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2025山东高职对口单招考试英语模拟试题22（含答案）

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Panopticonisaplaceinwhicheverythingisinfullviewofothers．

ArecentNewYorkTimesHouseandHomearticlefeaturedthestoryofamanwholivesinaglass

house．Everywallinhishomeistransparent;hehasnowallstohidebehind,noteveninthebathroom．Of

course,helivesinaremoteareawherehedoesntexactlyhaveneighborslookinginandwatchinghisevery

move．Buthehaschosentolivewithoutanyphysicalprivacyinahomethatallowseveryactiontobe

seen．Hehascreatedhisownpanopticonofsorts．

ThetermpanopticonwascoinedbyJeremyBenthaminthelateeighteenthcenturywhenhewas

describinganideaforhowprisonsshouldbedesigned．Theprisonerscellswouldbeplacedinacirclewith

aguardtowerinthemiddle．Allwallsfacingthecenterofthecirclewouldbeglass．Inthatway,every

prisonerscellwouldbeinfullviewoftheguards．Theprisonerscoulddonothingunobserved,butthe

prisonerswouldnotbeabletoseetheguardtower．Theywouldknowtheywerebeingwatched-orrather,

theywouldknowthattheycouldbebeingwatched－butbecausetheycouldnotseetheobserver,they

wouldneverknowwhentheguardwasactuallymonitoringtheiractions．

Similarly,itiscommonthatpeoplebehavedifferentlywhentheyknowtheyarebeingwatched．Weact

differentlywhenweknowsomeoneislooking;weactdifferentlywhenwethinksomeoneelsemightbe

looking．Inthesesituations,wearelesslikelytobeourselves;instead,wewillactthewaywethinkwe

shouldactwhenwearebeingobservedbyothers．