2013年考研英語二真題及答案解析

1、2013考研英語（二）真題考研英語（二）真題SectionIUseofEnglishDirections:Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestwd(s)feachnumberedblankmarkABCDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoneyyoumightthinkthatwewouldmovequicklytotheca

2、shlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically.___1___atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecner.Indeedpredictionshavebeen___2___ftwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.FexampleBusinessWeekpredictedin1975thatele

3、ctronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon“revolutionizethevery___3___ofmoneyitself“onlyto___4___itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso___5___incomingAlthoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybemeefficientthanapa

4、ymentssystembasedonpaperseveralfactswk___6___thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.Firstitisvery___7___tosetupthecomputercardreadertelecommunicationswksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe___8___fmofpaymentSecondpapercheckshavet

5、headvantagethatthey___9___receiptssomethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto___10___.Thirdtheuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof“float“ittakesseveraldays___11___acheckiscashedfundsare___12___fromtheissuersaccountwh

6、ichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcancaminterestonthefundsinthemeantime.___13___electronicpaymentsarcimmediatetheyeliminatethefloatftheconsumer.Fourthelectronicmeansofpaymentmay___14___securityprivacyconcerns.Weoftenhearmed

7、iareptsthatanunauthizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabasetoalterinfmation___15___there.Thefactthatthisisnotan___16___occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpaymentssystems__

8、_17___fromsomeoneelsesaccounts.The___18___ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytaskanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto___19___securityissues.AfurtherconcernisthattheuseofText1Inanessayentitled“MakingItinAmerica”theauthAdamDavid

9、sonrelatesajokefromcottonaboutjusthowmuchamoderntextilemillhasbeenautomated:Theaveragemillonlytwoemployeestoday”amanadog.Themanistheretofeedthedogistheretokeepthemanawayfromthemachines.”Davidson’sarticleisoneofanumberofp

10、iecesthathaverecentlyappearedmakingthepointthatthereasonwehavesuchstubbnlyhighunemploymentdecliningdleclassincomestodayisalsobecauseoftheadvancesinbothglobalizationtheinfmationtechnologyrevolutionwhicharemerapidlythaneve

11、rreplacinglabwithmachinesfeignwker.Inthepastwkerswithaverageskillsdoinganaveragejob，couldearnanaveragelifestyleButtodayaverageisofficiallyover.Beingaveragejustwon’tearnyouwhatitusedto.Itcan’twhensomanymeemployershavesomu

12、chmeaccesstosomuchmeaboveaveragecheapfeignlabcheaproboticscheapsoftwarecheapautomationcheapgenius.Therefeeveryoneneedstofindtheirextratheiruniquevaluecontributionthatmakesthemstoutinwhateveristheirfieldofemployment.Yesne

13、wtechnologyhasbeeneatingjobsfeveralwayswill.Butthere’sbeenanacceleration.AsDavidsonnotes”Inthe10yearsendingin2009[U.S.]factiesshedwkerssofastthattheyerasedalmostallthegainsoftheprevious70yearsroughlyoneoutofeverythreeman

14、ufacturingjobsabout6millionintotaldisappeared.Therewillalwaysbechangednewjobsnewproductsnewservices.ButtheonethingweknowfsureisthatwitheachadvanceinglobalizationtheI.T.revolutionthebestjobswillrequirewkerstohavemebettere

15、ducationtomakethemselvesaboveaverage.InawldwhereaverageisofficiallyovertherearemanythingsweneedtodotosupptemploymentbutnothingwouldbemeimptantthanpassingsomekindofG.I.Billfthe21stcenturythatensuresthateveryAmericanhasacc

16、esstopoethighschooleducation.21.ThejokeinParagraph1isusedtoillustrate_______.[A]theimpactoftechnologicaladvances[B]thealleviationofjobpressure[C]theshrinkageoftextilemills[D]thedeclineofdleclassincomes22.AccdingtoParagra