Question

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 some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a girlfriend,a marketing company, a boss or a criminal. Whoever it is，they will see you in a way you never wanted to be seen―the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked.

Psychologists(心理學家)tell us boundaries are healthy，and it' s important to show yourself to friends, family and lovers in stages,at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs (碎屑)you leave everywhere 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 reveal what you think. Like it or not,increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.

The key question is：Does that matter? For many Americans，the answer apparently is "no". 

When opinion polls(民意測試)ask Americans about privacy，most say they are concerned ab?out losing it. A survey found 60 percent of respondents say they feel their privacy is "slipping away， and that bothers me".

But people say one thing and do another. Only a few Americans change any behaviors in an effort to protect 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. Many people will give up personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon(優惠券).

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.

(   ) 4. What does the underlined part "the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked" in paragraph 2 mean?

A.  People tend to be more frank with each other in the information age.

B.  In the 21st century people try every means to look into others' secrets.

C.  People's personal information is easily got without their knowledge.

D.  Criminals are easily caught on the spot with advanced technology. 

(   ) 5. What do most Americans do about privacy protection?

A.  They change behaviors that might make others know their identity.

B.  They use various loyalty cards for business.

C.  They rely more and more on electronic devices.

D.  They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.

(   ) 6. The writer of the passage may NOT agree that        .

A.  there should be a distance even between friends

B.  modern society has finally developed into an open society

C.  people leave traces around when using modern technology

D.  privacy is like health in that people don't cherish it until they lose it
(   ) 7. The main purpose of the text is to        .

A.  describe people's attitudes towards privacy protection

B.  tell the fact that we live in a world where we simply cannot keep a secret

C.  advise people to keep a distance from friends, family and lovers

D.  stress the importance of privacy protection

Answer 1

4. C句子理解題。從第二段的內容可以看出，現在我們的信息在不知不覺中，可能已經被泄露了。這個查看你隱私的人可能是你的朋友，你的上司，罪犯或某個公司。所以此句也應表達差不多的意思。

5. D細節理解題。從第五段"When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey found 60 percent of respon?dents say they feel their privacy is ' slipping away, and that bothers me'."看出，美國人很在乎自己的隱私。從第六段的內容看出，美國人真正為保護自己的隱私做的卻非常少。

6. B邏輯推理題。從第二段"It might be a girlfriend， a marketing company，a boss or a criminal"推斷出有時候朋友可能也會泄露你的隱私，所以朋友間也要有點距離。所以A項正確。從倒數第二段可以推斷出C項正確 從最后一段可以推斷出D的內容。

7. D作者意圖題._;通讀本文，可知作者說明了現在美國人的隱私不知不竟地被泄露了，但美國人對此付出的行動卻很少，所以作者希望大家要對此引起重視。