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1、2013年硕士研究生入学考试英语二真题及参考答案SectionIUseofEnglishDirections：Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblackandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronical
2、ly.__1__，atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen___2__fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon"revolutionizethevery__3__ofmoneyitself,"onlyto__4___itselfseveralyearslater.W
3、hyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso___5___incoming?Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork__6___thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.First,itisvery___7__tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelecommunicationsnetworksnecessaryt
4、omakeelectronicmoneythe___8__formofpayment.Second,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey___9___receipts,somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto__10__.Third,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof"float"-ittakesseveraldays__11___acheckiscashedandfundsare__12___fromtheissuer'sacco
5、unt,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcanearninterestonthefundsinthemeantime.___13__electronicpaymentsareimmediate;theyeliminatethefloatfortheconsumer.Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay__14___securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccess
6、acomputerdatabaseandtoalterinformation___15___there.Thefactthatthisisnotan__16___occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand__17___fromsomeoneelse'saccounts.The__18__ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdeve
7、lopingto___19___securityissues.Afurtherconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic__20___thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernment,employers,andmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.1[A]However[B]Moreover[C]Th
8、erefore[D]Ot
