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1、2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语二试题Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D onANSWER SHEET 1.(10 points)Given the advantages of electronic money,you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society inwhich all payments are made electroni
2、cally._1_,a true cashless society is probably not around the comer.Indeed,predictions of such a society 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 revolutionize the very_ 3_ ofmoney itself/,onl
3、y to_4_itself several years later.Why has the movement to a cashless society been so_ 5_incoming?Although e-money might be more convenient and 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 the
4、computer,cardreader,and telecommunications 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 several days of float,-it takes s
5、everal days_11_ a check is cashedand funds are_12_ from the issuers account,which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the fundsin the meantime._13_ electronic payments are immediate,they eliminate the float for the consumer.Fourth,electronic means of payment_14_ security and priv
6、acy concerns.We often hear media reports that an unauthorizedhacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information_15_ there.Because this is not an_16_ occurrence,unscrupulous persons might be able to access bank accounts inelectronic payments systems and_17_ funds by moving th
7、em from someone elses accounts into their own.The_18_ of this type of fraud is no easy task,and a whole new field of computer science has developed to_19_security issues.A further concern is that the use of electronic means of payment leaves an electronic_20_thatcontains a large amount of personal d
8、ata on buying habits.There are worries that government,employers,and marketersmight be able to access these data,thereby encroaching on 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 Cl resume D reverse5
9、.A silent B sudden C slow D steady6.A for B against Cwith 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|borrowed C
10、 released|D withdrawn13.A Unless B Until C Because D Though14.A hide B express C raise Dease15.A analyzed B shared C stored D displayed16.A unsafe B unnatural C uncommon D unclear17.A steal|B|choose C benefit|D return18.A consideration|B prevention C manipulation D justification19.A cope with B|figh
11、t 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 after each text by choosing A,B,C or D.Mark youranswers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)Text 1In an essay entitled“Making It in America”,the
12、 author Adam Davidson relates a joke from cotton about just howmuch a modem textile mill has been automated:The average mill only two employees today,a man and a dog.The manis 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 ha
13、ve recently appeared making the point that the reason wehave such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances inboth globalization and the information technology revolution,which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor withmachines or fore
14、ign worker.In the past,workers with average skills,doing an average job,could earn an average lifestyle,But,today,average isofficially over.Being average just wont earn you what it used to.It cant when so many more employers have so muchmore access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor,c
15、heap robotics,cheap software,cheap automation andcheap genius.Therefore,everyone needs to find their extra-their unique value contribution that makes them stand out inwhatever is their field of employment.Yes,new technology has been eating jobs forever,and always will.But theres been an acceleration
16、.As Davidsonnotes,In the 10 years ending in 2009,U.S.factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of theprevious 70 years;roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs-about 6 million in total-disappeared.There will always be changed-new jobs,new products,new services.But the one thing we know for sure is thatwith each advance in globalization and the LT.revolution,the best jobs will require workers to have more and bettereducation to make themselves above average.In
