单选题
Your Password or Your Privacy

    A. Matthew Breuer has shared the passwords to his computer, e-mail and social media accounts with every girlfriend he's ever had. It's a matter of convenience—she can check his e-marl when he can't access it or get into his phone to change the song playing on the speakers. But it's also symbolic.
    B. 'I feel like it's so much easier to live in a relationship where you know you have nothing to hide and are entirely honest about who you are and what you're doing,' he says. 'Times in my life when I've realized that something wasn't working in my relationship coincided with (与……同时发生) times when I would be worried, 'Oh, do I really want to say this on Facebook to somebody else?' It's such a red flag if there's something you're concerned about your partner seeing. That means there's some fundamental issue with your relationship beyond privacy.' Breuer has most American couples on his side. According to a recent Pew study, 67% of Internet users in marriages or relationships have shared passwords to one or more of their accounts with their partner.
    C. Though we don't feel comfortable exchanging passwords with perhaps more trustworthy family members and long-term friends, we do feel comfortable exchanging access to our personal information with boyfriends and girlfriends. It's an exercise in trust, the logic goes. If you have nothing to hide, why would you want to hide your password? And, as Breuer points out, knowing someone may look over your shoulder can keep you honest.
    D. For Jasmine Tobie, seeing someone else's transgressions (越轨) via e-mail has saved her from a toxic relationship. After finding some receipts that proved her boyfriend was lying to her about being on a business trip one weekend, she decided to look at his e-mail to be sure before she pulled the plug on the relationship. 'Once I found that I just had to have more evidence.' She didn't know his password, but was able to guess correctly using clues on his desktop. 'He was still 'communicating' with his exes. He had taken a trip to visit an ex and told me it was a work trip. He was still signed up with dating sites and other 'hookup' sites and actively communicating with those people... I found some pictures of him and people he swore were ' friends' in the act.' The two had dated for a year and lived together for about nine months. 'I was trying to find some way to give him the benefit of the doubt. In the end, it did clarify for me that he was not it for me at all and that there were issues I couldn't fix.' Tobie adds that those were extraordinary circumstances, and she wouldn't read someone else's e-mails again. She doesn't share passwords with her current boyfriend.
    E. In most circumstances, psychologists suggest keeping passwords private. 'In relationships, we depend on each other for a lot of things, but it's good and healthy to have some independence too,' says Kelly Campbell, PhD of Psychology. 'The more you self-disclose, the happier you are. But the happiest couples have some degree of secrecy and privacy.' Unsurprisingly, sharing passwords can cause some serious problems during a relationship or after it ends.
    F. Rosalind Wiseman, author of Queen Bees and Wannabes, advises the teens she talks to for her research to not share passwords because 'the relationships can change so quickly, and the emotions behind the breakups can be so strong.' She says that one high schooler she worked with was blind-sided when his ex-girlfriend found his phone. 'She knew where he charged his phone during class and knew his password, so she went in and sent all sorts of texts to friends, to another girl he was talking to—it really created a lot of problems for him.'
    G. Though one might assume that teens and 20-somethings are the ones foolishly sharing passwords  and suffering from the resulting drama—the survey found that the practice of password-sharing is pretty equal across age groups, and that 18-29-year-olds were actually the least likely to share passwords. 64% of 18-29-year-olds share passwords, compared with 70% of 30-49-year-olds, 66% of 50-64-year-olds, and 69% of those over 65.
    H. And you don't have to be a teenager to have password problems with your significant other. Suzy, a 46-year-old mother, got into a dangerous situation years ago when her then-boyfriend started reading her e-mails. She hadn't given him her password, but one day she forgot to log out and he checked her e-mail. The couple had been on-again-off-again, and she hadn't told him that she had created an online dating profile while they were apart. She had since deleted the profile and deleted most of the e-mail exchanges with the men she met through the site. 'But he went through all my e-mails, including ones that I had thrown away. He went into every folder. He got really mad and basically attacked me,' she says. 'I ended up having to call an ambulance.'
    I. Since, she says she's never even considered sharing passwords with a significant other. 'I now have this paranoia (偏执) where I wouldn't even share it even if I trusted someone. You never know what's going to upset someone,' she says. 'I don't know if that makes me less trusting or just wiser.'
    J. Still, optimists like Breuer are undeterred (未受阻的) by such horror stories. Breuer says he has always developed friendships with the girls he has dated before dating, and therefore felt they could be honest with one another. 'I think sharing passwords honestly ends up affording you the privacy you want,' Breuer says, pointing to a password etiquette that has developed between him and his partners in recent years. 'Just because you tell somebody your password to things doesn't mean they actually end up looking through your stuff.' Breuer says he's never changed his password after a breakup since he's always trusted and respected those he has dated.
    K. Campbell says the best way to determine if you're ready to share passwords with your significant other is to check and see if you're on the same page. 'If you have any question in your mind. the answer is no,' says Campbell. 'I would say that it should be reciprocal. You shouldn't be sharing something if your partner also didn't share it... People are happiest when they have a match. You and your partner should be a match in that respect too.'
问答题     We feel at ease sharing passwords with our partner, but not with our family members.
 
