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5.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.
If 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 spouse,a girlfriend,a marketing company,a boss,a cup or a criminal.Whoever it is,they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen-21st century is the equal of being caught naked.
Psychologists tell us boundaries(dividing line) are healthy,and 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?
When opinion polls(民意测验)ask Americans about privacy,most say they are concerned about losing it.a survey found an overwhelming(very large)pessimism about privacy,with 60percent 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 t protect their privacy.Few people turn down a 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 Alissanfro Acquisti has a series of tests that reveal that people will give personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cent-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.

63.What would psychologists advise on the relationship between friends?C
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 quarrels between friends.
64.Why does the author say"we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret"?B
A.Modern society has finally developed into an open society
B.People leave traces around when using modern technology
C.There are always people who are curious about other's affairs
D.Many search engines profit by revealing people's identities
65.What do most Americans do about privacy protection?D
A.They change behaviors that might disclose their identity
B.They use various loyalty cards for business deals.
C.They rely more and more on electronic devices
D.They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.
66.According to the passage,privacy is like health becauseD.
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 value it until they lose it.

分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了我们在使用高科技时所留下的点滴信息都会为陌生人了解我们提供线索,我们正生活在一个连保守秘密都很困难的世界里.

解答 63.C.细节理解题.根据题干中关键词psychologist、friend定位到第三段第一、二句话.心理学家认为与他人保持一定界限是有益的,虽然会向朋友、家人、爱人倾诉,但是有一些事情是有底线和界限的.C.中的distance同义与原文中的boundary,跟本段第二句话 but few boundaries remain 意义一致;故选C.
64.B.推理判断题.第三段第三句话告诉我们:我们在使用高科技时所留下的点滴信息都会为陌生人了解我们提供线索.例如谷歌搜索引擎就会泄漏我们的想法.因此进一步得出结论:我们正生活在一个连保守秘密都很困难的世界里.故选B.
65.D.细节理解题.根据倒数第二段第一句得知,people say one thing and do another,即言行不一.随后举例说明,美国人为了一点利益而提供个人信息.故选D.
66.D.段末处设题.作者把隐私同健康作比较,当拥有时,不曾注意到它,一旦失去才知其珍贵.D.中cherish同 wish you'd have done more 意义一致;故选D.

点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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60.According to the passage,the underlined phrase refers toB.
A.people who stay up until the next morning.
B.people who get up early in the morning.
C.people who feel sleepy in the morning.
D.people whose productivity is the highest in the morning.
61.Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?B
A.Because he/she wanted to form the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.
B.Because he/she had found that his/her productivity was higher when he/she got up
early.
C.Because he/she wanted to see which of the two main schools of thought on sleep
patterns was right.
D.Because he/she was told the high relationship between success and rising early.
62.The author experienced all the following EXCEPTD.
A.going to bed after midnight          
B.getting up early occasionally
C.pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping
D.asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits
63.The passage is mainly aboutA.
A.how to become an early riser         
B.how to have good sleep
C.wrong strategies for getting up early
D.main schools of thought on sleep patterns.

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