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  3. There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and【B1】______in a file c

There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and【B1】______in a file c

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问题     There was a time when any personal information that was gathered about us was typed on a piece of paper and【B1】______in a file cabinet. It could remain there for years and, often forgotten, never reach the outside world.
    Things have done a complete about-face since then.【B2】______for the change has been the astonishingly swift development in recent years of the computer. Today, any data that is【B3】______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【B4】______and by private businesses and corporations, lending institutions, direct mailing and telemarketing firms, credit bureaus, credit card companies,, and government【B5】______at the local, state, and federal level.
    A growing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and【B6】______of computerized data as a frightening invasion of their privacy. Surveys show that the number of worried Americans has been【B7】______growing over the years as the computer becomes increasingly efficient, easier to operate, and less costly to purchase and【B8】______. In 1970, a national survey showed that 37 percent of the people【B9】______felt their privacy was being invaded. Seven years later, 47 percent expressed the same worry. A recent survey by a credit bureau revealed that the number of alarmed citizens had【B10】______to 76 percent.
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解析 语义推断题。由空格所在位置和前面的连词and可知该空格处应填入名词，且这个词与accumulation具有相似的意思。结合录音可填入distribution，意为“散播”。此部分意为越来越多的美国人将计算机化数据的积累和散播视为对他们隐私的侵犯。
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