2022年大學(xué)英語考試模擬卷三25測(cè)

2022年大學(xué)英語考試模擬卷三

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一、單項(xiàng)選擇題（共50題，每題2分。每題的備選項(xiàng)中，只有一個(gè)最符合題意）

1.Mikebegantoplaybaseba11at.

A.24

B.27

C.18

D.20

2.MikewenttoMexicotoplaythewinterseasonprimarilybecause

A.ithelpedhimearnextramoney

B.hisseasonwasover

C.heneededmoreexperience

D.hecouldimprovehisskills

3.ForapIayoffplayer,thewholeseasonlastsmonths.

A.6

B.8

C.10

D.11

4.TherearenewconcernsabouttheoftheU.S.economic

expansion.

A.duration

B.momentum

C.prospect

D.future

5.Inthepastyears,theeconomyhasbeengrowingowing

totaxcutsandFederalReserveinterestratecuts.

A.2

B.3

C.4

D.5

6.WhatdoesMikefindmostattractiveinbaseba11

A.Itisaspectatorsport.

B.Itisfuntowin.

C.Itiswhatheexactlylikes.

D.Itisaprofessionalsport.

7.Thereseemstobetheconsumerspendingdrops.

A.generalpessimismabout

B.somedoubtabout

C.differentinterpretationsof

D.muchoptimismabout

8.{{I}}Questions9to10arebasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendof

thenewsitem,youwi11begiven10secondstoanswereachquestion.Now

Iistentothenews.{{/I}}

Accordingtothereport,thecontestwi11lastdays.

A.one

B.two

C.four

D.six

9.{{1}}Questions9to10arebasedonthefollowingnews.Attheendof

thenewsitem,youwi11begiven10secondstoanswereachquestion.Now

Iistentothenews.{{/I}}

Thechiefpurposeofthecontestisto

A.makecomputerusersawareofhacking

B.trainhackingexperts

C.enlightenpeopleonhowtopreventcomputerattacks

D.displaytheharmsofhacking

10.TheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasman,butitwasnotuntiI

1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakers

claimed(聲稱)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancing,singing,

killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans)yandblowing

astreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.MorerecentIy,some

rainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootingguns,causingexplosions,

orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauserainto

fall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninch

ofrain.Onewassoeffectivethathewasalmosthanged.HewasbeIieved

tohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaliforniathatfIooded

thatland,killedseveralpeople,anddidmiIIionsofdollars'worth

ofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIe

whohappenedtohave1goodluck.Scientificrainmakingwasstartedin

thatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesofthe

GeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.Hissuccesswastheresult

ofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffailureintovictory.

Ithasbeenaboutyearssincemansucceededinmakingrain.

A.50

B.55

C.61

D.70

11.Whenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganone

ofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrol

engineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangein

ourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenoless

importantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStone

Age,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaper

Age,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,

toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdownevery

year.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcan

bestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.

Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,

throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.Onecansend

alongmessagemorequicklyfromEngIandtoAustralia,forexampIe,than

fromone,shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyused

forwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeused

forplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIway

stations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,aImosteverywhere.

Theauthorseemstosaythattheinventionofthecomputeristhat

ofthesteamandpetrolengines.

A.lessimportantthan

B.farmoreimportantthan

C.atleastasimportantas

D.notsoimportantas

12.Modernmedicinehasbecomeamoreexcitingfieldofstudyasaresult

ofthetworecentchanges.

A.現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)成為一個(gè)更令人振奮的研究領(lǐng)域的結(jié)果就是最近兩個(gè)變化的發(fā)生。

B.現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)使整個(gè)研究領(lǐng)域更為令人振奮。并同時(shí)引發(fā)了最近的兩個(gè)變化。

C.由于最近發(fā)生的兩個(gè)變化，現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)使整個(gè)研究領(lǐng)域都更為令人振奮。

D.最近的兩個(gè)變化使現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)成為一個(gè)更令人振奮的研究領(lǐng)域。

13.Americanuniversitystudentsareusua11yunderpressurebecausetheir

academicperformancewi11affecttheirfuturecareers.

