Do you feel like someone is watching you, even when you’re in a room alone? Well, maybe they are.

A recent article in Los Angeles Times ______ how screens（屏幕）—a computer screen, a TV screen, a cell phone screen— are ______ information about you. Most of you already know what you do on your personal computers is not ______ private. No matter how long you visit some websites, and what you do on these websites, all of that activity “tells” information about you.

If you own a smartphone, the phone ______ is recording where you are and where you go, so it can find you if you get a telephone call. Do you have a satellite (卫星) TV, where you can watch many ______? If you do, you probably have a box next to your ______ that allows you to view them. That box also allows the TV company to record which shows you watch and don’t watch.

In many American ______, you can join the store’s “club” for free and receive a ______. Each time you buy things and show the card, you’ll get discounts (折扣). This is the supermarket’s way of ______ you to visit their stores, and not other similar stores.

In a word, in this age of technology, it’s ______ to be truly private.

It’s simply amazing what a mobile phone can do these days. ________ know this better than anyone else. They will ________ that the super-thin phones are also pocket-sized entertainment system (娱乐系统). They can listen to music, watch music videos and play computer games. ________ can take phones and send text messages to their friends.

Business people know this, too. For them, mobile phones are ________ business tools. They can read business reports and e-mails. They can buy ________ to some places.

Welcome to the age of the “smart-phone”! In less than five years, mobile phones have ________ a lot. And more functions are being added all the time. Some people ________ to keep up with the changing technology (科技). So they are always willing to pay for the latest ________. But they often don’t ________ all the functions of their phones. Quite a large number of people still only use their phones ________ talking and sending messages.

Imagine — you are running to catch a train, only to find that you forgot your ID card! You cannot get on the train _________ it. Don’t worry. In the near future, you will just need a digital (数字的) ID on your smartphone.

Recently, Chinese government say they will introduce a digital version (版本) of the national ID cards this year. One of its purposes is to better meet the basic living _________ of more than 100 million people who live away from their hometowns.

These people have to go to school or work at different places. Sometimes in order to prove (证明) that “I am _________ I am”, they have to run back home to get their ID information. It _________ time, money and manpower. But Digital ID cards can allow people to get their personal information through a _________ scan (扫描) with a smartphone. This way, _________ will be done in just several seconds and people can get a lot of convenience (便利).

Meanwhile, the government will think about people who do not use smartphones, especially old people. They are trying to come up with some ways to help them. Also, people’s personal information will be protected _________ they don’t need to worry that others get their personal information.

In fact, China started the early try of digital IDs in 2018. It allowed people _________ Quzhou, Hangzhou and Fuzhou to get them on Alipay. Digital IDs could be _________ used to open bank accounts, check into hotels and buy high-speed railway tickets and so on.

China’s first ID card __________ in 1984. The present ID card is the second-generation version. With the development of science, we believe more and more new technologies will appear in life.