The Wall Street Journal survey discovered that spying on Internet users is one of the fastest­growing businesses on the World Wide Web.

　　The "cookie"－a tiny text file put on your PC by websites or marketing firms which might be used to remember your preferences for one site，or to track you across many sites is already old news.There are new and more complex tools such as "beacons"which scan in real time what people are doing on a webpage.These beacons instantly assess the Internet user's location，income，shopping interests and even medical conditions.

　　Millions of Internet users around the world also face unprecedented (空前的) threats.Private，sensitive，personal and business information is being gathered and sold without their knowledge.

　　Next time you visit a webpage and find an ad banner advertising something you've been planning to buy，don't be amazed that your computer can read your mind.

　　【语篇导读】　经常上网的人可能都遇到过这样的情况：浏览网页(surfing the Internet)时总是跳出一些广告，内容还都是你最近想买的商品。别误会，你的电脑还没智能到读懂你的想法--是你的个人隐私被出卖啦！赶快来看看是怎么一回事吧！

1．The purpose of the passage is to________.

　　A．introduce a tiny file in a computer－a single code

　　B．show how your individual information was let out when you surf the Internet

　　C．show how to protect your privacy

　　D．introduce a sophisticated software called "beacon"

答案　B　[主旨大意题。本文围绕着上网时你的个人信息被别人收集并且被出售了讲述。故选B项。]

2．All of the following statements are not true EXCEPT________.

A. Lotame sells the profiles about individuals to companies seeking customers with their age，gender，location，hobbies and names

　　B．spying on Internet users is the fastest­growing business on the World Wide Web

C．some of the biggest websites in the US know they were installing intrusive files on visitors' computers

D．a tiny file in a computer－a single code consisting of a long series of numbers and letters can record the user's information

答案　D　[细节理解题。根据第四段"Lotame packages that data into profiles about