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(心理学家)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(民意测试)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(收费站)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(优惠券).

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句子理解题。从第二段的内容可以看出，现在我们的信息在不知不觉中，可能已经被泄露了。这个查看你隐私的人可能是你的朋友，你的上司，罪犯或某个公司。所以此句也应表达差不多的意思。

5. D细节理解题。从第五段"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，美国人很在乎自己的隐私。从第六段的内容看出，美国人真正为保护自己的隐私做的却非常少。

6. B逻辑推理题。从第二段"It might be a girlfriend， a marketing company，a boss or a criminal"推断出有时候朋友可能也会泄露你的隐私，所以朋友间也要有点距离。所以A项正确。从倒数第二段可以推断出C项正确 从最后一段可以推断出D的内容。

7. D作者意图题._;通读本文，可知作者说明了现在美国人的隐私不知不竟地被泄露了，但美国人对此付出的行动却很少，所以作者希望大家要对此引起重视。