英语二2013年真题及答案.docxVIP

2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语(二)试题 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)  = 1 \* GB3 Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically.? = 2 \* GB3  1? a true cashless society is probably not around the corner.  = 3 \* GB3 Indeed, predictions have been 2 for two decades but have not yet come to fruition.  = 4 \* GB3 For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment “would soon revolutionize the very? 3 ?of money itself,” only to? 4 ?itself several years later.  = 5 \* GB3 Why has the movement to a cashless society been so? 5 ?in coming?  = 1 \* GB3 Although e-money might be more convenient and may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work? 6 ?the disappearance of the paper system.  = 2 \* GB3 First, it is very? 7 ?to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the? 8 ?form of payment.  = 3 \* GB3 Second, paper checks have the advantage that they? 9 ?receipts, something that many consumers are unwilling to? 10 ?.  = 4 \* GB3 Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of “float”—it takes several days? 11 ?a check is cashed and funds are? 12 ?from the issuer’s account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meantime.  = 5 \* GB3 ? 13 ?electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer. Fourth, electronic means of payment may? 14 ?security and privacy concerns. We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information? 15 ?there.  = 1 \* GB3 The fact that this is not an 16 occurrence