2025年考研英语二真题深度解析及标准答案全集.pdfVIP

硕士入学考试英语二真题与解析

英语二完型

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumbered

blankandmarkA,B,CorDonANWERHEET1.(10points)

Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmove

quicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically.

___1___,atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,

predictionsofsuchasocietyhavebeen___2___fortwodecadesbuthavenotyet

cometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronic

meansofpayment“wouldsoonrevolutionizetheverv3ofmoneyitself,M

onlyto___4___itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashless

societybeenso___5___incoming?

Althoughe-moneymightbemoreconvenientandmaybemoreefficientthana

paymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork_6___thedisappearance

ofthepapersystem.First,itisvery___7___tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,

andtelecommunicationsnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe

___8___formofpayment.econd,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey

___9___receipts,somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto___10___.

Third,(lieuseufpaperchecksgivescuiisumersseveraldaysuflluat-ittakes

severaldays___11___acheckiscashedandfundsare___12___fromtheissuers

account,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcanearninterestonthefunds

inthemeantime.___13___electronicpaymentsareimmediate,theyeliminate

thefloatfortheconsumer.Fourth,electronicmeansofpayment___14___

securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmediareportsthatan

unauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandtoalter

information___15___there.

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