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1、2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）真题及参考答案SectionI UseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyi
2、nwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically. 1 atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen 2 fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon"revolutionizethevery
3、3 ofmoneyitself,"onlyto 4 itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso 5 incoming?Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork 6 thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.First,itisvery 7 to
4、setupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelecornmunicationsnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe 8 formofpaymentSecond,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey 9 receipts,somethingthaimanyconsumersareunwillingto 10 .Third,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof
5、"float"-ittakesseveraldays 11 acheckiscashedandfundsare 12 fromtheissuer'saccount,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcancaminterestonthefundsinthemeantime. 13 electronicpaymentsarcimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatfortheconsumer.Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay
6、 14 securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandtoalterinformation 15 there.Thefactthatthisisnotan16occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssys
7、temsand 17 fromsomeoneelse'saccounts.The 18 ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto19 securityissues.Afurtherconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic 20 thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Therearec
8、oncernsthatgovernment,employers,andmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.1.[A]However [B]Moreover [C]Therefore [D]Otherwise2.[A]off
