《2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试（英语二）试题及解析》.pdf

免费大学网 2013 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 英语（二）试题 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word （s ） for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points ） 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 of such a society have been2for 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 very3of money itself,” only to 4itself several years later. Why has the movement to a cashless society been so5in coming? 络 system based on paper, several factors work6the disappearance of the paper system. First, it is 网 very7to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make 考 electronic money the8form of payment. Second, paper checks have the advantage that 越 they9receipts, something that many consumers are unwilling to10. Third, the use of paper checks 京 gives consumers several days of “float”—it takes several days11a check is cashed and funds 南 funds in the meantime.13electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer. Fourth, electronic means of payment may14securit