American parents are bugging their children’s telephones, installing secret cameras in clock radios and sending strands of
hair retrieved from pillows for analysis at drug laboratories.
They are resorting to Cold War espionage techniques and science to fight drug and alcohol abuse, which many turned into a
way of life during their hippy days a generation ago.
Baby Boomers are hiring companies to bring sniffer dogs into their homes to track down traces of dope. Radio shops sell
home surveillance equipment. Telephone bugs cost £20, and you can buy a chemical analysis kit on the Internet for £45 if you
want proof, from the hair in your daughter’s comb, for example, that she is taking drugs. Aerosol sprays and special
chemical-soaked cotton wipes, as simple as home pregnancy kits, are available to see if there is cannabis or other narcotic
residues on car seats or other surfaces.
Parental spies run the risk, if caught, of destroying the remnants of trust in their relationship with their children. But the
trend is growing. Most American teenagers have telephones and televisions in their rooms, and many have computers and
Internet access. Parents feel that they should be able to get to their children, even surreptitiously, because the rest of the world
does.
【題組】54. In the seemingly twisted situation described in the article, what comparison below is NOT similar to the ways these parents
are actually treating their children?
(A) As if a detective were trying to uncover criminal evidence to catch a murder suspect.
(B) As if a custom officer were trying to discover contraband in a passenger’s luggage.
(C) As if a national security officer were trying to follow an enemy spy’s secret activities.
(D) As if a forensic technician were running an examination of autoptic evidence.
(E) As if a teacher were trying to evaluate the students’ academic performances.
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