A.美國(guó)大學(xué)生通常壓力較大。因?yàn)樗麄兊膶W(xué)業(yè)成績(jī)將會(huì)影響到未來的事業(yè)。

B.大學(xué)里的美國(guó)學(xué)生通常壓力較大，因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)趯W(xué)術(shù)上的表現(xiàn)對(duì)未來的事業(yè)會(huì)

有影響。

C.大學(xué)里的美國(guó)學(xué)生通常都會(huì)因?yàn)槠鋵W(xué)術(shù)表現(xiàn)影響到了未來的事業(yè)而倍感壓力。

D.美國(guó)大學(xué)生通常課業(yè)負(fù)擔(dān)較重，因?yàn)樗麄兊膶W(xué)業(yè)成績(jī)對(duì)未來的職業(yè)生涯會(huì)有

影響。

14.TheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasman,butitwasnotuntiI

1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakers

claimed(聲稱)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancingvsinging,

killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans),andblowing

astreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.Morerecently,some

rainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootingguns,causingexplosions,

orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauserainto

fall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninch

ofrain.Onewassoeffectivethathewasalmosthanged.HewasbeIieved

tohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaliforniathatfIooded

thatland,killedseveralpeopIe,anddidmiIIionsofdollars'worth

ofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIe

whohappenedtohave'goodluck.Scientificrainmakingwasstartedin

thatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesofthe

GeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.Hissuccesswastheresult

ofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffailureintovictory.

Onerainmakerwasalmosthangedbecause.

A.hedidnotmakerainatall

B.heaskedfortoomuchmoney

C.peoplethoughthecausedtoomuchrain

D.hekilledseveralpeople

15.Whenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganone

ofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrol

engineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangein

ourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenoless

importantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStone

Age,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaper

Age,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,

toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdownevery

year.Butnowfwiththecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcan

bestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.

Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,

throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.Onecansend

alongmessagemorequicklyfromEnglandtoAustralia,forexampIe,than

fromone'shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyused

forwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeused

forplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIway

stations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,aImosteverywhere.

Accordingtotheauthor,thedisadvantageofusingpapertokeepandsend

informationisthat

A.toomanytreesarecutdown

B.toomuchpaperisneeded

C.itwastesourtime

D.itishardtogetenoughpaper

16.TheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasmanfbutitwasnotuntiI

1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakers

claimed(聲稱)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancing,singing,

killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans),andblowing

astreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.MorerecentIy,some

rainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootinggunsfcausingexplosions,

orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauserainto

fall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninch

ofrain.Onewassoeffectivethathewasalmosthanged.HewasbeIieved

tohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaliforniathatfIooded

thatland,killedseveralpeopIe,anddidmiIIionsofdollars'worth

ofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIe

whohappenedtohave'goodluck.Scientificrainmakingwasstartedin

thatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesofthe

GeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.Hissuccesswastheresult

ofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffailureintovictory.

ThewordwIiarsM(Line1,Par

A.3)means.A.peoplewhotellliesB.toolsusedtomakerainC.

personswhomakerainD.peoplewhohavegoodluck

17.Whenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganone

ofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrol

engineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangein

ourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenoless

importantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStone

Age,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenIivingforcenturiesinaPaper

Age,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,

toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdownevery

year.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcan

bestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.

Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,

throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.Onecansend

alongmessagemorequicklyfromEngIandtoAustraliarforexample,than

fromone'shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyused

forwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeused

forplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIway

stations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,aImosteverywhere.

Wemayinferthatthefastestwaytosendmessagesisbyusing.

A.computer

B.airmail

C.discs

D.paper

18.TheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasman,butitwasnotuntiI

1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakers

claimed(聲稱)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancing,singing,

killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans),andblowing

astreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.MorerecentIy,some

rainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootingguns,causingexplosions,

orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauserainto

fall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninch

ofrain.OnewassoeffectivethathewasaImosthanged.HewasbeIieved

tohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaliforniathatfIooded

thatland,killedseveralpeopIe,anddidmiIIionsofdollars'worth

ofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIe

whohappenedtohave'goodluck.Scientificrainmakingwasstartedin

thatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesofthe

GeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.Hissuccesswastheresult

ofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffaiIureintovictory.

Whichofthefollowingmethodscanmakerain

A.Killingpigsandsheep.

B.Blowingastreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.

C.Shootinggunsorcausing,explosions.

