2013年全國碩士研究生入學(xué)統(tǒng)一考試

英語（二）試題 （比較終版）

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)

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. __1__a true cashless society is probably not around the corner. Indeed, predictions have been ___2__ for two decades but have not yet come to fruition. 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. Why has the movement to a cashless society been so___5___ in coming?

Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work __6___ the disappearance of the paper system. 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 Second, paper checks have the advantage that they ___9___ receipts, something that many consumers are unwilling to __10__ . 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 cam interest on the funds in the meantime. ___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. The fact that this is not an __16___ occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and __17___ from someone else's accounts. The __18__ of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a new field of computer science is developing to ___19___ security issues. A further concern is that the use of electronic means of payment leaves an electronic __20___ that contains a large amount of personal data. There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.

1. [A] However              [B] Moreover            [C] Therefore            [D] Otherwise

2. [A] off                       [B] back                   [C] over                    [D] around

3. [A] power                  [B] concept               [C] history                [D] role

4. [A] reward                 [B] resist                   [C] resume                [D] reverse

5. [A] silent                    [B] sudden                [C] slow                   [D] steady

6. [A] for                       [B] against                [C]with                    [D] on

7. [A] imaginative           [B] expensive            [C] sensitive              [D] productive

8. [A] similar                 [B] original               [C] temporary           [D] dominant

9. [A] collect                  [B] provide               [C] copy                   [D] print

10. [A] give up                 [B] take over             [C] bring back           [D] pass down

11. [A] before                  [B] after                   [C] since                   [D] when

12. [A] kept                     [B] borrowed            [C] released               [D] withdrawn

13. [A] Unless                  [B] Until                   [C] Because               [D] Though

14. [A] hide                   [B] express                [C] raise               [D]ease

15. [A] analyzed               [B] shared                 [C] stored                 [D] displayed

16. [A] unsafe                  [B] unnatural             [C] uncommon          [D] unclear

17. [A] steal                     [B] choose                [C] benefit                [D] return

18. [A] consideration        [B] prevention           [C] manipulation       [D] justification

19. [A] cope with             [B] fight against        [C] adapt to               [D] call for

20. [A] chunk                   [B] chip                    [C] path                    [D] trail