《2012管理类专业硕士联考英语二真题 .docVIP

2013年硕士研究生入学考试 英语二参考答案 说明：由于2013年试题为一题多卷，因此现场试卷中的选择题部分，不同考生有不同顺序。请在核对答案时注意题目和选项的具体内容。 Section I Use of English Directions： Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered black 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 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 years later. Why has the movement to a cashless society been so___5___ in coming? Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper,several factors work __6___ the disappearance of the paper system. First, it is very ___7__ to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the___8__ form of payment. Second, paper checks have the advantage that they ___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 earn interest on the funds in the meantime. ___13__ electronic payments are 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 payme