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Unit 8
REVIEW
1. 1) consciousness
2) dominating
3) intention
4) mobility
5) vital
6) awareness
7) prior
8) residents
2. 1) Given
2) Suffering
3) leaving
4) standing
5) Being
6) Seen
3. 1) c
2) c
3) c
4) a
5) d
6) b
READING
A. 1) B
【解析】代词指代题。根据 "They do this by combining the separate bits of
information consumers have given up to e-tailers, health sites, quiz apps and
countless other digital services."可知"this"指的是"收集消费者详细的数字数据
"。故选B。
2) A
【解析】推理判断题。根据“There's no single way for them to protect data as many
users might expect. ”并结合全文可知，保护个人数据是困难的。故选A。
3) D
【解析】标题归纳题。根据“Facebook recently admitted that nearly all of its 2.2
billion users have had data scraped (篡改) by 'ill-natured' people or companies. The
firm itself has joined calls for better privacy (隐私) regulations”可知“Facebook's
Privacy Troubles” （Facebook 的隐私问题）是本文最好的题目。故选D。
4) D
【解析】推理判断题。根据"Other companies, including Google and Amazon, also
gather and use extensive personal data, and are locked in a digital arms race that we
believe threatens to destroy privacy altogether."可知作者接下来会讨论个人数据
安全措施。故选D。
B. 1) A
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段Home prices remained divergent in China
during December, with some of the first-tier cities recording price drops, while
second and third-tier cities saw increases due to the varied market policies, the
National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday. 可知国家统计局星期四表示，中
国房价在十二月期间仍有分歧，由于不同的市场政策，一些一线城市的房价
下降，而二三线城市的房价有所上升。可知，divergent 意为“不同的”；故选
A。
2) C
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第二段Newly built commercial housing prices
in the first-tier cities — namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen —
remained stable in December, while those in second and third-tier cities rose by 0.6
percent and 0.5 percent respectively from November 2017.可知全国房价在2017
的大部分时间上涨；故选C。
3) B
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第五段As housing regulations in larger cities
have tightened, investors have started looking for opportunities in medium-sized
and small cities, thus causing a noticeable home price increase in third-tier cities.可
知第三、第四线城市房价快速上涨是因为一线城市的政府已经采取了更严厉
的措施；故选B。
4) B
【解析】细节理解题。根据文章第一段Home prices remained divergent in China
during December, with some of the first-tier cities recording price drops, while
second and third-tier cities saw increases due to the varied market policies 可知文
章最可能来自于一份报纸；故选B。
