题文
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 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 equivalent 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 an overwhelming pessimism 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 fraction 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 EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessandro Acauisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender 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’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.
小题1:What does the author mean by saying “the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked” (Lines 3-4, Para. 2)?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.小题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 disputes between friends.小题3:Why does the author say “we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret” ( Line5, para. 3)?A．Modern society has finally evolved 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 profit by revealing people’s identities.小题4:What do most Americans do with regard to privacy protection?A．They change behaviors that might disclose their identity.B．They use various loyalty cards for business transactions.C．They rely most and more on electronic devices.D．They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.小题5:According to the passage, privacy is like health in that .A．people will make every effort to keep itB．its importance is rarely understoodC．it is something that can easily be lostD．people don’t cherish it until they lose it 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:A
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:D
小题5:D
解析
这篇材料讲的是信息时代的隐私保护问题，大体可以分成两个部分，前三段是信息时代隐私遭到泄露的现状，后面几段讲的是人们保护隐私的现实情况。
小题1:.句意理解题：从第二段的句子：Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen 可知人们的个人隐私在不知道的情况下很容易泄漏。选A
小题2:细节理解题。根据Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it’s important to reveal yourself partly to friends, family and lovers at appropriate times.向朋友敞开心扉是重要的，但是朋友之间要有距离，故选C。
小题3:细节题：从第三段的句子：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.可知人们在使用现代科技的时候，也留下了痕迹。选B
小题4:细节题：从倒数第二段的句子：But people say one thing and do another. only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. 可知美国人谈的很多，但是很少对此采取行动的，选D
小题5:细节理解题。根据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——直译为：“隐私是有关系的，至少是某些时候。它就像健康，在你拥有它时，你注意不到它。只有当它离你而去时你才想要是更注意地保护过它就好了。”选D
考点
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1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
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通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
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在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
