.Schaefer,in1946.Thepassagedoesn'ttellushisorhernamWhenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganoneofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrolengineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangeinourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenolessimportantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStoneAge,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaperAge,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdowneveryyear.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcanbestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.OnecansendalongmessagemorequicklyfromEnglandtoAustralia,forexampIe,thanfromone'shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyusedforwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeusedforplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIwaystations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,aImosteverywhere.Thetitlethatbestexpressesthemainideaofthepassageis.ComputerandOurLifeComputerandOurFuturePaperAgeandComputerAgeComputerAge22.{{I}}Questions1to5arebasedonaninterviewwithachief-editor.Attheendoftheinterviewyouwi11begiven10secondstoanswereachofthefollowingquestions.NowIistentotheinterview.{{/1}}Accordingtotheinterview,whatistheuniquefeatureofmagazineTheWorldofEnglishItsarrangementinthebilingualEnglish-Chineseformanditsdetailedexplanatorynotes.Itstasteforpeopleofallkindsoflife.Itscolorfulpicturesoftheworld.Itsliteraryworks.{(B)|TEXTC{{/BHThefirstAsaninvestmentbankerspeciaIizinginmergersandacquisitions,FrancoisvonHurterspentaIotoftimeinairportlounges,wherehe'doftensetasidetheIatestdealcalculationsinfavorofagoodmysteryfictionread.Sowhenheretiredin1998after25yearsasadealmaker,insteadofjoininglegionsofex-bankersonextendedvacationsinexoticlocales,yonHurtercommittedhimseIfandsomehard-earnedcapitaltohisnextbusinessventure:HeIaunchedLondon-basedBitterLemonPress,apubIishingcompanyspeciaIizinginreprintinginEngIishmysterynoveIshe'dgrowntolove.Thesearenottheusualhard-boiledRaymondChandlerimitationsfoundinsomebookstoresandatairportlounges.Theworks,writtenoriginallyinGerman,French,SpanishandItaiian,offersocialcriticismandasliceofculturewiththewho-done-it,accordingtoVonHurter,whoIikenedsomeofBitterLemon'stitlestotravelfiction.Thebooks,translatedintoEnglishforthefirsttime,takereaderstoIocaIesIikeMexicoCity,MunichandHavana.MI'daIwaysgotobookstoresincountrieswhereIcanread,,theIanguage,58-yearoldvonHurtertoldReuterswhileinNewYorkthismonthtopromotethecompany.Infact,headmitstomakingsurethat,wheneverpossible,hisU.S.flightswentthroughMinneapolis,whichhasoneofhisfavoritesecond-handbookstores.VonHurter,bornandraisedinGeneva,Switzerland,andagraduateofUniversityofPennsyIvania'sWhartonbusinessschooI,isnottheonIyWalIStreetveteranfinancingBitterLemonPress.HisbrotherFredericvonHurter,aformercommoditiestraderatCargiII,theMinneapoIisfoodgiant,andLaurenceColchester,aformereconomistatCitibank,arepartners.ThoughthetriospeaksFrench,Greek,GermanandItaiian,theyemploytranslatorstobringthebookstoIifeinEnglish.FrancoisyonHurterwouldnotdetaiIhowmuchofthegroups,sownmoneytheyputintoBitterLemon.BitterLemonhaspubIishedsixbooksinBritainandhasplansforfiveriflesinthenextsixmonthsorsoaspartofitsIaunchintheUnitedStates.Onesuchtitle,"Thumbprint",isamysterywrittenbyFriedrichGlauser,whowasborninViennain1896andhasbeenreferredtoasaSwissSimenon-areferencetothenotedBelgianmysterywriterknownforhisFrenchdetectiveMaigret."Thumbprint",translatedfromGerman,hasbeenoneoftheBitterLemon'smostpopularbooks,selling5,000copies.OtherBitterLemontitlesincIudeGunterOhnemus'"TheRussianPassenger",thestoryofacabdriverwhogetsentangIedwiththeRussianMafiathathasbeentranslatedfromGerman,and"TheSnowman"byJorgFauser,aGermanauthorbornin1944whodiedin1987."Fauserwasoneoftheromanticheroesofpost-warGermanIiterature,afriendofCharlesBukowski...heisnowbeingrediscovered,"newsmagazineDerSpiegeInotedinJuly,respondingtoabiographyofFauserpubIishedthissummer.AsabankerforFirstBoston,knowntodayasCreditSuisseFirstBoston,andMorganStanIey,FrancoisvonHurterworkednotonlyinNewYorkbutLondonandSaudiArabia.Amongotherdeals,hehadahandinSeagramCoLtd'spurchaseofMCAInc.andCoca-CoIaCo.1spurchaseofCoIumbiaPictures.Andwhiletheplayersaredifferent,bookpubIishinghassomesimilaritiestoWalIStreet'smergerbusiness.Likeacompanyputupforsale,abookneedsaspecificmarketandneedstohavepotentiaIforgrowth."Youhavetoputtogetherabusinessplan...negotiatewithsuppIiersIikeprinters,asalesforceanddistributors.YouneedtoappIythesamemarketingsavvytodecidehowtopositionthebook,“hesaid.WhatisdifferentaboutthisIatestventure,though,isthatthehoursspentintheofficeseemtoracebymuchmorerapidly."Inaway,thehardestpartofthesecondcareer,isthatitcreatessuchenthusiasmthatyoutendnevertoturnoff,Mhesaid."TheIinebetweenyourprivateIifeandyourcareergetblurredbecauseyou'redealingwiththethingsyoulovesuchasbooks."WhatkindofnoveIsdoestheBitterLemonpubIishEnglishmysterynovelswrittenbyLondon-basedwriters.Mysterynovelswhichoffersocialcriticismandasliceofculture,writtenoriginallynotinEnglish.TravelfictionwhichtakereaderstolocaleslikeMexicoCity,MunichandHavana.Hard-boiledmysterynovelstranslatedintoEnglishforthefirsttime.{{BUTEXTA{{/B}}Backin1985,ViktorCherkashinwasaseniorKGBofficerattheSovietEmbassyinWashington.Intheshadowyworldofespionage,hehadagoodprofessionalreputation-aspy'sspy.SowhenRobertHanssendecidedtoswitchsides,hesentalettertoCherkashinofferingtoworkfortheRussians.HIwouldnothavecontactedyou,"Hanssenwrote,"ifitwerenotreportedthatyouwereheldinesteemwithinyourorganization."Today,Cherkashin,69,isaprosperousMoscowbusinessman.HeownsabighouseinthesuburbsanddrivesaIightblue1986Chevrolet,atrophycarinthestreetsofMoscow."I'vebeenonmypensionnowfor10years,”hesaidwhenNEWSWEEKcontactedhimbyphonelastweek.nIJmintheprivate-securitybusiness."Cherkashindidn1twanttodiscusstheHanssencase."Idon'tIiketotaIkaboutotherpeopIe'saffairs,Msaidtheformerspymaster.HeWasn'taIone;nooneintheKremlinwantedtotalkpubIiclyabouttheexposureofHansseneither.Butthatdoesn'tmeantheRussiansarebashfuIaboutspyingonAmerica.PresidentVladimirPutin,himselfaformercoIoneIinthenowdefunctKGB,hasrevivedthefortunesofRussianinte11igenceagencies.OlegGordievsky,aKGBofficerwhodefectedtoBritainin1985,estimatesthatthenumberofRussianspiesnowintheUnitedStateshasreached"arecordfigure-morethan300n.InPutin-styIeespionage,ideoIogyisout,andsoaremostactsofsubversionaimedattheUnitedStates.WhatRussianeedsnowisinformation:miIitary,technologicalandeconomic.PutinwantsquickgrowthforRussia1sdefenseindustry,sensingIucrativemarketsoverseas.Buthehaswrittenthatitwouldtakeasmanyas15yearsforRussiatocatchupwitheventhepoorestcountriesintheWest."Scientificinstituteswon'tbeabletodoit;itcostsalotofmoney,"saysJoIantaDarczewska,aPolishexpertonRussia,sinte11igenceestabIishment."It'sbettertosteal-cheaperandfaster."LikemanyotherRussianagentsintheUnitedStates,HanssenapparentlywasmothbaIIedbytheKremlinafterthecollapseoftheSovietUnionin1991.HismastersfearedhemightbeexposedbyasecuritybreachinMoscow,andtheyweregettinginformationofmoreimmediatevaluefromtheirmoleintheCIA,AldrichAmes,anyway.Theinte11igenceagenciesbeganacomebackunderPrimeMinisterYevgenyPrimakov,anotherformerspymaster.Then,afewweeksafterPutinbecameBorisYeltsin'sprimeministerin1999,Hanssenwas"reactivated".WithespionagepickingupagainfhiscounterintelIigenceknow-howmayhavegivenMoscowamapofAmerica1sdefensesagainstspies.PutinpurportsnottocareaboutWashington1sreactiontoRussianspying."DuringtheYeltsinyears,theyhadinstructionstoavoidanyscandaIsthatwouldspoiIrelationswiththeWest,"saysGordievsky."WhatPutintoId[hisforeign-inteIIigenceagency]was,'Don1tworry.11mnotafraidofscandals1."WhatPutinmaybewordedabout,however,ismolesinhisownsecurityservice.SomeoftheinformationrevealedintheFBIaffidavitlastweekhastouchedoffawaveofconcerninMoscow.TheRussiansfearitcouldonlyhavebeenobtainedfromasourcewithinRussianinteIIigence,andthathasledofficiaIstosuspectU.S.infiItrationintotheSVR.MIfyoulookattheaffidavit,theyhavedocumentsfromthearchiveoftheSVR,"saidOlegKalugin,theformerKGBgeneralwhosayshebroughtCherkashintoWashington.MSomeofthereferencesarefrom1999."TherewerenoRussiandefectorsfromthattimewhocouldhaveprovidedtheAmericanswiththeinformation,officiaIssay.SoareWashingtonandMoscowbacktoaspy-vs.-spystandoffGordievsky,amongothers,thinksRussianinte11igencemayhavemisreadthenewBushadministration,predictingitwouldbemore"pragmatic”andeasiertoworkwiththantheClintonWhiteHouse.Butsofar,Washingtonhasbeennopushover.BushadvisersIikeDefenseSecretaryDonaIdRumsfeIdinsistthattheUnitedStateswi11goaheadwithanationaImissiIedefensesystem,despiteRussia1sopposition.LastweekMoscowhadtobackdownabit,stressingitswi11ingnesstotalkaboutamissiIeshield.AsRobertHanssenhasIearned,inteIIigenceishardIyasurething.InPutin-styIeespionage,.ideologyisout,andmostactsofsubversionareaimedattheUnitedStatestheaimofitsideologyistosubverttheUnitedStatesideologyandmostactsofsubversionaimedattheUnitedStatesareout-datedideologyandmostactsofsubversionaimedattheUnitedStatesareintheopenair{{l}}Question8to10arebasedonthefollowingnewsitem.Attheendofthenewsitem,youwi11begiven30secondstoanswerthethreequestions.NowIistentothenews.{{/1}}Inthenewwaveofsuicidebombings,havebeeninjuredandhavebeenkilled.TOC\o"1-5"\h\zmore 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80{{B}}TEXTD{{/B}}ManyAdecadeago,atatimewhenpIacesIikeIvoryCoastandEquatoriaIGuineawerebeinglargelyignoredbythepetroleumworldmajorsinfavorofprovenmega-sourcesIikeNigeriaandAngoIa-andwhentheirdrillingsitescouldthusbeleasedforarelativesong-JoeBrusoheIpedputthesestatesbackonthemap.BrusowaspartofasmalIteamworkingforUnitedMeridianCorp,(lateracquiredbyOceanEnergy)thatheIpeddiscoveranddevelopthebigZafirofieldoffEquatorialGuinea.Theimpactforthatcountryofhalfamillionpeople,BrusosaidinaphoneinterviewfromHouston,MhasbeenextraordinaryRtitwasnotuninterestingforUnitedMeridianeither.Meantime,IvoryCoast,whereBrusoandhispartner,CoyH.Squyres,discoveredthePantheregascondensateandLionoiIfields,wentwithinafewyearsfrombeinganetenergyimportertoanetexporter,andfrombeinganoverlookedbitofWestAfricanrealestatetoaplacewhereHyoujustcan'tgetacreage"fordrilling.Thosefindings,faciIitatedbytheuseofexpIorationdataIeftbehindbythemajors,weremadeona$1millionannuaIbudgetoverjustfouryears.ThehugereturnsonarelativelysmalIIayoutsparkedakindofoffshorelandrush.WhiIetheimpactofsuchfindshasbeenuneven-someofWestAfrica'spoorsaytheyhaveseenIittIeofthenewweaIth-oiIandgasareexpectedtofIowforyearsinwaysthataremakingthisoneoftheworld'smoresignificant