Whathappenstoateenagekidwhentheworldhethoughtheknewsuddenlychanges?FindoutinLittleBrotherbyAmericanauthorCoryDoctorow.Itisafascinatingbookforanewgenerationofsci-fireaders.

MarcusYallow17fromSanFranciscoismuchmorecomfortableinfrontofacomputerthanobeyingtherulesofsociety.Smartfastandwisetothewaysofthenetworkedworldhehasnotroubleoutwitting(骗过)hishighschool'smonitoringsystem.Thiswayheandhisfriendsgettoheadofftoplayapopularonlinegameinreallife.

WhiletheyareplayingabombexplodesontheBayBridge.Marcusstopsamilitary(军队的)vehicletogethelpforhisinjuredfriendbutthissimpleactthrowshimintoaDepartmentofHomelandSecurity(DHS)secretprison.Thereheistreatedasapossibleterrorist(恐怖分子).Heiseventuallyletgoafterfourdaysbuthisinjuredfrienddisappears.

WhenhereturnsMarcusdiscoversthattherearemany"securitymeasures"inplaceandthatnowallcitizensaretreatedlikepotentialterrorists.WhilesomeconsiderthisgovernmentactionnecessaryforpublicsafetyMarcusseesthisasacompletedestructionoftherightsheissupposedtohaveasacitizen.

Heknowsthatnoonewillbelievehisstorywhichleaveshimwithonlyonethingtodo:totakedowntheDHShimself.HehelpsorganizealargenetworkcalledXnettospreadthetruthanonymously(匿名地).

Thebookpresentsayoungmanwhoisirresponsiblebutlearnsabouthimselfandgrowsinthecourseofthestory.Aspartofthislearningandgrowinghebecomesawareofveryseriousissuesabouthissociety.

1.Whatkindofarticledoesthispassagebelongto?

A．Afascinatingstory. B．Abookreview.

C．Newsreport D．ATVprogramme

2.MarcusYallowwassenttoprisonbecause________.

A．hekilledhisfriend

B．hebombedamilitaryvehicle

C．hedidsomethingthatapossibleterroristcoulddo

D．hisinjuredfrienddisappeared

3.Fromthesecondparagraphwecaninferthat_________.

A．MarcusYallowismuchmorecomfortableobeyingtherulesofsociety

B．MarcusYallowissmartfastandwiseinreallife

C．MarcusYallowalwaysplays