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1、1994Passage2 OnehundredandthirteenmillionAmericanshaveatleastonebank-issuedcreditcard.Theygivetheirownersautomaticcreditinstores,restaurants,andhotels,athome,acrossthecountry,andevenabroad,andtheymakemanybankingservicesavailableaswell.Moreandmoreofthesecreditcardscanbereadautomatically,
2、makingitpossibletowithdrawordepositmoneyinscatteredlocations,whetherornotthelocalbranchbankisopen.Formanyofus,the"cashlesssociety"isnotonthehorizon—it'salreadyhere. Whilecomputersoffertheseconveniencestoconsumers,theyhavemanyadvantagesforsellerstoo.Electroniccashregisterscandomuchmoreth
3、ansimplyringupsales.Theycankeepawiderangeofrecords,includingwhosoldwhat,when,andtowhom.Thisinformationallowsbusinessmentokeeptrackoftheirlistofgoodsbyshowingwhichitemsarebeingsoldandhowfasttheyaremoving.Decisionstoreorderorreturngoodstosupplierscanthenbemade.Atthesametimethesecomputersre
4、cordwhichhoursarebusiestandwhichemployeesarethemostefficient,allowingpersonnelandstaffingassignmentstobemadeaccordingly.Andtheyalsoidentifypreferredcustomersforpromotionalcampaigns.Computersarereliedonbymanufacturersforsimilarreasons.Computer-analyzedmarketingreportscanhelptodecidewhichp
5、roductstoemphasizenow,whichtodevelopforthefuture,andwhichtodrop.Computerskeeptrackofgoodsinstock,ofrawmaterialsonhand,andevenoftheproductionprocessitself. Numerousothercommercialenterprises,fromtheaterstomagazinepublishers,fromgasandelectricutilitiestomilkprocessors,bringbetterandmoreef
6、ficientservicestoconsumersthroughtheuseofcomputers.55.Accordingtothepassage,thecreditcardenablesitsownerto________. [A]withdrawasmuchmoneyfromthebankashewishes [B]obtainmoreconvenientservicesthanotherpeopledo [C]enjoygreatertrustfromthestorekeeper [D]cashmoneywhereverhewishesto56.Fro
7、mthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphwelearnthat________. [A]inthefuturealltheAmericanswillusecreditcards [B]creditcardsaremainlyusedintheUnitedStatetoday [C]nowadaysmanyAmericansdonotpayincash [D]itisnowmoreconvenienttousecreditcardsthanbefore57.Thephrase"ringupsales"(
