8．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 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（重現(xiàn)）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（悲觀）about privacy，with 60percent 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（優(yōu)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．
53．What would psychologists advise on the relationships between friends？B
A．Friends should open their hearts to each other．'
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．
54．Why does the author say"We live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret？"B
A．Modern society has finally developed in to an open society．
B．People leave traces（蹤跡） 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）．
55．What do most Americans do to protect privacy？D
A．They change behaviours that might reveal their identity．
B．The use various loyalty cards for business transaction（處理）．
C．They rely more and more on electronic devices．
D．The talk a lot but hardly do anything about it．
56．According to the passage，privacy is like health in thatD．
A．people will make every efforts to keep 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．
分析 這篇材料講的是信息時代的隱私遭到泄露的現(xiàn)狀，如今，人與人之間界限缺失，人們會四處留下數(shù)字信息，從而將個人隱私泄露出去．甚至簡單的Google搜索都能接觸到個人的秘密．我們現(xiàn)在生活在一個很難保住秘密的世界．然后作者列舉人們在生活中如何言行不一，不注重隱私的保護．最后一段作者向人們提出了告誡不要等到隱私泄露了就像健康失去了再去后悔．
解答 53-56BBDD
53．B細節(jié)理解 題目問心理學(xué)家會對朋友之間的關(guān)系做出什么建議．題目中的關(guān)鍵信息是"心理學(xué)家"和"朋友"，文中第三段開頭就提到了心理學(xué)家和朋友、家庭、愛人等等，可以判斷答案就在此處．心理學(xué)家的建議一共有兩句話，分別由兩個賓語從句引導(dǎo)．首先是boundaries are healthy，直譯為界限是健康的．"界限"應(yīng)該是指人與人之間關(guān)系的界限，等同于C所說的一定的距離．Healthy一詞是對人與人之間保持一定距離的肯定． 其次是it's important to reveal yourself to friends，family and lovers in stages，at appropriate times，這里表達了向朋友、家人、愛人開放自我的重要性，應(yīng)該等同于A所說的向彼此敞開心懷，但要注意句尾的兩個狀語對"敞開心懷"的方式進行了限制．In stages等于bit by bit，意思是"分階段地、一步一步地"，而at appropriate times指在合適的時候才向?qū)Ψ匠ㄩ_心懷．整體觀察第二個賓語從句，important實際上強調(diào)的是兩個狀語，也就是在in stages和at appropriate times的前提下向朋友敞開心扉是重要的，而不是敞開心扉本身． 由此看來，C的說法更為準確，而A并不是作者的本來意圖．B和D在兩個賓語從句中都沒有提到，可以排除． 故選B．人們利用現(xiàn)代科技的時候會留下蹤跡，因此我們居住在一個無法保守秘密的世界．
54．B語義理解 根據(jù)The digital bread crumbs you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are，where you are and what you like，作者在這里使用了一個比喻，把數(shù)字化操作留下的記錄比喻為數(shù)字面包屑．本句大意是數(shù)字化操作留下的記錄可以讓陌生人很容易地知道你是誰、你在哪里、你喜歡什么．此后的一句以搜索引擎為例進行了說明． 可知選B．
55．D推理判斷 根據(jù)美國人口頭上的說法：most say they are concerned about losing it，多數(shù)人表示擔(dān)憂隱私泄露．下一段則暴露了美國人的實際行動：Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy，只有一小部分美國人為保護隱私而改變了自己的行為．反過來說，大部分美國人并沒有改變什么．這是典型的言行不一，正如這一點開頭的一句話所說：people say one thing and do another--這正好和D的說法一致，故選D．
56．D語義理解 根據(jù)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直譯為："隱私是有關(guān)系的，至少是某些時候．它就像健康，在你擁有它時，你注意不到它．只有當(dāng)它離你而去時你才想要是更注意地保護過它就好了．"這段話無論從句法結(jié)構(gòu)還是詞匯難度上都很容易，也沒有出現(xiàn)體現(xiàn)獨特英語思維的比喻等修辭，所以理解起來較為輕松，是一道送分題．D的說法完全切合最后一段的說法，是正確的．故選D．
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