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1、考研1号 考研圣经 阅读基础90篇 写作160篇2013考研英语二真题及答案Section I Use of EnglishDirections: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 s
2、ociety 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 “revolutioniz
3、e 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, i
4、t is very 7 to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunication 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 s
5、everal days of “float”it takes several days 11 a check is cashed and funds are 12 from the issuers account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meantime. 13 electronic payments arc immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.Fourth, electronic mean
6、s 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 e
7、lectronic payments systems and 17 from someone elses 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
8、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.Otherwise2. A.off B.back C.over D.around3. A.power B.concept C.history D.role4. A.reward B.resist C. resume D.reverse
9、5. A.silent B.sudden C.slow D.steady6. A.for B.against C.with D.on7. A.imaginative B.expensive C.sensitive D.productive8. A.similar B.original C.temporary D.dominant9. A.collect B.provide C.copy D.print10. A.give up B.take over C.bring back D.pass down11. A.before B.after C.since D.when12. A.kept B.
10、borrowed C.released D.withdrawn13. A.Unless B.Until C.Because D.Though14. A.hide B.express C.raise D.ease15. A.analyzed B.shared C.stored D.displayed16. A.unsafeB.unnatural C.uncommon D.unclear17. A.stealB.choose C.benefit D.return18. A.considerationB.prevention C.manipulation D.justification19. A.c
11、ope with B.fight against C.adapt to D.call for20. A.chunk B.chip C.path D.trailSection II Reading ComprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40 points)Text 1 In an essay entitled “M
12、aking It in America”, the author Adam Davidson relates a joke from cotton about just how much a modern textile mill has been automated: The average mill only two employees today, “a man and a dog. The man is there to feed the dog is there to keep the man away from the machines.”Davidsons article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which ar
