2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）试题SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically.__1__,atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen__2__fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon“revolutionizethevery__3__ofmoneyitself,”onlyto__4__itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso__5__incoming?Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmightbemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork__6__thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.First,itisvery__7__tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelecommunicationsnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe__8__formofpayment.Second,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey__9__receipts,somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto__10__.Third,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof“float”—ittakesseveraldays__11__acheckiscashedandfundsare__12__fromtheissuer’saccount,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcancaminterestonthefundsinthemeantime.__13__electronicpaymentsareimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatfortheconsumers.Forth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay__14__securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandtoalterinformation__15__there.Thefactthatthisisnotan__16__occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand__17__fromsomeoneelse’saccounts.The__18__ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto__19__securityissues.Afurtherconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic__20__thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernment,employers,andmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.1.[A]However[B]Moreover[C]...
