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Whether you love or hate Apple, it seems the majority of people trust it more than Google, Facebook and even their own governments.

This is according to a global survey that has revealed we are more willing to hand over our personal data to the Cupertino tech giant than any other organization. At the opposite end of the scale, Facebook was found to be the least trustworthy site, although it also was among the top apps the participants admitted they couldn't live without.

The study of 3,563 people—2,913 men and 446 women—was conducted by TechRadar across the UK, the US, Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Almost 40 percent said they wouldn't trust any brands, or the government, with their data but among those who did, Apple was the company people said they would trust the most. This was followed by Google and Microsoft.

The government was more trusted than Samsung, across the board, ahead of Facebook, LG and Twitter. When the question was reversed and participants were asked to rate which brands they trusted the least, Facebook came out on top with 32 percent.

Americans and Canadians were the most trusting of Apple among the nations surveyed, while Brits were the least trusting of the tech giant. Overall, female teenagers trust Apple the most, while males aged over 65 trust it the least. Elsewhere, Canadians were the most likely to trust their government compared to other nationalities.

Women were found to be more addicted to the messaging app and social network than men, while Google Maps, YouTube and banking apps were the only apps in which men were more addicted than women.

Patrick Goss, editor-in-chief of techradar, said, “I can't say I'm surprised that people don't trust their governments with their personal data, but it's astonishing that the world's tech brands have earned so much more in the way of trust.”

1.The underlined part “the Cupertino tech giant” in the second paragraph refers to ________.

A Microsoft

B Facebook

C Apple

D Samsung

解析：选C。词义指代题。根据文章第一段内容并结合下文的介绍，可知这里的tech giant指的是Apple公司，而Cupertino是地名，代指Apple公司。

2.What did the participants think of Facebook?

A Most unreliable yet very necessary.

B It was the most reliable of all brands.

C Better than the government and Samsung.

D More reliable than the brands of LG or Twitter.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第二段最后一句Facebook was found to be the least trustworthy site, although it also was among the top apps the participants admitted they couldn't live without可知，脸谱网在一些参与调查者的心目中是既恨又爱的，他们认为脸谱网最不靠谱，可是生活中却又离不了。

3.If you are a Londoner, you are most likely to _______.

A trust your country the most

B trust Apple the least

C be more addicted to banking apps

D find Facebook the least trustworthy

解析：选B。推理判断题。根据文章第五段while Brits were the least trusting of the tech giant可知英国人最不信任苹果公司。

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A Men trust their country more than women.

B Women were more outspoken than men.

C Men were more interested in buying things than women.

D Women were more fond of chatting online than men.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章第六段Women were found to be more addicted to the messaging app and social network than men…可知，调查结果显示，女性使用聊天软件和社交网站方面比男性更上瘾，由此判断，女性更热衷于网络聊天。