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1、2013：Section I Use of English Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.(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
2、electronically._1_,a true cashless society is probably not around the corner.Indeed,predictions of such a 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 payment“would soon revolutionize the very _3_ of mone
3、y itself,”only to _4_ itself several years later.Why has the movement to a cashless society been so _5_ in coming?Although e-money might be more convenient and 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
4、_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 da
5、ys 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 pa
6、yment _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.Because this is not an _16_ occurrence,unscrupulous persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments sy
7、stems and _17_ 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 has developed to _19_ security issues.A further concern is that the use of electronic means of payment leaves an electronic _20_ th
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11、 return 18.A consideration B prevention C manipulation D justi.fication 19.A cope with B fight against C adapt to D call for 20.A chunk B chip C path D trail Part A Text 1 In an essay entitled“Making It in America”,the author Adam Davidson relates a joke from cotton about just how much a modern text
12、ile mill has been automated:The average mill only two employees today,”a man and a dog.The man is there to feed 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 stubbornl
13、y high unemployment and declining middle-class incomes today is also because of the advances in both globalization and the information technology revolution,which are more rapidly than ever replacing labor with machines or foreign worker.In the past,workers with average skills,doing an average job，c
14、ould earn an average li.festyle,But,today,average is officially over.Being average 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 genius.There
15、fore,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,U.S.factories
16、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 million in total-disappeared.There will always be changed-new jobs,new products,new services.But the one thing we know for sure is that with each advance in g
17、lobalization and the I.T.revolution,the best 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 support employment,but nothing would be more important than passing some kind o
18、f G.I.Bill for the 21st century that ensures that every American has access to poet-high school education.21.The joke in Paragraph 1 is used to illustrate_ A the impact of technological advances B the alleviation of job pressure C the shrinkage of textile mills D the decline of middle-class incomes
19、22.According to Paragraph 3,to be a successful employee,one has to_ A work on cheap software B ask for a moderate salary C adopt an average li.festyle D contribute something unique 23.The quotation in Paragraph 4 explains that _ A gains of technology have been erased B job opportunities are disappea
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27、duce unemployment,the most important is_ A to accelerate the I.T.revolution B to ensure more education for people C ro 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 New Law Takes Effect B Technolog
28、y Goes Cheap C Average Is Over D Recession Is Bad Text 2 A century ago,the immigrants from across the Atlantic inclued settlers and sojourners.Along with the many folks looking to make a permanent home in the United States came those who had no intention to stay,and 7millin people arrived while abou
29、t 2 million departed.About a quarter of all Italian immigrants,for exanmle,eventually returned to Italy for good.They even had an affectionate nickname,“uccelli di passaggio,”birds of passage.Today,we are much more rigid about immigrants.We divide nemcomers into two categories:legal or illegal,good
30、or bad.We hail them as Americans in the making,or our broken immigrantion system and the long political paralysis over how to fix it.We don t need more categories,but we need to change the way we think about categories.We need to look beyond strick definitions of legal and illegal.To start,we can re
31、cognize the new birds of passage,those living and thriving in the gray areas.We might then begin to solve our immigration challenges.Crop pickers,violinists,construction workers,entrepreneurs,engineers,home health-care aides and physicists are among today s birds of passage.They are energetic partic
32、ipants 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 t
33、he 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 attitude
34、s 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 s
35、ystem.26“Birds of passage”refers to those who_ A immigrate across the Atlantic.B leave their home countries for good.C stay in a foregin temporaily.D find permanent jobs overseas.27 It is implied in paragraph 2 that the current immigration stystem in the US_ A needs new immigrant categories.精品资料-欢迎下
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42、N5 HJ7V5V1Z7E7 ZJ6Y3U4R4V1文档编码:CO1V9I2G2N5 HJ7V5V1Z7E7 ZJ6Y3U4R4V1文档编码:CO1V9I2G2N5 HJ7V5V1Z7E7 ZJ6Y3U4R4V1文档编码:CO1V9I2G2N5 HJ7V5V1Z7E7 ZJ6Y3U4R4V1B has loosened control over immigrants.C should be adopted to meet challenges.D has been fixeed via political means.28 According to the author,today s bir
43、ds of passage want_ A fiancial 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 economic favors.C with legal tolerance.D as mighty rivals.30 w
44、hich of the best title for the passage?A come and go:big mistake.B living and thriving:great risk.C with or without:great risk.D legal or illegal:big mistake Text 3 Scientists have found that although we are prone to snap overreactions,i.f we take a moment and think about how we are likely to react,
45、we can reduce or even eliminate the negative effects of our quick,hard-wired responses.Snap decisions can be important defense mechanisms;i.f we are judging whether someone is dangerous,our brains and bodies are hard-wired to react very quickly,within milliseconds.But we need more time to assess oth
46、er factors.To accurately tell whether someone is sociable,studies show,we need at least a minute,preferably five.It takes a while to judge complex aspects of personality,like neuroticism or open-mindedness.But snap decisions in reaction to rapid stimuli aren t exclusive to the interpersonal realm.Ps
47、ychologists at the University of Toronto found that viewing a fast-food logo for just a few milliseconds primes us to read 20 percent faster,even though reading has little to do with eating.We unconsciously associate fast food with speed and impatience and carry those impulses into whatever else we
48、re doing,Subjects exposed to fast-food flashes also tend to think a musical piece lasts too long.Yet we can reverse such influences.i.f we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face(one reason good sales representatives and real estate agents are always s
49、miling),we can take a moment before buying.i.f we know female job screeners are more likely to reject attractive female applicants,we can help screeners understand their biases-or hire outside screeners.John Gottman,the marriage expert,explains that we quickly“thin slice”information reliably only af
50、ter we ground such snap reactions in“thick sliced”long-term study.When Dr.Gottman really wants to assess whether a couple will stay together,he invites them to his island retreat for a muck longer evaluation;two days,not two seconds.Our ability to mute our hard-wired reactions by pausing is what di.