考研英语二 2013年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）试卷排版
考研英语二2013年 Section I 完形填空（四选一）：共 20 题、卷面 10 分（满分 100，每题 0.5 分）、卷面选文共 353 个英文单词。本页按真题原卷版式还原该模块卷面（不含解析）；逐题解析在「题目解析」页，全文逐句精读在「原文精读」页；本模块真题可免费下载 PDF/Word，入口见上方本题行。
试卷原卷
英语二真题(2013)
Section I
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points)
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.
1.
[ A ]Moreover
[ B ]However
[ C ]Therefore
[ D ]Otherwise
2.
[ A ]off
[ B ]back
[ C ]over
[ D ]around
3.
[ A ]power
[ B ]concept
[ C ]history
[ D ]role
4.
[ A ]reverse
[ B ]resist
[ C ]resume
[ D ]reward
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 ]similar
[ B ]original
[ C ]temporary
[ D ]dominant
9.
[ A ]collect
[ B ]copy
[ C ]provide
[ D ]print
10.
[ A ]give up
[ B ]take over
[ C ]bring back
[ D ]pass down
11.
[ A ]before
[ B ]after
[ C ]since
[ D ]when
12.
[ A ]kept
[ B ]borrowed
[ C ]withdrawn
[ D ]released
13.
[ A ]Unless
[ B ]Because
[ C ]Until
[ D ]Though
14.
[ A ]hide
[ B ]express
[ C ]ease
[ D ]raise
15.
[ A ]analyzed
[ B ]shared
[ C ]stored
[ D ]displayed
16.
[ A ]unsafe
[ B ]unnatural
[ C ]unclear
[ D ]uncommon
17.
[ A ]steal
[ B ]choose
[ C ]benefit
[ D ]return
18.
[ A ]consideration
[ B ]prevention
[ C ]manipulation
[ D ]justification
19.
[ A ]call for
[ B ]fight against
[ C ]adapt to
[ D ]cope with
20.
[ A ]chunk
[ B ]chip
[ C ]trail
[ D ]path