Although websites such as Facebook and MySpace experienced rapid growth during the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, some users remain unaware of the fact that the information they post online can come back to haunt them. First, employers can monitor employees who maintain a blog, photo diary, or website. Employers can look for controversial(引起爭議的) employee opinions, sensitive information disclosures, or wildly inappropriate conduct. For example, a North Carolina newspaper fired one of its features writers after she created a blog on which she wrote about the strange things of her job and coworkers without signing her real name.
The second unintended use of information from social networking websites is employers who check on prospective employees. A June 11, 2006 New York Times article reported that many companies use search engines and social networking websites such as MySpace, Xanga, and Facebook to conduct background checks on college campuses. Although the use of MySpace or Google to check a student’s background is somewhat unsettling to many undergraduates, the Times noted that the use of Facebook is especially shocking to students who believe that Facebook is limited to current students and recent alum(校友).
Corporate employers are not the only people interested in college students’ lives. The third unintended use of social networking websites is college administrators who monitor the Internet — especially Facebook — for student bad behavior. For example, a college in Boston’s Back Bay expelled (除名) its student Government Association President for joining a Facebook group highly critical of a campus police sergeant. In addition, fifteen students at a state university in North Carolina faced charges in court for underage drinking because of photos that appeared on Facebook.
Although more users of websites such as Facebook are becoming aware of the potential dangers of online identities, many regular users still fail to take there basic security precautions(警惕). First, only make your information available to a specific list of individuals whom you approve. Second , regularly search for potentially harmful information about yourself that may have been posted by mistake or by a disgruntled
(不滿的)former associate. Thrid, never post obviously offensive material will likely make its way to the wider world. By taking these simple steps, members of the digital world can realize the many benefits of e-community without experiencing some of the damaging unintended consequences.
【小題1】The main purpose of the passage is to _____.

A.explain the growth of the digital world from the view of privacy
B.discuss the risks of the digital world and suggest ways to protect yourself
C.propose steps Facebook, MySpace and Google can take to protect user privacy
D.illustrate(說明) potential unintended uses of private information
【小題2】The writer implies that users should take all of the following actions to protect their online privacy EXCEPT _____.
A.know to whom you make your online information available
B.a(chǎn)ctively hunt for damaging information posted about you or under your name
C.speak with employers to inform them of any misinformation published about you
D.a(chǎn)void uploading information that would be extremely damaging if it were discovered
【小題3】According to the passage, which of the following does the author imply?
A.Information obtained unwillingly from the Internet is permitted in court.
B.It is impossible to protect yourself from unintended uses of information online.
C.Even if you restrict who can view your data, the government may still access it.
D.Done properly, posting offensive information about oneself brings no risk.
【小題4】In the last paragraph the author mainly _____.
A.offers detailed examples to support previous viewpoints
B.further explores the ill-effects of the Internet on the protection of privacy
C.summarizes the points of the above paragraphs
D.provides suggestions to overcome the previously mentioned problems


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析:作者通過舉例介紹了在許多人因為在網(wǎng)上發(fā)布的信息而受到了困擾,之后作者給出了可以防止造成這種后果的建議。
【小題1】主旨題:閱讀全文可知作者通過舉例介紹了在許多人因為在網(wǎng)上發(fā)布的信息而受到了困擾,之后作者給出了可以防止造成這種后果的建議。故選B。
【小題2】推理題:根據(jù)最后一段中“only make your information available to a specific list of individuals whom you approve”讓你的信息到一個特定的只有你能批準的列表,可知A正確;根據(jù)最后一段中“regularly search for potentially harmful information about yourself that may have been posted by mistake or by a disgruntled(不滿的)former associate”定期搜索潛在的對自己有害的信息,這些信息可能是錯貼或一名心懷不滿的前助理發(fā)布的,由此可知B正確;根據(jù)最后一段中“never post obviously offensive material will likely make its way to the wider world”從不發(fā)布會在更廣闊范圍內(nèi)傳播的有攻擊性的材料,因此D正確;根據(jù)例子可知C項錯誤。故選C。
【小題3】推理題:根據(jù)第三段中“fifteen students at a state university in North Carolina faced charges in court for underage drinking because of photos that appeared on Facebook”北卡羅萊納州立大學的15個學生在法庭上面臨未成年酗酒指控,因為出現(xiàn)在Facebook上的照片,可知網(wǎng)絡(luò)上的信息在法庭上是被承認的。故選A。
【小題4】推理題:閱讀最后一段內(nèi)容可知作者給出了可以防止網(wǎng)絡(luò)信息泄露造成嚴重后果的建議。故選D。
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科目:高中英語 來源: 題型:閱讀理解

Brrriiinnng. The alarm clock announces the start of another busy weekday in the morning. You jump out of bed, rush into the shower, into your clothes and out the door with hardly a moment to think. A stressful journey to work gets your blood pressure climbing. Once at the office, you glance through the newspaper with depressing stories or reports of disasters. In that sort of mood, who can get down to work, particularly some creative, original problem-solving work?
The way most of us spend our mornings is exactly opposite to the conditions that promote flexible, open-minded thinking. Imaginative ideas are most likely to come to us when we’re unfocused. If you are one of those energetic morning people, your most inventive time comes in the early evening when you are relaxed. Sleepy people’s lack of focus leads to an increase in creative problem solving. By not giving yourself time to tune into your wandering mind, you’re missing out on the surprising solutions it may offer.
The trip you take to work doesn’t help, either. The stress slows down the speed with which signals travel between neurons (神經(jīng)細胞), making inspirations less likely to occur. And while we all should read a lot about what’s going on in the world, it would not make you feel good for sure, so put that news website or newspaper aside until after the day’s work is done.
So what would our mornings look like if we wanted to start them with a full capacity for creative problem solving? We’d set the alarm a few minutes early and lie awake in bed, following our thoughts where they lead. We’d stand a little longer under the warm water of the shower, stopping thinking about tasks in favor of a few more minutes of relaxation. We’d take some deep breaths on our way to work, instead of complaining about heavy traffic. And once in the office—after we get a cup of coffee—we’d click on links not to the news of the day but to the funniest videos the web has to offer. 
【小題1】According to the author, we are more creative when we are _______.

A.focused
B.relaxed
C.a(chǎn)wake
D.busy
【小題2】What does the author imply about newspapers?
A.They are solution providers.
B.They are a source of inspiration.
C.They are normally full of bad news.
D.They are more educational than websites.
【小題3】By “tune into your wandering mind” (in Para. 2), the author means “_______”.
A.wander into the wild
B.listen to a beautiful tune
C.switch to the traffic channel
D.stop concentrating on anything
【小題4】The author writes the last paragraph in order to _______.
A.offer practical suggestions
B.summarize past experiences
C.a(chǎn)dvocate diverse ways of life
D.establish a routine for the future

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