2013mba英語二真題及答案詳解

1、2013MBA英語二真題及答案詳解英語二真題及答案詳解SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestwd(s)feachnumberedblankmarkABCDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoneyyoumightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklyto

2、thecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically.1atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecner.Indeedpredictionshavebeen2ftwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.FexampleBusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatelectronic

3、meansofpaymentwouldsoon“revolutionizethevery3ofmoneyitself“onlyto4itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso5incomingAlthoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemeefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpapers

4、everalfactswk6thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.Firstitisvery7tosetupthecomputercardreadertelecnmunicationswksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe8fmofpaymentSecondpapercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey9receiptssomethingthaiman

5、yconsumersareunwillingto10.Thirdtheuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof“float“ittakesseveraldays11acheckiscashedfundsare12fromtheissuersaccountwhichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcancaminterestonthefundsinthemeantime

6、.13electronicpaymentsarcimmediatetheyeliminatethefloatftheconsumer.Fourthelectronicmeansofpaymentmay14securityprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmediareptsthatanunauthizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabasetoalterinfmatio

7、n15there.Thefactthatthisisnotan16occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystems17fromsomeoneelsesaccounts.The18ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytaskanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevel

8、opingto19securityissues.Afurtherconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic20thatcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernmentemployersmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedatatherebyv

9、iolatingourprivacy.1.[A]However[B]Meover[C]Therefe[D]Otherwise2.[A]off[B]back[C]over[D]around3.[A]power[B]concept[C]histy[D]roleInanessayentitled“MakingItinAmerica”theauthAdamDavidsonrelatesajokefromcottonaboutjusthowmuc

10、hamoderntextilemillhasbeenautomated:Theaveragemillonlytwoemployeestoday”amanadog.Themanistheretofeedthedogistheretokeepthemanawayfromthemachines.”Davidson’sarticleisoneofanumberofpiecesthathaverecentlyappearedmakingthepo

11、intthatthereasonwehavesuchstubbnlyhighunemploymentdecliningdleclassincomestodayisalsobecauseoftheadvancesinbothglobalizationtheinfmationtechnologyrevolutionwhicharemerapidlythaneverreplacinglabwithmachinesfeignwker.Inthe

12、pastwkerswithaverageskillsdoinganaveragejob，couldearnanaveragelifestyleButtodayaverageisofficiallyover.Beingaveragejustwon’tearnyouwhatitusedto.Itcan’twhensomanymeemployershavesomuchmeaccesstosomuchmeaboveaveragecheapfei

13、gnlabcheaproboticscheapsoftwarecheapautomationcheapgenius.Therefeeveryoneneedstofindtheirextratheiruniquevaluecontributionthatmakesthemstoutinwhateveristheirfieldofemployment.Yesnewtechnologyhasbeeneatingjobsfeveralwaysw

14、ill.Butthere’sbeenanacceleration.AsDavidsonnotes”Inthe10yearsendingin2009[U.S.]factiesshedwkerssofastthattheyerasedalmostallthegainsoftheprevious70yearsroughlyoneoutofeverythreemanufacturingjobsabout6millionintotaldisapp

15、eared.Therewillalwaysbechangednewjobsnewproductsnewservices.ButtheonethingweknowfsureisthatwitheachadvanceinglobalizationtheI.T.revolutionthebestjobswillrequirewkerstohavemebettereducationtomakethemselvesaboveaverage.Ina

16、wldwhereaverageisofficiallyovertherearemanythingsweneedtodotosupptemploymentbutnothingwouldbemeimptantthanpassingsomekindofG.I.Billfthe21stcenturythatensuresthateveryAmericanhasaccesstopoethighschooleducation.21.Thejokei