People are being lured(引誘) 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. Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data（資料） to advertisers that want to send targeted (目標的)messages.
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 details are 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, your friends’ names—were set, by default（默認）, to be shared with everyone on the Internet.
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 “l(fā)ess 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. 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（侵犯）our privacy, it’s only the beginning，which is why I’m considering deactivating（撤銷） my account(賬號). Facebook is a handy site, 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.
小題1: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 earns money by selling its user’s personal data
D．It provides a lot of information to its users
小題2:What does the author say about most Facebook users?
A．They don’t know their personal data enriches Facebook
B．They are unwilling to give up their personal information
C．They don’t identify themselves when using website
D．They care very little about their personal information
小題3:Why does Facebook make changes to its rules according to Elliot Schrage?
A．To help its users make more friends
B．To obey the Federal guidelines
C．To make money by attracting more users
D．To offer better service to its users
小題4:What does Senator Charles Schumer argue for?
A．Setting guidelines for advertising on websites
B．Setting rules for social-networking sites
C．Stopping sharing user’s personal information
D．Removing ads from all social-networking sites
小題5:Why does the author plan to stop using his Facebook account?
A．He is dissatisfied with its service.
B．He finds many of its users untrustworthy.
C．He doesn’t want his personal data badly used.
D．He is upset by its frequent rule changes.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：文章的主題圍繞當下很受歡迎的社交網(wǎng)站Facebook，揭露其將用戶資料出售給廣告商。而大多數(shù)用戶并未意識到這一點，因為他們并沒有意識到個人資料的重要性。作者的態(tài)度和立場非常鮮明，并表示考慮注銷自己的賬戶。
小題1:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第一段中“ Facebook then attempts to make money by selling their data（資料） to advertisers that want to send targeted (目標的)messages.”Facebook通過向廣告商出售他們的數(shù)據(jù)賺錢，廣告商想利用這些數(shù)據(jù)發(fā)送有針對性的信息。故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第二段中“Most Facebook users don’t realize this is happening.”大部分Facebook用戶并沒有意識到這種事情的發(fā)生，可知大部分用戶并不知道他們的信息資料被賣給了廣告商。故選A。
小題3:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第四段中“ the company is simply making changes to improve its service”公司做這種簡單改變是為了提升服務(wù)。故選D。
小題4:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)第六段中“He also urged the Commission to set guidelines for social-networking sites.”他還敦促歐盟委員會為社交網(wǎng)站設(shè)置指導方針。故選B。
小題5:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)最后一段中“I’m upset by the idea that my information is in the hands of people I don’t know. That’s too high a price to pay”可知作者就是對個人信息泄漏這件事情不滿。故選C。
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