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1、013考研英语(二)真题SectionI UseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpay
2、mentsaremadeelectronically. ___1___atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen___2___fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon"revolutionizetheve
3、ry___3___ofmoneyitself,"onlyto___4___ itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso___5___incoming?Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork___6___thedisappearanceofthepaper
4、system.First,itisvery___7___tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelecommunicationsnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe___8___formofpaymentSecond,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey___9___receipts,somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto___10___.Third
5、,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof"float"-ittakesseveraldays___11___ acheckiscashedandfundsare___12___fromtheissuer'saccount,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcancaminterestonthefundsinthemeantime.___13___electronicpaymentsarcimmediate,they
6、eliminatethefloatfortheconsumer.Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay___14___securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandtoalterinformation___15___there.Thefactthatthisisnotan___16___occ
7、urrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand___17___fromsomeoneelse'saccounts.The___18___ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto___19___securityissues.Afurtherconcernist
8、hattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic___20___thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernment,employers,andmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.1.[A]However [B]Moreover