文档介绍：201３全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语二试题
MＢA, ＭＰＡ, MPAcｃ 专业硕士统一考试
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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)(本题答案在题号后）
Givｅn thｅ ａdvaｎｔａｇe of eleｃtｒoniｃ monｅy, you mｉght ｔｈinｋ that wｅ sｈoulｄ moｖe ｑuｉckly tｏ the cashless socｉety iｎ whiｃh all paｙmentｓ ａre ｍade eleｃtronicａlly. _１ Ｈowｅver , a tｒue cａｓhlｅss soｃiety ｉｓ probaｂly noｔ arｏund ｔhe ｃorner. Indeed, prｅｄictions haｖｅ ｂeen 2aｒounｄ＿ 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．ｃｏnｃeｐt of mｏｎey itseｌf,” ｏnlｙ to 4。reｖersｅ itｓeｌｆ sｅｖeral yearｓ latｅr． Ｗhｙ ｈaｓ ｔhe mｏvemｅnｔ to ａ ｃaｓhless sｏｃiety beｅn so ｉｎ comｉnｇ？
Aｌthougｈ e-monｅy ｍｉｇｈt be ｍoｒｅ conｖｅｎient and may be mｏrｅ efficiｅnt than a payments syｓteｍ ｂaｓｅd on ｐａper, ｓｅvｅral ｆacｔors ｗork the ｄiｓａppeａrance oｆ the paper sｙsｔeｍ。 Fiｒst, it is very ７。expensｉve to ｓeｔ up thｅ computer, caｒｄ reａder， and teｌecｏｍmunｉcatioｎs ｎｅtworks nｅcesｓary to make ｅlecｔronｉc ｍonｅｙ ｔhｅ foｒm of ｐaymｅｎt．
Secoｎｄ， electronic means of payment １4．raise 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．stored ｔhｅre．
Bｅcause tｈｉs is nｏt aｎ 1６。uncomｍｏn oｃｃurrenｃｅ， unｓcruｐulｏuｓ pｅｒsons ｍｉght be able to aｃcess bａnk aｃcoｕｎts ｉn electronｉc paｙments sｙstems aｎd 17。sｔeａｌ funds bｙ mｏｖｉng ｔhem ｆrｏm someoｎe eｌse’ｓ acｃounｔs inｔｏ their oｗn。 Ｔhe 18。preｖentiｏn ｏｆ this type of frauｄ is no eaｓy task, aｎd a wｈole nｅw fieｌｄ ｏf ｃomputeｒ sciencｅ ｈaｓ devｅlopeｄ to wiｔh secｕriｔy iｓsuｅs。 A ｆurtｈｅｒ cｏｎcern iｓ tｈat ｔhｅ use of eｌectroniｃ meaｎs ｏf pａyｍent lｅaveｓ an ｅｌectronｉc 2０。ｔraiｌ that coｎtａins a laｒge ａmoｕnt of ｐersonal data on ｂｕyｉng hａｂits.
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