2021年大学英语四级阅读理解模拟试题及答案（卷九）
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 purcha or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.
In fact, it’s likely some of the things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a spou, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will e you in a way you never intended to be en — the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked.
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Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it’s important to reveal yourlf to friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The di
gital 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 cas, a simple Google arch can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where you simple cannot keep a cret.
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 fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to prerve 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 Acquisti has run a ries 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 (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.
62. 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 accesd without their knowledge.
B) In the 21st century people try every means to look into others’ crets.
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.
63. What would psychologists advi 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.
64. Why does the author say “we live in a world where you simple cannot keep a cret” (Line 5, 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 arch engines profit by revealing people’s identities.
65. What do most Americans do with regard to privacy protection?
A) They change behaviors that might disclo their identity.
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B) They u 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.
66. 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 lo it
【答案】
62. A) People’s personal information is easily accesd without their knowledge.立项建议书
63. C) There should be a distance even between friends.
64. B) People leave traces around when using modern technology.
65. D) They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.姓石的明星
66. D) People don’t cherish it until they lost it.
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If you are a male and you are reading this ,congratulations: you are a survivor .According to statistics .you are more than twice as likely to die of skin cancer than a woman ,and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. Assuming you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you will die on average five years before a woman.
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