12.Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Website you've visited,or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact,it's likely that some of these things have already happened to you.Who would watch you without your permission?It might be a wife,a girlfriend,a marketing company,a cop or a criminal.Whoever it is?They will see you in a way you never intended to be seen.
Experts say it's important to introduce yourself to friends,family and lovers in stages,at proper times.But when you surf the Internet,the digital tracks you leave make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are,where you are and what you like.In some cases,a simple Google search can give away what you think.Like it or not,increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.
When Americans are asked about privacy(隱私),most say they are concerned about losing it.A survey shows that 60percent of Americans feel their privacy is"slipping away,and that bothers me."
But people say one thing and do another.Only a tiny part of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy.Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths(收費站)to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements.And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards.A privacy economist has run a series of tests that show people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cent-off coupon(優(yōu)惠卷).
But privacy does matter-at least sometime.It's like health:When you have it,you don't notice it.Only when it's gone do you wish you'd done more to protect it.
57.It is necessary to keep privacy safe becauseD.
A.Privacy is one part of one's work
B.Privacy is hard to see on television
C.Privacy is always used by criminals and might bring trouble
D.Privacy is easy to scan on the Internet and might bring trouble
58.What would experts advise on keeping good boundaries?A
A.There is always something you shouldn't give away.
B.There should be fewer arguments between friends.
C.All friends should open their hearts to each other.
D.You should not always have good relationship with your friends and so on.
59.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 3probably meansD.
A.Modern society has finally changed into an open society
B.Many search engines profit by giving away people's identities
C.There are always people who are curious about others'affairs
D.People leave tracks around when using modern technology
60.According to the passage,privacy is like health in thatB.
A.people will make every effort to keep it
B.people don't care it until they lose it
C.it is something that can easily be lost
D.its importance is rarely understood.
分析 本文主要論述在當今信息時代,個人信息因受他人竊取,而影響到私人空間.這篇材料講的是信息時代的隱私保護問題,大體可以分成兩個部分,前三段是信息時代隱私遭到泄露的現(xiàn)狀,后面幾段講的是人們保護隱私的現(xiàn)實情況.
解答 57.D理解推斷題.根據第一段的內容可知陌生人可以偷窺你的隱私,閱讀你的電子郵件,或訪問你的網站瀏覽記錄,以及查看你的信用卡消費記錄和手機話費單.由此推知,保護隱私安全是必要的,因為隱私很容易在互聯(lián)網上被查到,從而引起麻煩.故選D.
58.A細節(jié)理解題.根據第三段Experts say it's important to introduce yourself to friends,family and lovers in stages,at proper times.But when you surf the Internet,the digital tracks you leave make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are,where you are and what you like.可知專家說在合適的時候一步一步地向朋友、家人、愛人敞開心懷.但是人們會四處留下數(shù)字信息,從而將個人隱私泄露出去.由此可知,為了保持好的界限,我們不應該泄露某些信息.故選A.
59.D語意辨析題.根據第三段the digital tracks you leave make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are,where you are and what you like.可知電子痕跡使陌生人很容易竊取你的個人資料.所以作者說,不管你喜歡或不喜歡,我們愈加生活在一個不能保密的世界里.由此可知,we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.表達了"當人們利用現(xiàn)代科技時會留下電子痕跡".故選D.
60.B細節(jié)理解題.根據最后一段But privacy does matter-at least sometimes.It's like health:when you have it,you don't notice it.Only when it's gone do you wish you'd done more to protect it.可知私人空間如同健康一樣,擁有的時候不注意,失去的時候才覺得珍惜.故選B.
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