【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 security systems operate by storing a digitized record of some unique human feature. When a user wishes to enter or use the facility, the system scans the person’s corresponding characteristics and attempts to match them against those on record. Systems using fingerprints, hands, voices, eyes, and faces are already on the market. Others using typing patterns and even body smells are in various stages of development.　　Fingerprints scanners are currently the most widely used type of biometric application, thanks to their growing use over the last 20 years by lawenforcement agencies. Sixteen American states now use biometric fingerprint verification systems to check that people claiming welfare payments are genuine. Politicians in Toronto have voted to do the same, with a testing project beginning next year.　　Not surprisingly, biometrics raises difficult questions about privacy and the potential for abuse. Some worry that governments and industry will be tempted to use the technology to monitor individual behavior. “If someone used your fingerprints to match your healthinsurance records with creditcard record showing that you regularly bought lots of cigarettes and fatty foods,” says one policy analyst, “you would see your insurance payments go through the roof.” In Toronto, critics of the welfare fingerprint plan plained that it would force people to submit to a procedure widely identified with criminals.　　Nevertheless, support for biometrics is growing in Toronto as it is in many other munities. In an increasingly crowded and plicated world, biometrics may well be a technology whose time has e.　　1．According to the author, biometric technology is ______ 　　A．in the stage of theoretical study B．widely used in the world 　　C．a(chǎn)bout to be out of date 　D．developing rapidly　　2．What is one of the advantages of biometric technology? 　　A．It better protects people’s privacy. B．It helps people follow a healthy life style.　　C．It is cheaper than traditional methods. D．It identifies people more accurately.　　3．The author used the health insurance case mainly to ______ 　　A．illustrate the use of the technology B．give suggestions on buying insurance 　　C．draw attention to the problem of the technology D．emphasize the importance of healthy diet　　4．In which of the following situations is biometric technology NOT used? 　　A．Computers are switched on by a voice order.　　B．Doctors diagnose disease through patients’ voice.　　C．Museum doors are controlled by palm scanner.　　D．The police identify criminals through fingerprints.　　5．Which word would you use to describe the author’s tone in this passage? 　　A．Supportive B．Objective　　C．Critical D．Indifferent模擬五Swansea University has bee the first in Wales to launch a new Master’s degree in Journalism and Media, where students study in three countries. The Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree is brought together by five leading journalism institutions and universities in Europe.　　Postgraduate students will spend the first year in the Danish School of Journalism in Aarhus, Denmark, and in the University of Amsterdam and the second year in Swansea, Hamburg University or the City University in London. Representatives from each of the Universities meet at Swansea University, campus to sign the agreement. Students will bee familiar with contemporary issues and debates in the area of European journalism and will be prepared for a career in the new, emerging global environment. Subjects covered will include European media, European society and politics and the impact of globalization.　　By learning and living in at least three different European countries，students will be prepared for the challenge of working in a range of contexts in the new global information society. Students will be have the opportunity to specialize in one of three distinct areas of journalism: war and conflict, business and finance, and citizenship. Those choosing to specialize in war and conflict will study at Swansea in their second year.　　Independent experts from the European Commission have described the newly created master’s course as quite unique, in so far as no other university offers a course in Journalism that opens the possibility to study in at least three countries: Professor Kevin Williams, Head of Media Studies at Swansea University said: “The aim is to create a graduate program in journalism that bines the best of the European traditions of media science and journalism to create a degree that is European in origin and global in scope. We hope to produce alumni who will shape the future of global journalism.”　　Deadline for application for both the masters to start in August 2005 and for the Erasmus Mundus stipends（獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金）for nonEU students is 1st March 2005.　　1. The Erasmus Mundus Master’s degree in this passage is ______.　　A. a new Master39。s degree in Chemistry　　B. first launched in Wales　　C. brought by five leading European journalism institutions and universities　　D. only launched in three European universities　　2. From the second paragraph, we can know that postgraduate students in the program ______.　　A. will study in three countries　　B. will meet at Swansea University campus to sign the agreement　　C. will have to debate with each other　　D. will mainly study in environmental problems　　3. Students can specialize in one of three distinct areas of journalism EXCEPT ______.　　A. war and conflict B. business　　C. citizenship