第二部分阅读理解第一节 (共15小题.每小题2分.满分30分) Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission ——青夏教育精英家教网—

第二部分阅读理解（共二节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

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 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 cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen—the 2lst century is the equal of being caught naked.

Psychologists tell us boundaries 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 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 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 Alessandro Acquits has run 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.

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.

46. What would psychologists advise on the relationship 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.

47. Why does the author say "we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret" (Line 5 Para.3)?

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 others' affairs.

D. Many search engines profit by revealing people's identities.

48. 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 more and more on electronic devices.

D. They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.

49. 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 value it until they lose it

第二节短文改错（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一个横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。　　

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从十一处起）不计分。

I have been planning to join in our college basketball team next year, so now I am spending as more time as I can with other people who likes to play. They are teaching me the most important rules and technologies of the game, and I am getting the better all the time. We have a neighborhood team that play against other teams in the area. One of my neighbors is helping rest of us improved our skills. Tonight we are playing against one of the best teams in the city, and I think we can win them if we won't make any mistakes.

On AIDS Day, the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems ___________ paid special attention to.

A. referred to being B. referred to be C. refer to being D. refer to be

He says he really can’t _____ to wait another day.

A. waste B. afford C. spare D. pay

He speaks English well indeed, but of course not ______ a native speaker.

A. as fluent as B. more fluent than

C. so fluently as D. much fluently than

第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从下框的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

A. Environment protection

B. Driving experience

C. Self – driving

D. Safety

E. Computing and communications

F. Wireless communications

We are living in ______ world of developing, ______ world where any problem

can be solved in a peaceful way.

A. the; a B. a; the C. the; the D. a; a

In order to _____ the development of the west of our country, many special policies have been made, such as encouraging people to go to work in the west.

A. accelerate B. accomplish C. acknowledge D. accompany

I wonder why you don’t do it as ______ and it’s the third time you have done so.

A. told you B. be told C. told to D. you told

Ever since farmers began to grow grain, they have had to protect their crops from birds. In the 1300's, English farmers hired children to protect their crops. They were called “bird scares”. The children chased birds and threw stones at them.

Bird scares were replaced in the 1800's by scarecrows. A scarecrow is anything that is set in a field to scare birds away. Often it is a pole dressed like a person. Some farms with small fields still use scarecrows today.

Farming became big business in the twentieth century. Scarecrows could no longer protect the huge fields of grain, so farmers used poisonous chemicals on the fields. The poison made the grain bitter. The birds usually would not eat the bitter grain.

Although they can prevent crops from being destroyed by insects and birds, some chemicals can be harmful to humans. Therefore, farmers are using fewer chemicals now than they did twenty years ago. Perhaps scarecrows may be seen more often in the fields in the future.

English farmers began to hire children to get away birds since_____.

A. the twelfth century B. the fifteenth century

C. the sixteenth century D. the fourteenth century

“Bird scares” keep birds away from crops by_____.

A. feeding them bitter grain B. pretending to be scarecrows

C. spreading chemicals in the fields D. chasing them and throwing stones

Which statement from the passage supports the idea that scarecrows may be seen more often in the fields in the future?

A. Scarecrows could no longer protect fields. B. They were called “bird scares”.

C. English farmers hired children. D. Farmers are using fewer chemicals.

The author's purpose is to ________.

A. give information about children who worked as bird scares

B. tell how crops have been protected from birds

C. make the readers feel sorry for birds that eat poisoned grain

D. entertain the readers with a funny story

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