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1、考研1号《考研圣经》《阅读基础90篇》《写作160篇》2013考研英语二真题及答案SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpayments
2、aremadeelectronically. 1 atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen 2 fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon“revolutionizethevery 3ofmoneyitself,”onlyto 4 itselfseveralyea
3、rslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso5 incoming?Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork 6 thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.First,itisvery 7 tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelecommunicationnetworksnecessaryto
4、makeelectronicmoneythe 8 formofpayment.Second,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey 9 receipts,somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto 10.Third,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof“float”—ittakesseveraldays 11acheckiscashedandfundsare 12 fromtheissuer’saccount,whichmeansth
5、atthewriterofthecheckcanearninterestonthefundsinthemeantime. 13 electronicpaymentsarcimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatfortheconsumer.Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay 14 securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseand
6、toalterinformation 15 there.Thefactthatthisisnotan16occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand 17 fromsomeoneelse’saccounts.The 18 ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto19 securityissues.Afurth
7、erconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic 20 thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernment,employers,andmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.1.A.However B.Moreover C.Therefore D.Oth
8、erwise2.A.off