【正确答案】C
【答案解析】同义转述题。由题干中的family members定位至C段第一句。C段第一句提到,尽管我们不太习惯与可能更值得信赖的家人或老朋友交换密码,但却喜欢与男/女朋友交换个人比较隐私的信息。题干中的at ease与原文中的comfortable是同义转述,题干中的passwords与原文中的access to our personal information是同义转述,因此答案是C。
问答题     Although couples are happier when they share more, the happiest couples don't share everything.
 
【正确答案】E
【答案解析】细节推断题。由题干中的the happiest couples定位至E段倒数第二、三句。E段倒数第二、三句指出伴侣们越敞开心扉越快乐,但是最幸福的伴侣都有一定的秘密和隐私。由此推断,最幸福的伴侣并不是事事分享,因此答案是E。
问答题     Jasmine Tobie ended an unhealthy relationship after she found evidence of her boyfriend's cheating.
 
【正确答案】D
【答案解析】细节归纳题。由题干中的Jasmine Tobie定位至D段第一句。D段主要内容是杰丝敏·托比通过看男友的电子邮件发现男友对她不忠,从而分手。由此可见,杰丝敏·托比结束了一段不健康的恋爱关系。题干中的ended an unhealthy relationship是对原文中saved her from a toxic relationship的同义转述,题干是对本段的归纳总结,因此答案是D。
问答题     A middle-aged mother was ever beaten by her then-boyfriend years ago after he read her e-mails.
 
【正确答案】H
【答案解析】细节归纳题。由题干中的mother和then-boyfriend定位至H段第二句。H段的主要内容是苏茜当时的男友偶然看到了她在分手期间与其他男性的电子邮件,结果暴打了苏茜。苏茜46岁,符合题干中A middle-aged mother的描述,因此答案是H。
问答题     Teenagers are advised to keep their passwords private because the relationships are unstable and they may not have a good control over their emotions after breakups.
 
【正确答案】F
【答案解析】同义转述题。由题干中的Teenagers, emotions和breakups定位至F段第一句。F段第一句提到罗斯琳·怀斯曼建议青少年不要与伴侣分享密码,因为“恋爱关系变化很快,分手后的感情波动会非常大”。题干中的keep their passwords private与原文中的not share passwords是同义转述;题干中的the relationships are unstable与原文中的the relationships can change so quickly意思一致;题干中的not have a good control over their emotions after breakups与原文中的the emotions behind the breakups can be so strong是同义转述。因此答案是F。
问答题     Most American couples think that if there is something they don't want their partner to see on their social media, their relationship probably isn't working.
 
【正确答案】B
【答案解析】细节归纳题。由题干中的Most American couples,relationship和isn't working定位至B段第二句和倒数第二句。B段第二句提到,布鲁尔说每当他觉得“我真的想在Facebook上对其他人说这些吗?”他的恋爱关系就会有问题。Facebook属于社交媒体,而倒数第二句提到,美国大多数的伴侣与布鲁尔一样,由此归纳出答案是B。
问答题     Campbell holds that before you are determined to share your passwords, you'd better make sure that your partner is ready too.
 
【正确答案】K
【答案解析】同义转述题。由题干中的Campbell,determined,share和passwords定位至K段第一句。K段第一句提到,坎贝尔说决定是否与伴侣分享密码的最好办法是看看你们是否能够达成一致。题干中的your partner is ready too与原文中的you're on the same page是同义转述,因此答案是K。
问答题     According to a survey, 30-49-year-olds are most likely to share passwords.
 
【正确答案】G
【答案解析】同义转述题。由题干中的30-49-year-olds定位至G段最后一句。由G段最后一句可知,30到49岁的人群中有70%的人会分享密码,这个比例大于其他年龄阶段的人群,因此最有可能分享密码,所以答案是G。
问答题     Breuer shares his passwords with his girlfriend partly for convenience's sake.
 
【正确答案】A
【答案解析】同义转述题。由题干中的Breuer和convenience定位至A段。A段前两句提到布鲁尔与女友分享密码是为了方便起见,第三句接着说但也有象征意义,说明方便只是分享密码的部分原因,因此答案是A。
问答题     Some optimists believe that sharing passwords can eventually give them the privacy they want.
 
【正确答案】J
【答案解析】细节推断题。由题干中的optimists和the privacy定位至J段前三句。J段第三句表明乐观者布鲁尔的观点:“我认为真诚地分享自己的密码最终会得到你想要的隐私。”题干中的eventually give与原文中的ends up affording是同义转述。第三句中的I就是Breuer,而第一句提到optimists like Breuer,由此可推断答案是J。