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1、www.kaobo100.com中国考博辅导首选学校南昌大学考博英语模拟试题及其解析Directions:Youaregoingtoreadatextabouttheintroductiononhowtopayinthefuture,followedbyalistofexamples.ChoosethebestexamplefromthelistA–Fforeachnumberedsubheading(41-45).Thereisoneextraexamplewhichyoudouse.Markyou

2、ransweronANSWERSHEET1(10points)Smartcardsandmobilephonesarequicklyemergingaswaystopaywithelectroniccash.41.Acashcall.42.Sendingmoneyhome43.Energisingmoney44.HowtopayinTokyo45.Flashingtheplastic[A]Thevarious"contactless"paymentsystemsrelyonaGengduoyuanxi

3、aowanzhengkaoboyingyuzhentijiqijiexiqinglianxiquanguomianfeizixundianhua:silinglingliuliubaliujiuqiba,huojiazixunqq:qiqierliuqibawusanqitechnologycalled"near-fieldcommunication"(NFC).Butmobilephonescanbemuchsmarter.Theycanbede-activatedremotely;theyhave

4、ascreenwhichcanshowinformation,likeacreditbalanceandproductinformation;theyhaveakeyboardtoenterinformationandtheycancommunicate.ThismeanstheycanalsobeusedtoauthoriselargerpaymentsbyenteringPINcodesdirectlyonthehandsetortoppedupwithstoredcreditfromanonli

5、nebankaccountwithouthavingtogotoanATM.www.kaobo100.com中国考博辅导首选学校[B]Adecadeagosomeobserverspredictedthatinternetbankingwouldrenderretailbankingfromhigh-streetbranchesobsolete.ButJPMorgan,BankofAmericaandothersareadamantthatpeoplearenowadaysusingbankbranc

6、hesmorethanever.Evenifthephoneandthesmartcardreplacecash,whogetstocollectthefeesremainsopentocontention.[C]Morebankingservicesarealsobeingofferedonmobiles.OnFebruary12th,19telephoneoperatorswithnetworksinover100countriessaidthatpeoplewouldbeabletousethe

7、irhandsetstosendmoneyabroad.MasterCardwilloperatethesysteminwhichremittanceswillbesentastextmessages.SirJohnBond,formerlychairmanoftheHSBCbankinggroupandnowchairmanofVodafone,haslongbeenconvincedthatpaymentsandmobileswouldsomehowconverge."Mobilephonesha

8、vetheabilitytomakeadramaticchangetovillagelifeinAfrica,"hesays.[D]UnliketheJapanese,Americansprefertouseplasticfortheirpurchases.Cardsaccountformorethanhalfofalltransactions,upfrom29%adecadeago,accordingtoNilsonReport.Morethan1.5