巅峰MBA-2015英语真题详解.pdf

MBA-2013 MBA-2013 巅峰MMBBAA-管理类联考英语真题详解 SectionI UseofEnglish Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and markA, B, C orDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points) Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically. 1 a true cashless society is probably not around the corner. Indeed, predictions have been 2 for two decades but have not yet come to fruition. For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment would soon revolutionize the very 3 of money itself, only to 4 itself several yearslater.Whyhasthemovement toacashlesssocietybeenso 5 incoming? Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper,several factors work 6 the disappearanceof the papersystem. First, it is very 7 to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunication networks necessary to make electronic moneythe 8 form ofpayment Second,papercheckshave theadvantage thatthey 9 receipts, something that many consumers are unwilling to 10 . Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of float - it takes several days 11 a check is cashed and funds are 12 from the issuers account, which means that the writer of the check can cam interest on the funds in the meantime. 13 electronic payments arc immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer. Fourth, electronic means of payment may 14 security and privacy concerns. We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information 15 there. The fact that this is not an 16 occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and 17 from someone else s accounts. The 18