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Wild Bill Donovan would have loved the Internet. The American spymaster who built the Office of Strategic Services in the World War II and later laid the roots for the CIA was fascinated with information. Donovan believed in using whatever tools came to hand in the great game of espionage — spying as a profession. These days the Net, which has already re-made pastimes as buying books and sending mail, is reshaping Donovan's vocation as well.
The last revolution isn't simply a matter of gentlemen reading other gentlemen's e-mail. That kind of electronic spying has been going on for decades. In the past three or four years, the world wide web has given birth to a whole industry of point-and-click spying. The spooks call it open source intelligence, and as the Net grows, it is becoming increasingly influential. In 1995 the CIA held a contest to see who could compile the most data about Burundi. The winner, by a large margin, was a tiny Virginia company called Open-Source Solutions，whose clear advantage was its mastery of the electronic world.
Among the firms making the biggest splash in the new world is Straitford, Inc., a private intelligence-analysis firm based in Austin, Texas. Straitford makes money by selling the results of spying (covering nations from Chile to Russia) to corporations like energy-services firm McDermott International. Many of its predictions are available online at www.straitford.
Straiford president George Friedman says he sees the online world as a kind of mutually reinforcing tool for both information collection and distribution, a spymaster's dream. Last week his firm was busy vacuuming up data bits from the far corners of the world and predicting a crisis in Ukraine. As soon as that report runs, we'll suddenly get 500 new internet sign-ups from Ukraine, says Friedman, a former political science professor. And we'll hear back from some of them. Open-source spying does have its risks, of course, since it can be difficult to tell good information from bad. That's where Straitford earns its keep.
Friedman relies on a lean staff in Austin. Several of his staff members have military-intelligence backgrounds. He sees the firm's outsider status as the key to its success. Straitford's briefs don't sound like the usual Washington back-and-forthing, whereby agencies avoid dramatic declarations on the chance they might be wrong. Straitford, says Friedman, takes pride in its independent voice.
41. The emergence of the Net has ________.[A] received support from fans like Donovan [B] remolded the intelligence services [C] restored many common pastimes [D] revived spying as a profession
42. Donovan's story is mentioned in the text to ________.[A] introduce the topic of online spying [B] show how he fought for the US [C] give an episode of the information war [D] honor his unique services to the CIA
43. The phrase making the biggest splash (line 1, paragraph 3) most probably means ________.[A] causing the biggest trouble [B] exerting the greatest effort [C] achieving the greatest success [D] enjoying the widest popularity
44. It can be learned from paragraph 4 that ________.[A] Straitford's prediction about Ukraine has proved true [B] Straitford guarantees the truthfulness of its information [C] Straitford's business is characterized by unpredictability [D] Straitford is able to provide fairly reliable information
45. Straitford is most proud of its ________.[A] official status. [B] nonconformist image. [C] efficient staff. [D] military background.
重点词汇：
spymaster即spy+master，间谍大王、间谍组织首脑。

strategic（战略的；对全局起关键作用的）为strategy（战略，策略）的形容词形式，-ic为形容词后缀。strategy and tactics 战略与战术；a global strategy 全球战略。Worry more about implementation than strategy — it's harder to do.更多地为贯彻落实而非战略本身操心——这样做更难。

lay the roots for 扎根于。

fascinate（使着迷，强烈地吸引），去e加名词后缀-ion即为fascination（入迷；诱惑力），去e加形容词后缀-ing即为fascinating（迷人的），另可记fascism（法西斯主义）、fascist（法西斯主义的；法西斯主义者）。He was fascinated with her beauty.他被她的美貌迷住了。

espionage（间谍活动）即esp(i)+ion+age，espi即espy（窥探←e-=ex-出来+spy窥探），-ion与-age皆名词后缀，表“活动”。

revolution（革命；旋转）是revolve（使旋转）的名词形式，“旋转”入“革命”的漩涡。revolve即re+volve，re-反复，volve词根“卷”，于是“反复卷”→旋转。The heart makes a revolution, the head a reformation.感情造就革命，理智形成改革。Folds used to be willing to wait patiently for a slow-moving stage coach, but now they kick like the dickens if they miss one revolution of a revolving door.过去人们一向乐于耐心等待慢吞吞的公共马车，可现在若错过旋转门的一次旋转，他们就乱踢一气。revolution — ①an injustice that serves to replace as soon as possible the injustice of yesterday by the injustice of tomorrow ②the setting-up of a new order contradictory to the traditional one 革命——①能够促进尽快用明天的非正义取代昨天的非正义的一种非正义 ②建立一种与传统秩序相反的新秩序。Religions revolve madly round sexual questions.种种宗教都围绕着两性问题疯狂地打转。

give birth to 分娩；产生；造成。He gave birth to a brilliant idea.
spook（幽灵；间谍）可看作sp(y)+o(o)+ok→“幽灵”级的“间谍”窥探（spy）只用两只眼睛（oo）就ok了。spook — something everyone is afraid of and no one believes in 幽灵——人人害怕，却没人相信的东西。

intelligence（智力；情报）即intel+lig+ence，intel-即inter-（前缀，意为“在……之间”=between，因后接l，故r变形为l），lig词根意为“选择”=lect（i与e元音可替换，ct=G←G不就是由C+T组成的吗？），-ence名词后缀，故“从中挑选出所需之物的能力”→智力；“从中挑选出来的东西”→情报。intel+lig+ent形容词后缀→intelligent（聪明的）；intel+lig+ible形容词后缀→intelligible（可理解的，易懂的）。intelligence — perhaps only an instinct that is mistaken 智力——也许仅仅是一种被弄错的本能。Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.智慧就是迅速看出事物本来面目的能力。

influential（有影响的；有权势的）即in+flu+ential，in-前缀意为“到里面”=into，flu词根意为“流”=flow（flu作单词时意为“流感”，即“流行性感冒”），-ential形容词后缀，故“能流到心里面的”→有影响的。名词与动词形式都是influence←in+flu+ence后缀。That man is admired above all men, who is not influenced by money.不为金钱所动的人是最受崇敬的。

compile（编辑；搜集）即com+pile，com-前缀“一起”，pile堆，故“把文字堆在一起”→编辑；“把资料堆在一起”→搜集。compiler（编辑）←compil(e)+er表“人”；compilation（编纂）←compil(e)+ation名词后缀表“行为”。

splash（n.v.溅）为拟声词。make a splash 炫耀财富；Diplomacy — the art of jumping into trouble without making a splash.外交——纵身跃入麻烦而不溅起水花的艺术。

prediction（预言，预测）即pre+dict+ion，pre-前缀表“在前”，dict词根意为“说”，-ion名词后缀，故“在事情发生前就说的”→预言，动词为predict←pre+dict。

mutually（相互地）可看作mut(e)+ual+ly，mute（哑的），-ual形容词后缀，-ly副词后缀，哑