D.Noneoftheaboveisright.

19.Whenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganone

ofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrol

engineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangein

ourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenoless

importantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStone

Age,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaper

Age,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,

toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdownevery

year.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcan

bestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.

Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,

throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.Onecansend

alongmessagemorequicklyfromEngIandtoAustralia,forexampIe,than

fromone'shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyused

forwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeused

forplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIway

stations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,aImosteverywhere.

WhichofthefollowingfunctionsofthecomputerisNOTmentionedinthe

passage

A.Offeringentertainment.

B.Makingphonecalls.

C.Doingofficeandbusinesswork.

D.Sendinginformation.

20.TheideaofrainmakingisaImostasoldasmanfbutitwasnotuntiI

1946thatmansucceededinmakingrain.Inancienttimes,rainmakers

claimed(聲稱)tobeabIetobringrainbymanymethods:dancing,singing,

killingvariouskindsoflivingcreatures(includinghumans),andblowing

astreamofwaterintotheairfromakindofpipe.MorerecentIy,some

rainmakersclaimedtomakerainbyshootingguns,causingexplosions,

orburningchemicals,thesmokeofwhichwassupposedtocauserainto

fall.Theserainmakersaskedforasmuchas1,000dollarstomakeaninch

ofrain.Onewassoeffectivethathewasalmosthanged.HewasbeIieved

tohavecausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCaIiforniathatfIooded

thatland,killedseveralpeopIevanddidmiIIionsofdollars'worth

ofdamage.Before1946,rainmakerswereeitherIiarsorhonestpeopIe

whohappenedtohave,goodluck.Scientificrainmakingwasstartedin

thatyearbyVincentJ.Schaefer,ascientistatthelaboratoriesofthe

GeneralElectricCompanyinNewYorkState.Hissuccesswastheresult

ofaluckyaccidentthatchangedyearsoffailureintovictory.

Whowasthefirstrainmakersucceedinginmakingrain

A.Theonewhocausedatwenty-inchraininsouthernCalifornia.

B.Before1946,arainmakerwhohappenedtohavegoodluck.

C.VincentJ.Schaefer,in1946.

D.Thepassagedoesn'ttellushisorhernam

21.Whenthesteamenginewasinventedinthe18thcentury,itbeganone

ofthegreatestrevolutionsinourworld.Theinventionofthepetrol

engineattheendofthe19thcenturyledtoanotherenormouschangein

ourIives.Andthecomputerisalmostcertainlygoingtobenoless

importantaninventionthantheseengineswere.JustastherewasaStone

Age,anIronAgeandsoon,wehavebeenlivingforcenturiesinaPaper

Age,whenaImostalIinformationwaskeptandsentonpaper.However,

toprovideuswiththispaper,numeroustreeshavetobecutdownevery

year.Butnow,withthecomputer,enormousamountsofinformationcan

bestoredandsentwithoutanypaper,usingsmalIdiscsortheInternet.

Computersallowonetosendinformationtoothersanywhereintheworld,

throughtheInternet,andtoreceiveinformationfromthem.Onecansend

alongmessagemorequicklyfromEngIandtoAustralia,forexampIe,than

fromone'shousetosomeoneinthegarden.Computersarenotonlyused

forwriting;theycanproducediagramsandpictures,andcanevenbeused

forplayinggames.TheyareacommonsightatairportsandraiIway

stations,inhoteIsandrestaurants;infact,aImosteverywhere.

Thetitlethatbestexpressesthemainideaofthepassageis.

A.ComputerandOurLife

B.ComputerandOurFuture

C.PaperAgeandComputerAge

D.ComputerAge

22.{{I}}Questions1to5arebasedonaninterviewwithachief-editor.

Attheendoftheinterviewyouwi11begiven10secondstoanswereach

ofthefollowingquestions.NowIistentotheinterview.{{/1}}

Accordingtotheinterview,whatistheuniquefeatureofmagazineThe

WorldofEnglish

A.ItsarrangementinthebilingualEnglish-Chineseformanditsdetailed

explanatorynotes.

B.Itstasteforpeopleofallkindsoflife.

C.Itscolorfulpicturesoftheworld.

D.Itsliteraryworks.

