阅读下面短文,从短文后每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
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.
【小题1】A.picked up | B.looked after | C.talked about | D.gave up |
【小题2】A.losing | B.buying | C.inventing | D.collecting |
【小题3】A.never | B.always | C.sometimes | D.hardly |
【小题4】A.company | B.owner | C.maker | D.keeper |
【小题5】A.animals | B.operas | C.news | D.shows |
【小题6】A.table | B.television | C.room | D.body |
【小题7】A.museums | B.supermarkets | C.parks | D.theatres |
【小题8】A.card | B.gift | C.letter | D.prize |
【小题9】A.allowing | B.warning | C.preventing | D.encouraging |
【小题10】A.dangerous | B.exciting | C.difficult | D.possible |