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  3. Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Websites you’ve visited. Or perhaps someone will ca

Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Websites you’ve visited. Or perhaps someone will ca

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问题     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 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 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(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.
Why does the author say "we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret "(Line 5, Para. 3)?
选项 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.
答案B
解析 本题问作者为什么说“我们生活在一个越来越难以保守秘密的世界里”，需根据上下文找出原因。这句话位于第三段最后，其前面的两句话指出，人们在各处留下了“数据面包屑”，这使陌生人很容易掌握其信息；就连简单的谷歌搜索都可以暴露一个人的想法．，之后作者总结说，我们生活在一个越来越难以保守秘密的世界里。所以，作者这么说的原因是人们在使用现代技术时留下了痕迹，故选项B正确。选项A和C文中并未提及。选项D属于对原文内容的过度推断，文中并没有与其对应的信息
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