首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
In 2004 Google unveiled Gmail: a powerful e-mail account with a gigabyte of storage. That was 500 times what Hotmail was offerin
In 2004 Google unveiled Gmail: a powerful e-mail account with a gigabyte of storage. That was 500 times what Hotmail was offerin
admin
2012-07-06
19
问题
In 2004 Google unveiled Gmail: a powerful e-mail account with a gigabyte of storage. That was 500 times what Hotmail was offering—so much storage, the original Gmail didn’t even offer a delete button—and all for free. But not everyone rejoiced. Gmail paid for all of this goodness by displaying small text ads, off to the right of each incoming message, relevant to its contents. Privacy advocates went ballistic. It didn’t seem to matter to them that a software algorithm—not a human being—was scanning your messages for keywords. The Electronic Privacy Information Center called for Gmail to be shut down, and a California state senator proposed a bill that would make it illegal to scan the contents of incoming e-mail.
To many people, it seems that the more time we spend online, the more often we are offered convenience in exchange for our privacy. Grocery stores’ affinity cards give us discounts—but let them track what we are buying and eating. Amazon, com greets us by name and remembers what we have bought. Facebook has amassed the largest database of personal information in human history (more than half a billion people).
Of course, convenience-for-privacy deals have been going on for years. Credit cards leave a trail. Phones give phone company employees a record of who you’ve been calling. It’s nice to have a house to live in—but buying one leaves a permanent record of your whereabouts.
There are some good reasons to protect certain aspects of our privacy, of course. We would never want our medical or financial details to keep us from getting a job—or a date. We might not want our voting patterns made public. But beyond those obvious exceptions, privacy fears have always been more of an emotional reaction than a rational one. (Does anyone really care what groceries you buy? Does it matter if they do?) And in the online world, much of it is simply fear of the unknown, of what’s new.
In time, as the unknown becomes familiar, each new wave of online-privacy terror seems to fade away. Nobody
bats an eye over
Gmail’s ad-scanning feature anymore. Even middle-agers and grandparents are signing up for Facebook. The younger generation can’t even comprehend why their elders worry about privacy. Indeed, the entire appeal of the new age of online services is to broadcast personal information. On purpose. Foursquare, Gowalla and Face-book Places even publicize your current location, so that your friends can track your movements (and, of course, join you).
If you were among those who thought that Google overstepped privacy lines with Gmail, you must be positively freaked about these developments. But at least some aspects of your privacy have been gone for years. The fear you feel may be real, but the chances of someone actually looking up the boring details of your life are reassuringly small. As with fear of flying, shark attacks or lightning, your gut may not be getting realistic data from your brain. [497 words]
Which of the following expressions is closest in meaning to "bat an eye over" (Line 2, Para. 5)?
选项
A、care about
B、rejoice over
C、ignore
D、feel unfamiliar with
答案
A
解析
本题考查词义推断。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/690RFFFM
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
1.Describethepicture.2.Pointouttheimplicationsofthepicture.3.Suggestyourcounter-measures.Youshould
WecaninferthatthekeyfeatureofNingbocampusofNottinghamUniversityisthatAccordingtoAndreasSchleicher,thetrends
Electronicor"cyber"warfareholdsthepromiseofdestroyinganarmy’sorevenawholenation’s—abilitytofunctionwithouthur
Inthefollowingtext,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choosethemostsuitableonefromthelist(A、B、C、
Writeonthefollowingtopic:WhyDoPeopleLiketoTryTheirLuckonLottery?1.现在不少人热衷于彩票。2.试举例说明其原因。Youshoul
Thesimpleperceptionofnaturalformsisadelight.(46)Theinfluenceoftheformsandactionsinnatureissoneedfultoman,
Thetelecityisacitywhoselife,direction,andfunctioningarelargelyshapedbytelecommunications.Inthetwentyfirstcent
TheU.S.governmenthasrecentlyhelpedpeoplelearnmoreaboutthedangersofearthquakesbypublishingamap.Thismapshowst
Whenanyoneopensacurrentaccountatabank,heislendingthebankmoney.Hemay(1)_____therepaymentofthemoneyatanyt
WritealettertoMr.TerryThompson,recommendingaChineseuniversityforhimtostudyinChina.Youshouldwriteabout10
随机试题
A.QRS波群一般不增宽B.宽QRS波群的形态与窦性心律时的预激图形相似C.可见房室分离,心室率快于心房率D.V1导联常呈右束支阻滞图形,额面QRS心电轴无明显偏移E.QRS波群形态变异较大室性心动过速诊断的依据是
关于蛋氨酸循环的生理意义描述错误的为
土地权属争议处理的方式有()。
用电设备在功率不变的情况下,电压和电流两者之间的关系,下面()叙述是正确的。
1.已知资料:卖方:BEllINGYIUANCL,OTHINGMANUFACTURECO.,LTD.买方:TSMAPLECOMPANY合同号:EUR0070615成交价格:CIFSTAVANGER
对每笔成交的证券及相应价款进行逐笔交收的主要目的是()
戒严是县级以上人大常委会或人民政府作出决定,由公安机关执行。必要时,也可派人民解放军、武警部队协助。()
社区工作的主要模式,阐述地区发展模式的优缺点。(武大2011年研)
设D为由y=x3,x=-l,y=1所围成的闭区域,则=.
在VisualFoxPro中视图可以分为本地视图和【】视图。
最新回复
(
0
)