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Facebook has been【C1】______with fire and has got its fingers burned, again. On November 29th America’s Federal Trade Commission

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问题     Facebook has been【C1】______with fire and has got its fingers burned, again. On November 29th America’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it had reached a【C2】______settlement with the giant social network over【C3】______that it had misled people about its use of their personal data.
    The details of the settlement make clear that Facebook, which【C4】______over 800m users, betrayed its users’ trust. It is also notable because it appears to be part of a broader【C5】______by the FTC to craft a new privacy framework to deal with the rapid【C6】______of social networks in America.
    The regulator’s findings come at a【C7】______moment for Facebook, which is said to be preparing for an initial public offering next year that could value it at around $100 billion. To【C8】______the way for its listing, the firm first needs to resolve its privacy【C9】______with regulators in America and Europe,【C10】______its willingness to negotiate the settlement【C11】______this week.
    Announcing the agreement, the FTC said it had found a number of cases where Facebook had made claims that were "unfair and deceptive, and【C12】______federal law". For instance, it【C13】______personally identifiable information to advertisers, and it failed to keep a promise to make photos and videos on deleted accounts【C14】______.
    The settlement does not【C15】______an admission by Facebook that it has broken the law, but it deeply【C16】______the company nonetheless. In a blog post published the same day, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’ s boss, tried to【C17】______the impact of the deal. First he claimed that " a small number of high-profile mistakes" were【C18】______the social network’s "good history" on privacy.
    The FTC is not relying on Facebook to police itself. Among other things, the company will now have to seek consumers’ approval before it changes the way it shares their data. And it has agreed to an independent privacy audit every two years for the next 20 years.
    There is a clear pattern here. In separate cases over the past couple of years the FTC has insisted that Twitter and Google accept regular【C19】______audits, too, after each firm was accused of violating its customers’ privacy. The intent seems to be to create a regulatory regime that is tighter than the status quo,【C20】______one that still gives social networks plenty of room to innovate.
【C15】
选项 A、constitute
B、correspond
C、confirm
D、conceive
答案A
解析 上文提到了脸谱网同意和FTC签订协议，也就意味着它默认自己在隐私保护方面有处理不妥的地方，但是这是否就意味着脸谱网承认自己违反了法律呢?空格处这句话说The settlement does not 15 an admission by Facebook that it has broken the law…，协议本身并不代表脸谱网承认触犯了法律。空格处应该填一个动词，表示“等同于，代表，意味着”。[A]constitute基本词义表示“构成”，还有另外一个意思表示“是……”。例如，The defeat constitutes a major set-back for our diplomacy．这次失败是我们外交上的重大挫折。因此constitute符合句义，是正确答案。[B]correspond表示“与……对应，与……相一致”，不及物动词，后面要加介词to或者with。例如，Does the name on the envelope correspond with the name on the letter inside?信封上的名字与里面信上的名字是否相同?[C]confirm“证实”，例如，The announcement confirmed my suspicions．这项通告证明了我的猜疑属塞。但是confirm一词填在横线处不符合句义。[D]conceive表示“假想，设想，构想”。例如，I cannot conceive that he would wish to harm us．我不能想象(不相信)他会伤害我们。同样，conceive也不符合句义。
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