考研英语二试题及详解.docx

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考研英语二试题及详解

2013年全国硕士研究生入学统一考试英语

（二）试题

SectionI    UseofEnglish

Directions:

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

Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoney,youmightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically. 1 atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecorner.Indeed,predictionshavebeen 2 fortwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.Forexample,BusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon"revolutionizethevery 3 ofmoneyitself,"onlyto 4 itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso 5 incoming?

Althoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemoreefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaper,severalfactorswork 6 thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.First,itisvery 7 tosetupthecomputer,cardreader,andtelecornmunicationsnetworksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe 8 formofpaymentSecond,papercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey 9 receipts,somethingthaimanyconsumersareunwillingto 10 .Third,theuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof"float"-ittakesseveraldays 11  a checkiscashedandfundsare 12 fromtheissuer'saccount,whichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcancaminterestonthefundsinthemeantime. 13 electronicpaymentsarcimmediate,theyeliminatethefloatfortheconsumer.

Fourth,electronicmeansofpaymentmay 14 securityandprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmediareportsthatanunauthorizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabaseandtoalterinformation 15 there.Thefactthatthisisnotan16occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystemsand 17 fromsomeoneelse'saccounts.The 18 ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytask,andanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto 19 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] reward                [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] 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

SectionII ReadingComprehension

PartA

Directions:

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

Text1

Inanessayentitled“MakingItinAmerica”,theauthorAdamDavidsonrelatesajokefromcottonaboutjusthowmuchamoderntextilemillhasbeenautomated:

Theaveragemillonlytwoemployeestoday,”amanandadog.Themanistheretofeedthedogistheretokeepthemanawayfromthemachines.”

Davidson’sarticleisoneofanumberofpiecesthathaverecentlyappearedmakingthepointthatthereasonwehavesuchstubbornlyhighunemploymentanddecliningmiddle-classincomestodayisalsobecauseoftheadvancesinbothglobalizationandtheinformationtechnologyrev