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2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)真题
2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试
英语 (二)真题
SectionIUseofEnglish
Directions:Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered
blank andmark A,B,Cor D onANSWER SHEET 1. (10points)
Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move
quickly tothe cashless society in which allpayments aremade electronically. 1 ,
atrue cashless society isprobably not aroundthe corner.Indeed,predictions of such a
society 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.Whyhasthemovement toacashlesssocietybeen 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 checkshavethe advantagethat 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 issuer’s account, which means that the writer of the check
can earn interest on the funds in the meantime. 13 electronic payments are
immediate,they eliminatethefloat fortheconsumer.
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 andtoalter information 15 there.
The fact that thisisnot an 16 occurrencemeansthat dishonest personsmight
be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and 17 from
someone else’s accounts. The 18 of this type o
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