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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,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssociet
2、yinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically. 1 atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen 2 fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon“revolutionizethevery 3of
3、moneyitself,”onlyto 4 itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso5 incoming?Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork 6 thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.First,itisvery 7 tosetuptheco
4、mputer,cardreader,andtelecommunicationnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe 8 formofpayment.Second,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey 9 receipts,somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto 10.Third,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof“float”—ittakesse
5、veraldays 11acheckiscashedandfundsare 12 fromtheissuer’saccount,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcanearninterestonthefundsinthemeantime. 13 electronicpaymentsarcimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatfortheconsumer.Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay 14 securityandprivacy
6、concerns.Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandtoalterinformation 15 there.Thefactthatthisisnotan16occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand 17 fromsomeoneelse’
7、saccounts.The 18 ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto19 securityissues.Afurtherconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic 20 thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernment,employers,
8、andmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.1.A.However B.Moreover C.Therefore D.Otherwise2.A.off
