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1、2013 MBA 英语二真题及答案详解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 society in which all
2、 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 revolutionize the very3 of money
3、 itself, only to 4 itself severalyears 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, it is very 7 to set up t
4、he computer, card reader, and telecornmunications networks necessary to make electronic money the 8 form of payment Second, paper checks have the advantage that they 9 receipts, something thai many consumers are unwilling to 10 . Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of float -
5、 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 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 se
6、curity and privacy concerns. We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information15 there. The fact that this isnot an 16 occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments syste
7、ms 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 e lectronic means of payment leaves an electronic 20 that contains a large amount of personal data. There
8、 are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.1. A HoweverB MoreoverC ThereforeD Otherwise2. A offB backC overD around3. A powerB conceptC historyD role4. A rewardB resistC resumeD reverse5. A silentB suddenC slow D steady6.
9、 A for B against C with D on7. A imaginative B expensive C sensitive D productive8. A similarB originalC temporaryD dominant9. A collectB provideC copy D print10. A give upB take overC bring backD pass down11. A beforeB afterC sinceD when12. A keptB borrowedC releasedD withdrawn13. A UnlessB UntilC
10、BecauseD Though14. A hideB expressC raiseDease15. A analyzedB sharedC storedD displayed16. A unsafeB unnaturalC uncommon D unclear17. A stealB chooseC benefitD return18. A consideration B prevention C manipulation D justification19. A cope with B fight againstC adapt toD call for20. A chunk B chipC
11、pathD 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 1In an essay entitled “Making It in America ” , the author Adam Davidson relates a joke from
12、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.”Davidson s article is one of a number of pieces that have recently appeared making the
13、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 are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign worker.In the past, work
14、ers with average skills, doing an average job ， could earn an average lifestyle ,But ,today ,average is officially over. Being average just won t earn you what it used to. It can t when so many more employers have so much more access to so much more above average cheap foreign labor, cheap robotics,
15、 cheap software, cheap automation and cheap genius. Therefore, everyone needs to find their extra-their unique value contribution that makes them stand out in whatever is their field of employment.Yes, new technology has been eating jobs forever, and always will. But there s been an acceleration. As Davidsonnotes,” In the 10 years ending in 2009, U.S. factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of th
