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1、2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语（二）真题及参考答案SectionIUseofEnglish Directions:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points) Giventheadvantageofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatweshouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhich
2、allpaymentsaremadeelectronically_1,atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen2_fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon“revolutionizethevery3_ofmoneyitself”，onlyto4_it
3、selfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtocashlesssocietybeenso5_incoming 1.Amoreover Bhowever Ctherefore Dotherwise 2.Aoff Bback Cover Daround 3.Apower Bhistory Cconcept Dsole 4.Areverse Bresist Cresume Dreward 5.Asilent Bslow Csudden Ds
4、teady SectionIIReadingComprehension PartA Directions:Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.(40points) Text1 Inanessay,entitled“MakingItinAmerica,”inthelatestissueofTheAtlanti
5、c,theauthorAdamDavidsonrelatesajokefromcottoncountryaboutjusthowmuchamoderntextilemillhasbeenautomated:Theaveragemillhasonlytwoemployeestoday,“amanandadog.Themanistheretofeedthedog,andthedogistheretokeepthemanawayfromthemachines。” Davidson’sarticleisoneofanumberofpiece
6、sthathaverecentlyappearedmakingthepointthatthereasonwehavesuchstubbornlyhighunemploymentandsaggingmiddle-classincomestodayislargelybecauseofthebigdropindemandbecauseoftheGreatRecession,butitisalsobecauseofthequantumadvancesinbothglobalizationandtheinformationtechnologyrevolut
7、ion,whicharemorerapidlythaneverreplacinglaborwithmachinesorforeignworkers。 Inthepast,workerswithaverageskills,doinganaveragejob,couldearnanaveragelifestyle.But,today,averageisofficiallyover.Beingaveragejustwon’tearnyouwhatitusedto.Itcan’twhensomanymoreemployershavesomuc
8、hmoreaccesstosomuchmoreaboveaveragecheapforeignlabor,cheaprobotics,c
