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Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the websites 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 husband or wife, a girlfriend, 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 (相等物) 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 pieces 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 serious depression 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 EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessanfro Acquisti 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.
67. What would psychologists advise on the relationships between friends?
A. There should be a distance even between friends.
B. Friends should always be faithful to each other.
C. Friends should open their hearts to each other.
D. There should be fewer disagreements between friends.
68. Why does the author say “we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret”?
A. People leave tracks around when using modern technology.
B. Modern society has finally developed into an open society.
C. There are always people who are curious about others’ affairs.
D. Many search engines profit by revealing people’s identities.
69. What do most Americans do about privacy protection?
A. They change behaviors that might disclose their identity.
B. They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.
C. They rely more and more on electronic devices.
D. They use various loyalty cards for business deals.
70. According to the passage, privacy is like health because __________.
A. its importance is rarely understood
B. people don’t treasure it until they lose it
C. it is something that can easily be lost
D. people will make every effort to keep it
第Ⅱ卷
第四部分:书面表达(共两节,满分50分)
第一节:完成句子(共10小题;每小题2分,满分20分)
71.The method seems good but it needs ________________________. (try)
这种方法似乎不错,但需要试验一下。
72.You may __________________ they will look after your daughter when you are away. (depend)
你可以放心,你不在时,他们会照顾你女儿的。
73.Mr Green stood up in defence of the 16-year-old boy, saying that it was not the boy______________________ the accident. (blame)
格林先生站起来为那个十六岁的男孩辩护,说不是那个男孩该为那个意外负责。
74. As your granddad, I do hope that you can live _______________________as I have. (life)
作为你的祖父,我真心希望你能像我一样长寿。
75. My calculation was wrong because I overlooked one tiny point. If only I ________________________ that figure then. (leave)
由于忽略了一个细微之处,我计算错了。要是我当时没遗漏那个数字多好啊!
76. Not once ______________________ Michael that he could one day become a top student in his class. (occur)
迈克尔从来都没想过有一天他能成为班上的尖子生。
77. False advertisements deceive or mislead consumers, thus ____________________great damage to their lawful rights and interests. (lead)
虚假广告欺骗或误导消费者,这样就会导致对他们的合法权益极大的损害。
78.The terrible disease , if not ___________________ in time , as you know ,will spread quickly and cause many more deaths . ( deal )
你知道,这种疾病如果不及时处理,会传播很快并导致很多人死亡。
79.So ______________the wild plants that they decided to make a trip to Madagascar for further research. (absorb)
他们对野生植物如此沉迷以至于他们决定去Madagascar做进一步研究。
80.It seems that we have to accept the result. ________________________ earlier, I could have done something to avoid this accident. (inform)
看来我们必须接受这个结果了。要是我早点得知的话,就可以做些什么来避免这场事故了。
第二节:书面表达(共1题;满分30分)
请根据以下提示,并结合事例,用英语写一篇短文。
Not everyone is lucky. We should express sympathy(n.同情)for the persons who are unlucky, no matter whether they are family members or complete strangers. In this way, we can help to make the world a better place.
注意:① 无需写标题,不得照抄英语提示语;
② 除诗歌外,文体不限;
③ 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;
④ 词数为120左右。
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