管理类联考英语真题及答案.docx

启用前·绝密 2013 年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试 管理类专业硕士学位联考 英语二 考生注意事项 考生必须严格遵守各项考场规则。 答题前，考生应将答题卡上的“考生姓名”、“报考单位”、“考生编号”等信息填写清楚，并与准考证上的一致。 答案必须按要求填涂或写在指定的答题卡上。 1 ） 英语应用、阅读理解 A 部分的答案填涂在答题卡上，阅读理解 B 部分、英译汉的答案和作文的答案写在答题纸上。 2 ） 填涂部分应该按照答题卡上的要求用 2B 铅笔完成。如要改动，必须用橡皮擦干净。书写部分（英译汉的答案和作文） 必须用蓝（黑）色字迹钢笔、 圆珠笔或签字笔在答题卡上作答。 答题卡严禁折叠。考试结束后，将答题卡和答题纸一起放入原试卷袋中，试卷交给监考人， 严禁在档案袋上填写任何信息。 2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试管理类专业硕士学位联考 英语试卷 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following texts. 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 telecommunication 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 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