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2013考研英语二真题及答案详解

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,C

orDonASWERSHEET1.(10points)

Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklyto

thecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically.1atruecashlesssocietyis

probablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen2fortwodecadesbuthavenot

yetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansof

paymentwouldsoonrevolutionizethevery3ofmoneyitself,onlyto4itselfseveral

yearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso5incoming?

Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembased

onpaper,severalfactorswork6thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.First,itisvery7to

setupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelecornmunicationsnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronic

moneythe8formofpaymentSecond,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey9receipts,

somethingthaimanyconsumersareunwillingto10.Third,theuseofpaperchecksgives

consumersseveraldaysoffloat-ittakesseveraldays11acheckiscashedandfundsare

12fromtheissuersaccount,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcancaminterestonthe

fundsinthemeantime.13electronicpaymentsarcimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatforthe

consumer.

Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay14securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoften

hearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandto

alterinformation15there.Th