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1、013考研英语（二）真题SectionI UseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword(s)foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronic
2、ally. ___1___atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen___2___fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon"revolutionizethevery___3___ofmoneyitself,"onlyto___4___ itself
3、severalyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso___5___incoming?Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork___6___thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.First,itisvery___7___tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelec
4、ommunicationsnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe___8___formofpaymentSecond,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey___9___receipts,somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto___10___.Third,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof"float"-ittakesseveraldays___11___ acheck
5、iscashedandfundsare___12___fromtheissuer'saccount,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcancaminterestonthefundsinthemeantime.___13___electronicpaymentsarcimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatfortheconsumer.Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay___14___securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhe
6、armediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandtoalterinformation___15___there.Thefactthatthisisnotan___16___occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand___17___fromsomeoneelse'saccounts.The__
7、_18___ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto___19___securityissues.Afurtherconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic___20___thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernment,employers,andmarketersm
8、ightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.1.[A]However [B]Moreover
