Question

Someday a stranger will read your email without your permission or scan the website you have visited. Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.

? In fact, it is likely that some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without 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 intended to be seen-----the 21st century is the equal of being caught naked.

? Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy and that it is important to reveal yourself to friends, families and lovers at appropriate time and places. But now few boundaries remain. The information you leave everywhere makes it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. Believe it or not, we live in a world where you simply can’t keep a secret. The key question is: does that matter?

? When you ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it.

? 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 refuse to offer personal information like Social Security numbers to get supermarket loyalty cards.

? But privacy (隱私) does matter—at least sometimes. It is like health: when you have it, you don’t notice it. Only when it is gone do you wish you had done more to protect it.

1.What does the underlined sentence in Para 2 mean?

A. People’s personal information is easily accessed without their knowing it.

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

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

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

2.Which of the statements will the psychologists probably agree with?

A. Friends should open their hearts to each other.

B. Friends should always be faithful to each other.

C. There should be a distance even between friends.??

D. The closer they are, the deeper their friendship is.

3.In the last paragraph but one, the EZ-Pass system and Social Security numbers are used as evidence to show_________.

A. Americans talk a lot but do little about privacy protection

B. Americans use various loyalty cards for business.

C. Americans rely more and more on electronic devices.

D. Americans change behaviors that might disclose their identity.

4.Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

A. Privacy and Health??????????????????? B. Privacy Is Getting Lost.

C. Boundary and Friendship?????????????? D. Cherish What You Have

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：文章講述的是要重視對隱私信息的保護。忽然有一天，一個陌生人在未經允許的情況下翻看你的郵件，瀏覽你的購物記錄或手機賬單......在當今這個信息時代，隱私顯得那么不堪一擊，然而，對隱私的保護工作卻遠未跟上時代的步伐。

1.根據第一段和第二段“Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen”可知，人們的信息很容易在不知情的情況下泄露出去，故選A。

2.根據第三段“Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy and that it is important to reveal yourself to friends, families and lovers at appropriate time and places.”可知，心理學家告訴我們，保持一定的界限是健康所需，在適當的時候和地點，向朋友、家人、愛人顯示真實的自己是很重要的。也就是說，即使是好朋友之間，也要保持一定的距離，故選C。

3.根據“But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny part of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy.”可知，美國人雖然口頭上說很在意隱私，但他們在保護隱私方面，做的卻很少。故選A。

4.A“隱私與健康”不符合文意，作者在最后知識做了一個比喻；C“界限與友誼”，文章講的是“隱私”而不是友誼；D“珍惜所擁有的”太過寬泛，文章提醒讀者重視對隱私信息的保護。故選B。

考點：信息類短文閱讀