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　　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

 

　　10.【A】 give up 【B】 take over . 【C】bring back 【D】 pass down

 

　　11.【A】 when 【B】after . 【C】 since 【D】before

 

　　12.【A】kept 【B】 borrowed . 【C】withdraw 【D】 released

 

　　13.【A】 unless 【B】 because . 【C】until 【D】though

 

　　14.【A】hide 【B】 express . 【C】 raise 【D】 ease

 

　　15.【A】 analyzed 【B】shared . 【C】displayed 【D】stored

 

　　16.【A】 unsafe 【B】unnatural. 【C】 unclear 【D】uncommon

 

　　17.【A】choose 【B】 steal . 【C】 benefit 【D】 return

 

　　18.【A】 consideration 【B】manipulation 【C】 prevention 【D】 justification

 

　　19. 【A】 call for 【B】 fight against 【C】 adapt to 【D】 cope with

 

　　20. 【A】 chunk 【B】 chip 【C】trail 【D】 path

 

　　Section II Reading Comprehension

　　Part A

　　Directions:

　　Read the following four texts. Answer the questions after each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (40points)

 

　　Text 1

　　In an essay entitled “Making It in America” the author Adam Davison relates a joke from cotton country about just how much a modern textile mill has been automated: The average mill has only two employees today, “a man and a dog. The man is there to feed the dog, and 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 point that the reason we have such stubbornly high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is largely because of the big drop in demand because of the Great Recession, but it is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution, which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machine or foreign workers.

 

　　In the past, workers with average skills, doing an average job, could earn an average lifestyle. But, today, average is officially over. Being average is 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, cheap software, cheap automation and cheap genins. 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 Davidson notes, “ In the 10 years ending in 2009, factories shed workers so fast that they erased almost all the gains of the previous 70 years; roughly one out of every three manufacturing jobs – about 6 millions in total – disappeared.”

 

　　There will always be change – new jobs, new products, new services. But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in globalization and the I.T. revolution , the beat jobs will require workers to have more and better education to make themselves above average.

 

　　In a world where average is officially over, there are many things we need to do to buttress employment, but nothing would be more important than passing some kind of G.I. Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to post-high school education.

 

　　21. The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate .

　　A. the impact of technological advances

　　B. the alleviation of jobs pressure

　　C. the shrinkages of textile mills

　　D. the decline of middle-class incomes

 

　　22. According to Paragraph 3, to be a success employer, one has to .

　　A. adopt an average lifestyle

　　B. work on cheap software

　　C. contribute something unique

　　D. ask for a moderate salary

 

　　23. The quotation in Paragraph 4 explains that .

　　A. gains of technology have been erased

　　B. job opportunities are disappearing at a high speed

　　C. factories are making much less money than before

　　D. new jobs and services have been offered.

 

　　24. According to the author, to reduce unemployment, the most important is .

　　A. to accelerate the I.T. revolution

　　B. to ensure more education for people

　　C. to advance economic globalization

　　D. to pass more bills in the 21st century

 

　　25. Which of the following would be the most appropriate title for the text?

　　A. Technology Goes Cheap

　　B.New Law Takes Effect

　　C. Recession Is Bad

　　D. Average Is Over

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　　Text 2

　　A century ago, the immigrants from across the Atlantic included settlers and sojourners. Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came, those who had no intengtion to stay, and who would make some money and then go home. Between 1908 and 1915, about 7 million people arrived while about 2 million departed. About a quarter of all Italian immigrants, for example, eventually returned to Italy for good. They even had an affectionate nickname,” uccelli dipassaggio,” birds of passage.

　　Today, we are much more rigid about immigrants. We divide newcomers into two categories: legal or illegal, good or bad. We hail them as Americans in the making, or brand them as aliens fit for deportation. That framework has contributed mightily to our broken immigration system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it.

　　Crop pickers, violinists, construction workers, entrepreneurs, engineers, home health-care aides and particle physicists are among today’s birds of passage. They are energetic participants in a global economy driven by the flow of work, money and ideas. They prefer to come and go as opportunity calls them. They can manage to have a job in one place and a family in another.

　　With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions and identities with ease. We need them to imagine the United States as a place where they can be productive for a while without committing themselves to staying forever. We need them to feel that home can be both here and there and that they can belong to two nations honorably.

　　Accommodating this new world of people in motion will require new attitudes on both sides of the immigration battle. Looking beyond the culture new attitudes on both sides of the immigration battle. Looking beyond the culture war logic of right or wrong means opening up the middle ground and understanding that managing immigration today requires multiple paths and multiple outcomes, including some that are not easy to accomplish legally in the existing system.

　　26.”Birds of passage”refers to those who_____.

　　[A]find permanent jobs overseas

　　[B]leave their home countries for food

　　[C]immigrate across the Atlantic

　　[D]stay in a foreign country temporarily

　　27.It is implied in paragraph 2 that the current immigration system in the US_____.

　　[A]needs new immigrant categories

　　[B]has loosened control over immigrants

　　[C]should be adapted to meet challenges

　　[D]has been fixed via political means

　　28.According to the author, today`s birds of passage want______.

　　[A]financial incentives

　　[B]a global recognition

　　[C]opportunities to get regular jobs

　　[D]the freedom to stay and leave

　　29.The author suggests that the birds of passage today should be treated______.

　　[A]as faithful partners

　　[B]with legal tolerance

　　[C]with economic favors

　　[D]as mighty rivals

　　30.The most appropriate title for this text would be_____.

　　[A]Come and Go:Big Mistake

　　[B]Living and Thriving:Great Risk

　　[C]Legal or Illegal: Big Mistake

　　[D]With or Without:Great Risk