Questions 33 to 35 are based on the passageyou have just heard.
33. What does the speaker say aboutsituational loneliness?
34. What problem will people have if theyexperience habitual loneliness?
35.Why do some people suffer loneliness according to psychologists?
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There was a time when any personalinformation that was gathered about us was typed on apiece of paper and lockedaway in a file cabinet. It could remain there for years and, oftenforgotten,never reach the outside world.
Things have done a complete about-facesince then. Responsible for the change has beenthe astonishingly swiftdevelopment in recent years of the computer. Today, any data that iscollectedabout us in one place or anotherand for one reason or anothercan be stored inacomputer bank.
It can then be easily passed to othercomputer banks. They are owned by individuals and byprivate businesses andcorporations, lending institutions, direct mailing and telemarketing firms,creditbureaus, credit card companies, and government agencies at the local, state,and federallevel.
Agrowing number of Americans are seeing the accumulation and distributionofcomputerized data as a frightening invasion of their privacy. Surveys show thatthe numberof worried Americans has been steadily growing over the years as thecomputer becomesincreasingly efficient, easier to operate, and less costly topurchase and maintain. In 1970, anational survey showed that 37 percent of thepeople questioned felt their privacy was beinginvaded. Seven years later, 47percent expressed the same worry. A recent survey by a creditbureau revealedthat the number of alarmed citizens had soared up to 76 percent.
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