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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 yet come 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 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 the computer, card reader, 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 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 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 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 of personal data. There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.

问题1选项
A.Moreover
B.However
C.Therefore
D.Otherwise
问题2选项
A.off
B.back
C.over
D.around
问题3选项
A.power
B.concept
C.history
D.role
问题4选项
A.reverse
B.resist
C.resume
D.reward
问题5选项
A.silent
B.sudden
C.slow
D.steady
问题6选项
A.for
B.against
C.with
D.on
问题7选项
A.expensive
B.imaginative
C.sensitive
D.productive
问题8选项
A.similar
B.original
C.temporary
D.dominant
问题9选项
A.collect
B.copy
C.provide
D.print
问题10选项
A.give up
B.take over
C.bring back
D.pass down
问题11选项
A.before
B.after
C.since
D.when
问题12选项
A.kept
B.borrowed
C.withdrawn
D.released
问题13选项
A.Unless
B.Because
C.Until
D.Though
问题14选项
A.hide
B.express
C.ease
D.raise
问题15选项
A.analyzed
B.shared
C.stored
D.displayed
问题16选项
A.unsafe
B.unnatural
C.unclear
D.uncommon
问题17选项
A.steal
B.choose
C.benefit
D.return
问题18选项
A.consideration
B.prevention
C.manipulation
D.justification
问题19选项
A.call for
B.fight against
C.adapt to
D.cope with
问题20选项
A.chunk
B.chip
C.trail
D.path
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