jtitle=Reactions Weekly,2013MBA联考英语试卷(附答案) 2

2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试管理类专业硕士学位联考

英语(二)真题试卷

Section I Use of English

Directions：

Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered black and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

The advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashes society in which all payments are made electronically. __1__,a true society is probably not around the corner. Indeed, predictions of such 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 soon ―revolutionize the very ___3__of money itself,‖ only to reverse itself several years later. Why has the movements to a cashless society been so slow 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 the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the __8__ form of payment. Second, paper checks have the advantages 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 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 earn interest on the funds in the meantime.___13____ electronic payments are 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 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 access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and __17__ steal funds by moving them from someone else’s accounts into their own. The ___18__of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a whole new field of computer science is developing to ____19__security issues. A further electronic means of payments leaves an electronic ____20___ that contains a large number 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】Otherwise

2.【A】Around 【B】back .【C】over 【D】off

3.【A】power 【B】concept . 【C】history 【D】role

4.【A】reword .【B】resist .【C】resume 【D】reverse

5.【A】silent 【B】sudden .【C】slow 【D】steady

6.【A】for 【B】against. 【C】with 【D】on

7.【A】expensive 【B】imaginative . 【C】sensitive 【D】productive

8.【A】dominant 【B】original . 【C】temporary 【D】similar

9.【A】collect 【B】provide . 【C】copy 【D】print