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考研英语二真题及答案

2013考研英语二真题及答案

SectionIUseofEnglish

Directions:

Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestword（s）foreachnumberedblankandmarkA,B,CorDonANSWERSHEET1.（10points）

Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically. 1 atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen 2 fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon“revolutionizethevery 3ofmoneyitself,”onlyto 4 itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso5 incoming?

Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork 6 thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.First,itisvery 7 tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelecommunicationnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe 8 formofpayment.Second,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey 9 receipts,somethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto 10.Third,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof“float”—ittakesseveraldays 11acheckiscashedandfundsare 12 fromtheissuer’saccount,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcanearninterestonthefundsinthemeantime. 13 electronicpaymentsarcimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatfortheconsumer.

Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay 14 securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandtoalterinformation 15 there.Thefactthatthisisnotan16occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand 17 fromsomeoneelse’saccounts.The 18 ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto19 securityissues.Afurtherconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic 20 thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernment,employers,andmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedata,therebyviolatingourprivacy.

1.A.However      B.Moreover           C.Therefore           D.Otherwise

2.A.off              B.back        C.over                   D.around

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

4.A.rewardB.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.imaginative         B.expensive           C.sensitive             D.productive

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

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

10.A.giveup      B.takeover            C.bringback          D.passdown

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

12.A.kept                    B.borrowed           C.released              D.withdrawn

13.A.Unless                B.Until                  C.Because              D.Though

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

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

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

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

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

19.A.copewith            B.fightagainst       C.adaptto              D.callfor

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

SectionIIReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions:

Readthefollowingfourtexts.AnswerthequestionsbeloweachtextbychoosingA,B,CorD.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.（40points）

Text1

Inanessayentitled“MakingItinAmerica”,theauthorAdamDavidsonrelatesajokefromcottonaboutjusthowmuchamoderntextilemillhasbeenautomated:

Theaveragemillonlytwoemployeestoday,“amanandadog.Themanistheretofeedthedogistheretokeepthemanawayfromthemachines.”

Davidson’sarticleisoneofanumberofpiecesthathaverecentlyappearedmakingthepointthatthereasonwehavesuchstubbornlyhighunemploymentanddecliningmiddle-classincomestodayisalsobecauseoftheadvancesinbothglobalizationandtheinformationtechnologyrevolution,whicharemorerapidlythaneverreplacinglaborwithmachinesorforeignworker.

Inthepast,workerswithaverageskills,doinganaveragejob，couldearnanaveragelifestyl