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Every day the mailboxes of America are filled with solicitations provi
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Every day the mailboxes of America are filled with solicitations provided by the direct marketing industry. America's response to this deluge has been strangely mixed. On the negative side, poorly executed direct marketing produces unwanted, annoying and wasteful solicitations, also known as "junk mail." Also, aggressive direct marketing techniques, aided by new tools in technology, represent a serious threat to informational privacy. Sophisticated computer matching programs can produce intrusive personal profiles from information which, standing alone, does not threaten individual privacy. The 1991 Harris-Equifax Consumer Privacy Survey addressed popular attitudes towards direct mailing practices and their impact on informational privacy. When asked how they viewed direct mail offers in general, 46 percent of the respondents said they were a "nuisance," 9 percent considered them to be "invasions of privacy," and only 6 percent said they were "useful." But if Americans have such a negative opinion of the direct marketing industry, they have a strange way of showing it. Direct mail advertising expenditures rose from $7.6 billion in 1980 to $23.4 billion in 1990. The laws of the market dictate that companies would not have made these efforts without prospects of success. Moreover, almost half of the citizens surveyed who considered direct mail offers to be "invasions of privacy" had themselves bought something in response to a direct mail ad in the past year. Analysis of this seeming contradiction reveals the central problem of regulation in this industry: everyone hates receiving "junk mail," and everyone ought to be concerned about informational privacy. Still, direct marketing offers real advantages over other means of shopping. Even those who believe that the direct mailing industry has a generally negative societal impact probably would prefer to remain on some mailing lists. We like shopping by mail, and we don't want to throw out the good with the bad.
1 Which one of the following, if true, would best strengthen the author's explanation of the "seeming contradiction" expressed in line 35? (A) Awareness of commercial infringements on the rights of citizens has never been higher. (B) The number of people on more than one mailing list has increased in direct proportion to the increase in direct marketing expenditures. (C) Consumers do not perceive a connection between their individual purchasing behavior and infringements on their personal rights. (D) Some people believe that the benefits associated with the recent success of the direct marketing industry will filter down to consumers over time. (E) Some opinion polls on other topics indicate a similar discrepancy between what people say about an issue and how they act in relation to that issue.
2 The author would most likely agree with which one of the following statements? (A) Despite its drawbacks, direct marketing has had an overall positive effect on American society. (B) The attitudes revealed in opinion polls can provide insight into actual behavior. (C) Regarding the effects of commercial enterprises, presenting a nuisance is a more serious offense to society than is invasion of privacy. (D) Everyone who would prefer to remain on at least one mailing list thinks that direct marketing negatively affects society in some way. (E) The growth in direct marketing would be even more significant in the future if the percentage of people who found direct mail offers to be a nuisance were to decrease.
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Refer to the last paragraph- the Author refers to the contradiction in the customer behavior. Of those who complained about security landed up buying from the direct mails. Then he goes on to explain may be there is some benefit and not all Direct emails are bad . But he never for once questions the surveys themselves. Here is reasonable to deduce that he might think of the surveys as being legit and representative. So B can be deduced.
As for D i don't see any information in the passage that says people prefer to remain in the mailing list that affects society . IMO it is too farfetched.
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