专升本、四级英语考试解析（四十五）
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来自2010年5月14日Newsweek: The High Price of Facebook
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/05/15/the-high-price-of-facebook.html
People are being lured onto Facebook with the promise of a fun, free service, and don’t realize that they’re paying for it by giving up loads of personal information. (62) Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data to advertisers that want to send targeted messages.
(63) Most Facebook users don’t realize this is happening. Even if they know what the company is up to, they still have no idea what they’re paying for Facebook, because people don’t really know what their personal data is worth.
The biggest problem, however, is that the company keeps changing the rules. Early on, you could keep everything private. That was the GREat thing about Facebook—you could create your own little private network. Last year, the company changed its privacy rules so that many things—your city, your photo, the your friends’ names—were set, by default, to be shared with everyone on the Internet.
(64) According to Facebook’s vice president Elliot Schrage, the company is simply making changes to improve its service, and if people don’t share information, they have a “less SATisfying experience.”
Some critics think this is more about Facebook looking to make more money. Its original business model, which involved selling ads and putting them at the side of the page, totally failed. Who wants to look at ads when they’re online connecting with their friends?
The privacy issue has already landed Facebook in hot water in Washington. In April, Senator Charles Schumer called on Facebook to change its privacy policy.(65) He also urged the Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites. “I think the senators rightly communicated that we had not been clear about what the new products were and how people could choose to use them or not to use them,” Schrage admits.
I suspect that whatever Facebook has done so far to invade our privacy, it’s only the beginning. Which is why I’m considering deACTivating my account. Facebook is a handy site, (66) but I’m upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don’t trust. That is too high a price to pay.
62. What do we learn about Facebook from the first paragraph?
A) It is a website that sends messages to targeted users.
B) It makes money by putting on advertisements.
C) It profits by selling its user’s personal data
D) It provides loads of information to its users
答案：C
解析：定位至首段二句，profits改写原文make money。
63. What does the author say about most Facebook users?
A) They are reluctant to give up their personal information
B) They don’t know their personal data enriches Facebook
C) They don’t identify themselves when using website
D) They care very little about their personal information
答案：B
解析：定位至三段首句，know改写原文realize, enrich是原文this代指的上段“Facebook获益”的内容。
64. Why does Facebook make changes to its rules according to Elliot Schrage?
A) To render better service to its users
B) To conform to the Federal guidelines
C) To improve its users’ connectivity
D) To expand its scope of business
答案：A
解析：定位至四段首句，render better改写原文improve。
65. What dies Senator Charles Schumer advocate?
A) Setting guidelines for advertising on websites
B) Banning the sharing of user’s personal information
C) Formulating regulations for social-networking sites
D) Removing ads from all social-networking sites
答案：C
解析：定位至六段二句，set guidelines改写原文formulate regualtions。
66. Why does the author plan to cancel his Facebook account?
A) He is disSATisfied with its current service
B) He finds many of its users untrustworthy
C) He doesn’t want his personal data abused
D) He is upset by its frequent rule changes
答案：C
解析：定位至末段but后，可知作者就是对个人信息泄漏这件事情不满。
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