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Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest. California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest. It is hard, the state argues, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies. The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California's advice. Enough of the implications are discernable, even obvious, so that the justices can and should provide updated guidelines to police, lawyers and defendants. They should start by discarding California's lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone — a vast storehouse of digital information — is similar to, say, rifling through a suspect's purse. The court has ruled that police don't violate the Fourth Amendment when they sift through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant. But exploring one's smart phone is more like entering his or her home. A smart phone may contain an arrestee's reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence. The development of "cloud computing," meanwhile, has made that exploration so much the easier. Americans should take steps to protect their digital privacy. But keeping sensitive information on these devices is increasingly a requirement of normal life. Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution's prohibition on unreasonable searches. As so often is the case, stating that principle doesn't ease the challenge of line-drawing. In many cases, it would not be overly onerous for authorities to obtain a warrant to search through phone contents. They could still invalidate Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe, urgent circumstances, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while a warrant is pending. The court, though, may want to allow room for police to cite situations where they are entitled to more freedom. But the justices should not swallow California's argument whole. New, disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitution's protections. Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th: The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now.
单选题41.The Supreme Court will work out whether, during an arrest, it is legitimate to______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此题细节信息定位到第一段第二句话：“The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest．”说明最高法院在考虑是否允许警察在逮捕过程中无搜查许可证搜查嫌疑人手机内容， “check suspects’phone contents without being authorized”符合文意，其中“check”可以替换为“search”，其他选项的说法均与原文不符，因此选择C。
单选题42.The author's attitude toward California's argument is one of______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此题细节信息定位到第三段第句话：“The court would be recklessly modestif it followed California’s advice．”即作者认为California’s argument无说服力，建议抛弃，所以“disapproval”符合作者的态度。其他选项，“tolerance”意为“宽容”，“indifference”意为“不关心”，“cautiousness”意为“谨慎”，所以应该选择A。
单选题43.The author believes that exploring one's phone contents is comparable to______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此题细节信息定位到第四段第三句话：“But exploring one’s smart phone is more like entering his or her home．”即搜查个人的智能手机更像是进人他家里，作者在这里用“more like”表达了对此问题的倾向性，所以“getting into one’s residence”的说法符合文意。注意D项说的是“California’s argument”，而这是作者开始就明确表示要抛弃的，因此选择A。
单选题44.In Paragraph 5 and 6, the author shows his concern that______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】此题要在理解第五段之后进行推断，第五段第句话中说到“Americans should take steps to protect their digital privacy”，即应该逐步保护数据隐私是作者重点指出的问题。作者在第五、六段开始就直接指出来他所关注的问题，所以，“citizens’privacy is not effectively protected”的意思切合题意，因此选择C。
单选题45.Orin Kerr's comparison is quoted to indicate that______.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】此题细节信息定位到最后一段第三句话“Orin Kerr…The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car then；they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now”，其讨论了新科技与法律改进的关系问题，冒号后边的内容是作者所要表达的意思。“New technology requires reinterpretation of the Constitution”指根据科技进步修改或重新解释宪法法律条文，符合题意，因此选择B。