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 (收費站) 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 (優(yōu)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.
【小題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.
【小題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.
【小題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.
【小題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.
【小題5】According to the passage, privacy is like health in that         .
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 cherish it until they lose it


【小題1】A
【小題2】C
【小題3】B
【小題4】D
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：這篇材料講的是信息時代的隱私保護(hù)問題，大體可以分成兩個部分，前三段是信息時代隱私遭到泄露的現(xiàn)狀，后面幾段講的是人們保護(hù)隱私的現(xiàn)實情況。
【小題1】.句意理解題：從第二段的句子：Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen 可知人們的個人隱私在不知道的情況下很容易泄漏。選A
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it’s important to reveal yourself partly to friends, family and lovers at appropriate times.向朋友敞開心扉是重要的，但是朋友之間要有距離，故選C。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：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.可知人們在使用現(xiàn)代科技的時候，也留下了痕跡。選B
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從倒數(shù)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. 可知美國人談的很多，但是很少對此采取行動的，選D
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。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(hù)過它就好了�！边xD
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