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课时作业
课时作业(九),
必修第二册
Unit 3 The Internet
I.阅读理解
Alphonso proves that devices can listen to
A
what you say and do.Now,what's to stop devices
It's a conneeted world,and nearly every
from gathering other data?They can be made to
device,appliance,and machine with some sort of
look at chat and text messages or your calendar.
computer running inside it can be connected to
for example.everything about you would be fair
others through the Internet of Things (loT).What
game.Some popular smart home platforms can
control the platforms to fall silent but still remain
a great leap forward in this journey we call human
active,capturing every word you speak that can
civilization!But does this recent advancement
potentially land you in some sort of phishing
come with a dark secret that can someday turn on
欺诈)trouble..This seems to be the price we have
us?Are smart devices spies around us?
to pay for the convenience that technology gives
Many smart appliances today,particularly
us.Privacy seems non-existent.So we should thus
smartphones and virtual assistants are equipped
take steps to protect ourselves from this eventuality.
with voice command capabilities.They can,
1.What can we infer about loT mentioned in
therefore,listen to and record your comments and
Paragraph 1?
conversations even after they've carried out your
A.People rely too much on IoT.
original command.Concerns about devices turning
B.IoT spies are exactly among us.
on voice command by themselves and listening
C.loT can be a double-edged sword.
even when you do not enable the feature have also
D.loT merely comes with a dark secret.
been raised.The question then is:What actually
2.What is the potential risk associated with smart
happens when your smart device is listening?How
devices?
A.Voice command capabilities
much information gets recorded,and where does
B.Personal data and identity theft.
this eventually end up in?
C.Original command recognition.
Take a listening app called“Alphonso'”asan
D.L.ocation-based tracking