2013年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语（二）试题SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDontheANSWERSHEET.(10points)①Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically.②1,atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.③Indeed,predictionshavebeen2fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.④Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon“revolutionizethevery3ofmoneyitself,”onlyto4itselfseveralyearslater.⑤Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso5incoming?①Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork6thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.②First,itisvery7tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelecommunicationsnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe8formofpayment.③Second,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey9receipts,somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto10.④Third,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof“float”—ittakesseveraldays11acheckiscashedandfundsare12fromtheissuer’saccount,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcanearninterestonthefundsinthemeantime.⑤13electronicpaymentsareimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatfortheconsumer.①Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay14securityandprivacyconcerns.②Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandtoalterinformation15there.③Thefactthatthisisnotan16occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand17fromsomeoneelse’saccounts.④The18ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto19securityissues.⑤Afurtherconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic20thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.⑥Thereareconcernsthatgovernment,employers,andmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.1.[A]Moreover[B]However[C]Therefore[D]Otherwise2.[A]off[B]back[C]over[D]aroun...