23.{{B}}TEXTC{{/B}}

ThefirstAsaninvestmentbankerspeciaIizinginmergersand

acquisitions,FrancoisvonHurterspentaIotoftimeinairportlounges,

wherehe'doftensetasidetheIatestdealcaIcuIationsinfavorof

agoodmysteryfictionread.Sowhenheretiredin1998after25years

asadealmaker,insteadofjoininglegionsofex-bankersonextended

vacationsinexoticlocales,yonHurtercommittedhimseIfandsome

hard-earnedcapitaItohisnextbusinessventure:HeIaunched

London-basedBitterLemonPress,apubIishingcompanyspeciaIizingin

reprintinginEnglishmysterynoveIshe1dgrowntolove.

Thesearenottheusualhard-boiledRaymondChandlerimitations

foundinsomebookstoresandatairportlounges.Theworks,written

originallyinGerman,French,SpanishandItaiian,offersocialcriticism

andasliceofculturewiththewho-done-it,accordingtoVonHurter,

whoIikenedsomeofBitterLemon1stitlestotravelfiction.Thebooks,

translatedintoEnglishforthefirsttime,takereaderstoIocaIesIike

MexicoCity,MunichandHavana."I'dalwaysgotobookstoresincountries

whereIcanread1'theIanguage,58-yearoldvonHurtertoldReuterswhile

inNewYorkthismonthtopromotethecompany.Infact,headmitstomaking

surethat,wheneverpossible,hisU.S.flightswentthroughMinneapolisv

whichhasoneofhisfavoritesecond-handbookstores.

VonHurter,bornandraisedinGeneva,Switzerland,andagraduate

ofUniversityofPennsyIvania'sWhartonbusinessschooI,isnottheonIy

WalIStreetveteranfinancingBitterLemonPress.HisbrotherFrederic

vonHurter,aformercommoditiestraderatCargiIlvtheMinneapoIisfood

giant,andLaurenceColchester,aformereconomistatCitibank,are

partners.ThoughthetriospeaksFrench,Greek,GermanandItalian,they

employtranslatorstobringthebookstoIifeinEnglish.

FrancoisyonHurterwouldnotdetaiIhowmuchofthegroups'sown

moneytheyputintoBitterLemon.BitterLemonhaspubIishedsixbooks

inBritainandhasplansforfiveriflesinthenextsixmonthsorso

aspartofitsIaunchintheUnitedStates.Onesuchtitle,"Thumbprint”,

isamysterywrittenbyFriedrichGlauser,whowasborninViennain1896

andhasbeenreferredtoasaSwissSimenon-areferencetothenoted

BelgianmysterywriterknownforhisFrenchdetectiveMaigret.

"Thumbprint"，translatedfromGerman,hasbeenoneoftheBitterLemon9

smostpopularbooks,selling5,000copies.OtherBitterLemontitles

incIudeGunter0hnemus,“TheRussianPassenger1',thestoryofacab

driverwhogetsentangIedwiththeRussianMafiathathasbeentranslated

fromGerman,andnTheSnowmanMbyJorgFauser,aGermanauthorbornin

1944whodiedin1987.'Tauserwasoneoftheromanticheroesofpost-war

GermanIiterature,afriendofCharlesBukowski...heisnowbeing

rediscovered,MnewsmagazineDerSpiegeInotedinJuly,respondingto

abiographyofFauserpubIishedthissummer.

AsabankerforFirstBoston,knowntodayasCreditSuisseFirstBoston,

andMorganStanIey,FrancoisvonHurterworkednotonlyinNewYorkbut

LondonandSaudiArabia.Amongotherdeals,hehadahandinSeagramCo

Ltd'spurchaseofMCAInc.andCoca-GoIaCo.9spurchaseofCoIumbia

Pictures.Andwhiletheplayersaredifferent,bookpubIishinghassome

similaritiestoWalIStreet'smergerbusiness.Likeacompanyputup

forsale,abookneedsaspecificmarketandneedstohavepotentiaIfor

growth."Youhavetoputtogetherabusinessplan...negotiatewith

suppliersIikeprinters,asaIesforceanddistributors.YouneedtoappIy

thesamemarketingsavvytodecidehowtopositionthebook,nhesaid.

