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| Someday a stranger will read your email 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 spouse,a girl friend,a marketing company,a boss, a cop or a criminal.Whoever it is,they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen-the _21st_century_replacement_of_being_caught_naked. Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy,that it's important to reveal 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 ask Americans about privacy,most say they are concerned about losing it.A survey found a strong bad feeling about privacy,with 60 percent of respondents saying they 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 (收费站) to avoid using the EZPass system that can track automobile movements.And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards.Privacy economist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will give away personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50centoff 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. |
| 1．What does the author mean by saying "the 21st century replacement of being caught naked"? |
| A．People's personal information is easily accessed without their knowledge. 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．What would psychologists advise on the relationships between friends? |
| 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．There should be fewer arguments between friends. |
| 3．Why does the author say "we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret"? |
| A．Modern society has finally developed into an open society. B．People leave traces around when using modern technology. C．There are always people who are curious about others' affairs. D．Many search engines benefit from giving away people's identities. |
| 4．What do most Americans do as for privacy protection? |
| A．They change behaviors that might disclose their identity. B．They use various loyalty cards for business transactions (交易)． C．They rely more and more on electronic devices. D．They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it. |
| 5．According to the passage,privacy is like health because ________. |
| A．people will make every effort to keep it B．its importance is rarely understood C．it is something that can easily be lost D．people don't treasure it until they lose it |
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| 阅读下面的短文,然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文. What my mother does drives me crazy.She calls me at 10:30 p．m. every night to make sure I've arrived home safely.If I accidentally miss her call,she will keep calling all my friends and roommates until she "tracks me down"． As a 20yearold lady in Beijing,sometimes I have to ask my friends to be quiet so that I can pick up my mother's phone call,telling her a white lie that I'm already at home. Recently I ran into a matchmaking meeting,which is held in a park and specifically designed for single white-collar workers in Beijing.The interesting part is that all of the attendees are single people's parents,eager to look for a life partner for their children. One mother told me that her 33yearold son is busy with his career and has zero time to find a suitable girl for himself.So she goes to the matchmaking every week,trying to find her son a perfect bride. She guaranteed that her future daughterinlaw doesn't need to worry about anything for she has prepared an apartment and a car for them,and if they can't find a kindergarten near the apartment she has bought,she will buy them another one.Looking at hundreds of middle-aged parents standing in the cold outdoors in a freezing winter trying to build their children a perfect future,I suddenly understand my mother more. 【写作内容】 1．以约30个词概括这段短文的内容； 2．然后以约120个词就"父母的过分关爱"进行议论,内容包括: (1)请举一个你或你周围的同学得到父母的过分关爱的事例； (2)谈谈你对此事的看法. 【写作要求】 1．在作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得 直接引用原文中的句子. 2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称. _____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ |