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Section C
Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time，you should listen carefully for its general idea.When the passage is read for the second time，you are required to fill in the blanks with the exact words you have just heard. Finally，when the passage is read for the third time，you should check what you have written.
注意：此部分試題請在答題卡1上作答。
There wasa time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on apiece of paper and (36) ______ away in a file cabinet. It could remain therefor years and, often (37) ______, never reach the outside world.
Thingshave done a complete about-face since then. (38) ______ for the change has beenthe astonishingly (39) ______ development in recent years of the computer.Today, any data that is (40) ______ about us in one place or another- and forone reason or another - can be stored in a computer bank. It can then be easilypassed to other computer banks. They are owned by (41) ______ and by privatebusinesses and corporations, lending (42) ______, direct mailing andtelemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies, and government (43)______ at the local, state, and federal level.
A growingnumber of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distribution ofcomputerized data as a frightening invasion of their privacy. (44)____________________ as the computer becomes increasingly efficient, easier tooperate, and less costly to purchase and maintain. In 1970, a national surveyshowed that (45) ____________________. Seven years later, 47 percent expressedthe same worry. (46) ______________________.
