文档介绍：2013 考研英语(二)真题 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 e 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 toa cashless society been so ___5___ ing? 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 puter, card reader, and teleco m works necessary to make electronic money the ___8___ form of payment Second, paper checks have the advantage that they ___9___ receipts, something tha t 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 arc 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 puter 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 puter science is d