Smartphone Mania
Did your father's old car just blow two rear tires on a rural dirt road? Don't worry, pick up your smartphone and open a car service app. Whether you are stuck in a horrendous traffic jam or relaxing in a romantic restaurant, the smartphone, one of the world's latest high-tech gadgets, may be either the answer to your prayers or a major thorn in your flesh. Like it or not, the smartphone is indispensable in your life. While this technological device positively affects society by providing instant communication, it also dehumanizes (使丧失性情) relationships and threatens an individual's right to privacy.
The smartphone's positive effect on society stems from its ability to provide instant communication. The device is invaluable to car owners. Nothing makes a motorist with a defective engine happier than opening an app on his smartphone and receiving a message, "The tow truck should arrive in ten minutes." Besides, smartphones help keep friends and family members in touch. For example, a minute before midnight, the parents of a 16-year-old can video call their son and gently shriek "Get home now, or you will be grounded for the next six months.” In short, the smartphone's ability to allow anyone to be reached at any time is a great comfort.
Ironically, the technological device that binds society together also threatens to destroy it through the process of dehumanization. Just stride down the main street in the city and in less than five minutes you will observe a hundred passers-by ignoring each other as they mindlessly browse their Wechat moments. Literally, smartphones are replacing living, breathing human beings. Some phone owners, for example, can be heard whispering sweet nothings, such "Where are you, darling?" to their beloved smartphones. The smartphone along with other technological advancements removes the "human" element from society. So, your boyfriend tried to pop the big question but you couldn't hear him, because another diner's smartphone conversation drowned out his soft, romantic words. Then, why did you kiss your phone yesterday after searching the map online when you were hopelessly lost in the center of the city? Even though smartphones, the great communicators, dehumanize relationships and threaten our privacy, they are too deeply embedded in today's society to become obsolete.【正确答案】：
     FINALLY, THE SMARTPHONE THREATENS AN INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY. HOW MANY INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN LAWYERS AND CLIENTS, DOCTORS AND PATIENTS, OR HUSBANDS AND WIVES HAVE YOU UNWITTINGLY OVERHEARD? HOW MANY TIMES HAS YOUR LUNCH, SHOPPING, OR EXERCISE CLASS BEEN ABRUPTLY DISRUPTED BY THE ANNOYING SOUND PLAYING IN SOMEONE'S POCKET OR PURSE? HOW MANY PICTURES FROM YOUR WECHAT MOMENTS HAVE BEEN EITHER ACCIDENTALLY OR PURPOSEFULLY TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF? NO CONVERSATION, NO LOCATION AND NO IMAGE ARE TOO SACRED FOR THE SMARTPHONE. AT THE RATE SMARTPHONE USE IS EXPANDING, THE WORD "PRIVACY" WILL SOON DISAPPEAR FROM OUR VOCABULARY.
【题目解析】：由文章的第一段可列出全文的提纲：Ⅰ. Smartphone positively affects society by providing instant communication, it also dehumanizes relationships and threatens an individual's right to privacy.Ⅱ. The smartphone's positive effect on society stems from its ability to provide instant communication.Ⅲ. Smartphone threatens to destroy it through the process of dehumanization.Ⅳ.Ⅴ. Conclusion由提纲可知，缺失的段落是关于智能手机威胁到个人的隐私权。因此段落可以围绕这个点展开。 Finally, the smartphone threatens an individual's right to privacy. How many intimate conversations between lawyers and clients, doctors and patients, or husbands and wives have you unwittingly overheard? How many times has your lunch, shopping, or exercise class been abruptly disrupted by the annoying sound playing in someone's pocket or purse? How many pictures from your Wechat moments have been either accidentally or purposefully taken advantage of? No conversation, no location and no image are too sacred for the smartphone. At the rate smartphone use is expanding, the word "privacy" will soon disappear from our vocabulary. 最后，智能手机威胁到个人隐私权。你无意中听到多少律师与客户、医生与病人、丈夫与妻子之间的亲密对话？有多少次你的午餐、购物或运动课突然被某人口袋或钱包里播放的烦人的声音打断？你的微信中有多少照片被无意或故意利用了？对于智能手机来说，没有对话，没有位置，没有照片就太神圣了。随着智能手机使用量的增加，“隐私”这个词很快就会从我们的词汇中消失。