WhatisdifferentaboutthisIatestventure,though,isthatthehours

spentintheofficeseemtoracebymuchmorerapidly."Inaway,the

hardestpartofthesecondcareer,isthatitcreatessuchenthusiasm

thatyoutendnevertoturnoff,nhesaid."TheIinebetweenyourprivate

Iifeandyourcareergetblurredbecauseyou'redealingwiththethings

youlovesuchasbooks.M

WhatkindofnoveIsdoestheBitterLemonpubIish

A.EnglishmysterynovelswrittenbyLondon-basedwriters.

B.Mysterynovelswhichoffersocialcriticismandasliceofculture,

writtenoriginallynotinEnglish.

C.TravelfictionwhichtakereaderstolocaleslikeMexicoCity,Munich

andHavana.

D.Hard-boiledmysterynovelstranslatedintoEnglishforthefirsttime.

24.

{{BJ1TEXTA({/B))

Backin1985,ViktorCherkashinwasaseniorKGBofficerattheSoviet

EmbassyinWashington.IntheshadowyworIdofespionage,hehadagood

professionalreputation-aspy'sspy.SowhenRobertHanssendecided

toswitchsides,hesentalettertoCherkashinofferingtoworkforthe

Russians.

"Iwouldnothavecontactedyou,nHanssenwrote,Mifitwerenot

reportedthatyouwereheldinesteemwithinyourorganization.MToday,

Cherkashin,69,isaprosperousMoscowbusinessman.Heownsabighouse

inthesuburbsanddrivesaIightblue1986Chevrolet,atrophycarin

thestreetsofMoscow.MTvebeenonmypensionnowfor10years,”he

saidwhenNEWSWEEKcontactedhimbyphonelastweek.nI9minthe

private-securitybusiness.nCherkashindidn9twanttodiscussthe

Hanssencase.MIdon'tIiketotaIkaboutotherpeopIe'saffairs,Hsaid

theformerspymaster.

HeWasn'taIone;nooneintheKremlinwantedtotalkpubIiclyabout

theexposureofHansseneither.Butthatdoesn1tmeantheRussiansare

bashfuIaboutspyingonAmerica.PresidentVladimirPutin,himselfa

formercoIoneIinthenowdefunctKGB,hasrevivedthefortunesofRussian

inte11igenceagencies.OlegGordievsky,aKGBofficerwhodefectedto

Britainin1985,estimatesthatthenumberofRussianspiesnowinthe

UnitedStateshasreached11arecordfigure-morethan300M.

InPutin-styIeespionageyideoIogyisout,andsoaremostactsof

subversionaimedattheUnitedStates.WhatRussianeedsnowis

information:miIitary,technologicalandeconomic.Putinwantsquick

growthforRussia'sdefenseindustry,sensingIucrativemarketsoverseas.

Buthehaswrittenthatitwouldtakeasmanyas15yearsforRussiato

catchupwitheventhepoorestcountriesintheWest."Scientific

instituteswon'tbeabletodoit;itcostsalotofmoney,"saysJoIanta

Darczewska,aPolishexpertonRussia9sinte11igenceestabIishment.

"It'sbettertosteal-cheaperandfaster.11

LikemanyotherRussianagentsintheUnitedStates,Hanssen

apparentlywasmothbaIIedbytheKremlinafterthecollapseoftheSoviet

Unionin1991.Hismastersfearedhemightbeexposedbyasecuritybreach

inMoscow,andtheyweregettinginformationofmoreimmediatevaIuefrom

theirmoleintheCIAfAldrichAmes,anyway.Theinte11igenceagencies

beganacomebackunderPrimeMinisterYevgenyPrimakov,anotherformer

spymaster.Then,afewweeksafterPutinbecameBorisYeltsin1sprime

ministerin1999,Hanssenwas"reactivated".Withespionagepickingup

again,hiscounterintelIigenceknow-howmayhavegivenMoscowamapof

America'sdefensesagainstspies.

PutinpurportsnottocareaboutWashington1sreactiontoRussian

spying."DuringtheYeltsinyears,theyhadinstructionstoavoidany

scandaIsthatwouldspoiIrelationswiththeWest,nsaysGordievsky.

"WhatPutintoId[hisforeign-inteIIigenceagency]was,'Don'tworry.

I'mnotafraidofscandals9."

WhatPu