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Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phones bills to find
out your shopping or calling habits.
In fact, it"s likely some of theses things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without
your permission? It might be a spouse (配偶), a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a policeman or a
criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen--- the 21st century
equivalent (同等物) of being caught without wearing anything.
Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it"s important to reveal (透露) yourself to friends, family
and lovers in stages, at proper times. But few boundaries remain. The digital breed crumbs (面包屑) you
leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct (重现) 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 nor, 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 obviously is "no."
When opinion surveys ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A
survey found an overwhelming pessimism (悲观) about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying
that 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 behaviours in an
effort to protect their privacy. Few people turn down a discount (折扣) at tollbooths to avoid using the
EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarkets loyalty cards.
Privacy economist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will give personal
information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon (优惠卷).
But privacy does matter--- at least sometimes. It is 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.
B. There should be a distance even between friends.
C. Friends should always be faithful to each other.
D. There should be fewer arguments between friends.
B. People leave traces (踪迹) around when using modern technology.
C. There are always people who are curious about others" affairs.
D. Many search engines profit by revealing people"s identities (身份).
B. The use various loyalty cards for business transaction(处理).
C. They rely more and more on electronic devices.
D. The talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.
B. its importance is hardly understood.
C. it is something that can easily be lost.
D. people don"t value it until they lose it.
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and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in 4 .
Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 5 live together for eight weeks as 6 of a special work group.
Everyone works several hours each day. The aim is not just to keep busy. It is to find meaning and 7 in
work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the 8 near the village. Some learn to make furniture and
to build houses. The adults 9 them these 10 .
There are several 11 hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the
teenagers learn photography or painting 12 sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way
to 13 his free time.
When people live together, 14 are always necessary. In this program the teenagers and the adults make
the rules together. 15 someone 16 a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. The group discusses
the 17 . They ask, "Why did it happen?" 18 should we do about it?
One of the teenagers has this to say about the 19 : "You stop thinking only about 20 . You learn how to
think about the group."
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| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||
| Many American women are earning money outside their homes today. Among women who are eighteen to sixty-four years old, more than fifty per cent have jobs. In general, working women have had more education then those who stay at home. Of those who work, thirty-two per cent have attended college, compared with twenty per cent of those who do not have jobs. Among women with jobs, eight out of ten drive a car to work, and eight per cent took a vacation a way from home during the past year. Much of their traveling was by air. These figures come from a report which was written for advertisers. The report gives advertisers a new picture of women today. For instance, it tells advertisers that fifty-one per cent of all American women have traveled by air-along with fifty-nine per cent of all American men. The lesson for American business is that many women now have other interests in addition to their homes. They like advertisements which show women in office, planes, and cars. | ||||||||||||
| 1. The chief purpose of this selection is _____. | ||||||||||||
| A. to argue that women are superior to men B. to convince women that they should spend more time at home C. to convince women that they should spend more time at work D. to supply information which might be useful | ||||||||||||
| 2. The writer"s personal opinion of American women _____. | ||||||||||||
| A. is very favorable B. is unfavorable C. is not stated in this selection D. is approving (支持的) | ||||||||||||
| 3. The selection offers the least practical (实用的) help to _____. | ||||||||||||
| A. personnel managers, who hire new employees B. advertising agencies responsible for encouraging people to buy C. travel agencies D. accountants (会计师) | ||||||||||||
| 4. All the statements are true except _____. | ||||||||||||
| A. More than 50% of women ages 18 to 64 have jobs. B. 18% of working women took a vacation away from home last year. C. 32% of working women have college education. D. 80% of working women drive a car to work. | ||||||||||||
| 阅读理解。 | ||||||||||||
| According to the American Automobile Association, since 1964 all cars sold in the United States have been equipped with seat belts. (These are also called safety belts.) Mary studies of automobile accidents have shown that safety belts can save lives. One study showed that forty percent of those killed in auto accidents could have been saved if they had been wearing seat belts. Unfortunately belts are worn only by a small percentage of drivers and passengers-about fifteen percent in cities, and only nine percent in small towns. And safety belts cannot protect people who do not wear them. In order to find out what kinds of people do wear seat belts a study was made in several cities of the United States. The following facts were learned about those who use their safety belts: 1. They do not smoke while driving. 2. They have had more education than non-users. 3. They know someone who was injured(but not killed)in an automobile accident. Advertisements based on these facts have been printed in newspapers and magazines in order to teach people the importance of using seat belts. But these advertisements have not helped much. Some people believe there should be a law requiring drivers and passengers to use safety belts. In Australia, where there is such a law, deaths in auto accidents have decreased twenty-four percent. | ||||||||||||
| 1. This selection is mainly about _____. | ||||||||||||
| A. automobiles in the United States B. accidents involving cars C. safety belts for drivers and passengers D. parking problems | ||||||||||||
| 2. The selection says that in Australia _____. | ||||||||||||
| A. about 50% of the drivers wear seat belts B. the importance of seat belts is advertised in newspapers C. few people use seat belts and magazines D. a law requires drivers and passengers to use seat belts | ||||||||||||
| 3. People who live in small towns _____. | ||||||||||||
| A. have fewer accidents than those who live in cities B. are less likely to wear seat belts than those who live in cities C. ten to favor the passing of a law to require the use of seat belts D. often wear seat belts | ||||||||||||
| 4. In Australia, where there is such a law, deaths in auto accidents have decreased _____. | ||||||||||||
| A. fifty percent B. ten percent C. fifteen percent D. twenty-four percent | ||||||||||||
| 完形填空。 | ||||||||||||
| The United States is full of automobiles. There are still many families 1 cars, but some families have two or 2 more. However, cars are used for 3 pleasure. They are a necessary part of life. Cars are used for 4 . They are 5 to offices and factories by workers who have no other way to get to their jobs. When salesmen are sent to different parts of the city, they have to drive in order to carry their 6 . Farmers have to drive into the city in order to get supplies. Sometimes small children must be driven to 7 . In some cities school buses are used only when children live more than a mile 8 the school. When the children are too young to walk 9 far, their mothers take their mothers take 10 driving them to school. One mother drives on Mondays, taking her own children and the neighbors" children 11 . 12 mother drives on Tuesdays, another on Wednesdays, and 13 . This is 14 forming a car pool. Men also 15 car pools, with three or four men taking turns driving to the place 16 they all work. More car pools should be formed in order to put 17 automobiles on the road and to use 18 gasoline (汽油). 19 is a great problem, and so is the traffic in and around cities. Too many cars are being driven. Something will have to be 20 about the use of cars. | ||||||||||||
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