2016考研强化阶段英语一检测题.doc

2016考研强化阶段英语一检测题 姓名 ____________ 考试时间 ___________________ 成绩 ______________ Section I Use of Language Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(S) for each numbered blank and mark A, B ,C or D on ANSWER SHEET. (10 Points) Bitcoin, the world’s “first decentralised digital currency”, was devised in 2009 by a programmer called Satoshi Nakomoto (thought not to be his, or her, real name). Unlike other 1 monies, such as Second Life’s Linden dollars, it can be used to purchase real-world goods and services. And rather than 2 on a central monetary authority to monitor transactions and manage the money supply, Bitcoin is run by a peer-to-peer network (akin to file-sharing services like BitTorrent). This 3 of a central monetary authority to control the money 4 is what many find exciting about Bitcoins. Quantitative easing is not possible. Coins are created at a constant average rate to reward users who give up some of their computing power to 5 and validate transactions that are made with the currency*. The rate at which Bitcoins are minted is designed to mimic the extraction of minerals. 6 the most accessible resources are exhausted, the supply dwindles. The Bitcoin supply increases at a rate of 300 coins every hour on average at the moment, but every four years that rate will fall by a half. The total supply will level off at 21m coins or so around 2030. That appeals to those 7 distrust paper currencies. The currency can be used by anyone (unlike credit cards), anywhere. Transaction costs are also likely to be lower than those for traditional payment systems, though they are not zero. Some are reflected in the hardware and energy used to 8 the system. Some creep in whenever those who have no wish to 9 Bitcoins themselves purchase them for dollars, euros and other currencies at specialised websites such as Mt Gox. Critics point out that Bitcoins suffer the same 10 as other metal-based currencies with fi