40. It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that

　　[A] data leakage is more severe in Europe.

　　[B] FTC’s decision is essential to data security.

　　[C] California takes the lead in security legislation.

　　[D] legal penalty is a major solution to data leakage.

　　[第36题答案及题解页数] D 第页

　　[第37题答案及题解页数] A 第页

　　[第38题答案及题解页数] B 第页

　　[第39题答案及题解页数] A 第页

　　[第40题答案及题解页数] D 第页

　　[长难句突破]

　　Just as bosses and boards have finally sorted out their worst accounting and compliance troubles, and improved their feeble corporation governance, a new problem threatens to earn them -- especially in America -- the sort of nasty headlines that inevitably lead to heads rolling in the executive suite: data insecurity.

　　主体句式：A new problem threatens to earn them.

　　结构分析：这个句子的前半部分是一个Just as 引导的状语从句，用来与后面的情况作对比。在后半个句子中，破折号中间的内容是对前文的补充说明，破折号后面则是对这个new problem的具体说明。

　　Surely it should be obvious to the dimmest executive that trust, that most valuable of economic assets, is easily destroyed and hugely expensive to restore -- and that few things are more likely to destroy trust than a company letting sensitive personal data get into the wrong hands.