Think as a Hacker Does
At the brand-new Hacker Academy in Chicago，US，students learn about phishing schemes1， firewall breaches，and advanced tricks for breaking into confidential documents and revealing passwords2．
But it’s not nearly as illegal as it sounds．The academy doesn’t teach people to be__1__． but to “think like hackers”—and hopefully to stay one step ahead of__2__．
The students are __3__ computer security professionals．They attend a course that teaches them the tools and techniques that hackers could use to get __4__ systems they’re trying to protect．They __5__ a certificate in “ethical hacking3”if they graduate．
The academy is one of the growing number of organizations that teach IT4 security experts to think like their enemies and to find holes ill their systems __6__ the hackers do．
“If you can think like a hacker，you’re able to __7__ some of the attacks that are happening，”said Aaron Cohen，the academy’s founder.
1． A) professors B) hackers C) scientists D) technicians
2． A) her B) him C) us D) them
3． A) actually B) hardly C) scarcely D) rarely
4． A) over B) onto C) for D) into
5． A) give B) award C) get D) take
6． A) before B) after C) when D) while
7． A) protect B) defend C) safeguard D) prevent
答案与解析：
5． A) give B) award（授予）
C) get （得到， 变成） D) take（拿走， 取）
They __5__ a certificate（证书） in “ethical（合乎伦理的） hacking（黑客）3”if they graduate（毕业）．
5. C give：给；award：授予；get得到：take：取。该题问的是：如果他们毕业的话，他们拿得到什么?回答应该是：得到合乎道德规范的黑客（秘密使用或改变他人计算机系统信息）的证书。get是唯一正确的。
6． A) before B) after C) when D) while
The academy is one of the growing number of (越来越多的) organizations（组织） that teach（教） IT（信息技术） security（安全） experts（专家） to think like（象） their enemies（敌人） and to find holes in (挑错， 找漏洞)their systems（系统） __6__ the hackers do．
6. A before：在……前；after：在……后；when：在……时；while：在……中。句子相关部分问的是：在什么时候要发现他们自己的系统的漏洞?在黑客发现以前发现比较好。因此有before。
7． A) protect （保护） B) defend（保卫， 辩护）
C) safeguard（保卫） D) prevent（防止）
“If （如果）you can think like a hacker，you’re able to（能够） __7__ some of the attacks（袭击， 攻击） that are happening（将要发生），”said Aaron Cohen，the academy’s founder（建立者， 创办人）.
7. D protect：保护；defend：保卫；safeguard：保卫；prevent：防止。用前三个词意思上讲不同。只有用prevent上下文才是通顺的。