The argument over a Philadelphia school district accused of secretly spying on pupils through laptop cameras became fiercer today after it acknowledged obtaining more than 56,000 images of its students, many of them in their homes.
When the scandal (丑聞) first broke, it was believed that only a few pictures had been taken of one pupil, Blake Robbins. But court papers released this week showed that thousands of images were taken of Robbins and other students.
Robbins and his parents have filed an action against the school district. Court papers from the Robbins’s lawyers said that at first it was thought that the laptops’ technology had produced a few images but they found more than 400 of Robbins, including images “showing him partially undressed and sleeping”.
Robbins said he did not know why the spying device was activated (激活) as his laptop had not been reported stolen or missing. Other students whose pictures were taken said their laptops had not been reported stolen or missing either.
An administrator at the school, one of the few with authority to track the laptops, remained silent, refusing to answer questions.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that 38,500 of the images came from six laptops that had been reported missing from the Harriton gym in September 2008. These apparently helped the police catch a suspect. Another set of images were from cameras in laptops which employees responsible for tracking failed or forgot to turn off.
The court papers, filed by Robbins’ lawyers, said that the technology was activated between 20 October and 4 November last year, with most of the 400 shots of him while he was in his home, and included his family. “There were additional webcam pictures and screen shots taken of Blake Robbins which, up to now, have not been recovered because the evidence was deleted by the IT department,” the court papers say.
One of Robbins’ lawyers is trying to obtain access to the administrator’s home computer to confirm whether she downloaded any of the pictures. The court papers indicate she may be a voyeur (窺隱私者) though it has not been proved.
小題1:We can learn from the passage that _________.
A．Robbins’ parents remained calm over the scandal
B．Robbins had his laptop stolen before the scandal
C．the laptops’ technology produced some images
D．the private rights of the students were offended
小題2:What did The Philadelphia Inquirer say about the case?
A．The police had found some evidence.
B．Most of the laptops in Harriton gym were missing.
C．Employees in charge of tracking deliberately left the laptops on.
D．There was obviously more than one suspect related to the case.
小題3:According to the court papers, the administrator _________.
A．may have spied her students on purpose
B．may have broken into Robbin’s house
C．has downloaded many students’ pictures
D．has removed evidence from computers
小題4: What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．Modern technology has negative effects on our lives.
B．Students in Philadelphia are accustomed to being spied on secretly.
C．A Philadelphia school is charged with spying students through laptop cameras.
D．The American government should take measures to improve teachers’ qualities.

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：本文敘述了費(fèi)城學(xué)校的學(xué)生被別人拍了許多照片，其中還有許多不雅照，這讓學(xué)生的家長(zhǎng)及學(xué)生告上了法庭，據(jù)調(diào)查警察懷疑是學(xué)校的管理人員用電腦的攝像頭來跟蹤拍攝學(xué)生的。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)學(xué)生在不知情的情況下，被拍了照片，侵犯了他們的學(xué)生的隱私權(quán)，故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that 38,500 of the images came from six laptops that had been reported missing from the Harriton gym in September 2008. 這說明警察已經(jīng)找到了一些證據(jù)，故選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The court papers indicate she may be a voyeur (窺隱私者) though it has not been proved. 學(xué)校的管理人員是在偷窺學(xué)生的隱私，故選A。
小題4:主旨大意題。縱觀全文費(fèi)城的學(xué)校被控告通過電腦的攝像頭來監(jiān)視學(xué)校的學(xué)生，故選C。
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