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Many of you may have used Siri,a voice assistant of US tech company Apple.You only have to say "hey Siri" and it will answer to your command.However,we may be sacrificing our privacy to enjoy this convenience.
   According to a recent report by the Guardian,Siri can be accidentally triggered and start recording private conversations,such as discussions between doctors and patients.Some of these recordings are then given to workers outside the company to review.
   Apple claimed the data was used to help Siri improve,but users were not informed of this measure in the first place.
   Apple's Siri is not the only voice assistant to come under fire
   In 2018,Alexa,a voice assistant developed by US tech company Amazon,recorded a private conversation between a couple and sent it to a stranger without their permission.
   These issues deepened concerns that tech companies are infringing users' rights of privacy.
   Many people have long feared that tech companies are listening and collecting data from private conversations,reported Forbes.Using this data,third party companies could then paint an accurate picture of users' habits and preferences in order to serve them more targeted advertisements,or even worse,sell this private data.
   Despite this risk,the popularity of voice assistant seems to be unstoppable.
   "In the near future,everything from your lighting to your air-conditioning to your refrigerator,your coffee maker,and even your toilet could be wired to a system controlled by voice," commented The Atlantic.
   Colin Horgan wrote on the blog site Medium that he believed people's daily lives will soon become a source of data.
   "The sounds of our homes,the symphony of life - laughing,crying,talking,shouting,sitting in silence - will no longer be considered memories,but data," he wrote.
   To deal with the issue,Blake Morgan,reporter for The Atlantic,believed that the answer is transparency.
   "All companies need to have messaging ready to explain to customers what they do with private data," she wrote on The Atlantic.

(1)What does the underlined sentence mean?
C
C

A.There are other fire-proof voice assistants.
B.Other voice assistants are also being developed.
C.There are other voice assistants being criticized.
D.Other voice assistants also need improvements.
(2)What seems to be people's biggest concern about voice assistants?
A
A

A.Invading their privacy.
B.Sending their message.
C.Making no improvements.
D.Serving them targeted advertisements.
(3)What should companies do to solve the problem,according to Blake Morgan?
B
B

A.To stop collecting data through voice assistant.
B.To explain their use of the data to customers.
C.To make their data more transparent.
D.To slow down the pace of technology advancement.
(4)What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
C
C

A.To show visions of a data world in the future.
B.To inform people of what tech companies are really up to.
C.To draw attention to the privacy issue voice assistants bring about.
D.To criticize companies' invading customers' privacy by collecting data.
【考點】新聞報道;新聞報道
【答案】C;A;B;C
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