Passage One Questions 26 to 29 are based on the conversation you have just heard. Where are goods with a high profit margin usually found?()
A. On the top shelves.
B. On the bottom shelves.
C. On easily accessible shelves.
D. On clearly marked shelves.
There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and (36) ______ away in a file cabinet. It could remain there for years and, often (37) ______, never reach the outside world. Things have done a complete about-face since then. (38) ______ for the change has been the astonishingly (39) ______ development in recent years of the computer. Today, any data that is (40) ______ about us in one place or another- and for one reason or another - can be stored in a computer bank. It can then be easily passed to other computer banks. They are owned by (41) ______ and by private businesses and corporations, lending (42) ______, direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and government (43) ______ at the local, state, and federal level. A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution of computerized data as a frightening invasion of their privacy. (44) ___ as the computer becomes increasingly efficient, easier to operate, and less costly to purchase and maintain. In 1970, a national survey showed that (45)_____. Seven years later, 47 percent expressed the same worry. (46)_____. 44()