2013年碩士研究生入學考試英語二真題及參考答案資料

1、2013年碩士研究生入學考試年碩士研究生入學考試英語二真題及參考答案英語二真題及參考答案SectionIUseofEnglishDirections：Readthefollowingtext.Choosethebestwd(s)feachnumberedblackmarkABCDonANSWERSHEET1.(10points)Giventheadvantagesofelectronicmoneyyoumightthinkthatwew

2、ouldmovequicklytothecashlesssocietyinwhichallpaymentsaremadeelectronically.__1__，atruecashlesssocietyisprobablynotaroundthecner.Indeedpredictionshavebeen___2__ftwodecadesbuthavenotyetcometofruition.FexampleBusinessWeekpr

3、edictedin1975thatelectronicmeansofpaymentwouldsoon“revolutionizethevery__3__ofmoneyitself“onlyto__4___itselfseveralyearslater.Whyhasthemovementtoacashlesssocietybeenso___5___incomingAlthoughelectronicmeansofpaymentmaybem

4、eefficientthanapaymentssystembasedonpaperseveralfactswk__6___thedisappearanceofthepapersystem.Firstitisvery___7__tosetupthecomputercardreadertelecommunicationswksnecessarytomakeelectronicmoneythe___8__fmofpayment.Secondp

5、apercheckshavetheadvantagethatthey___9___receiptssomethingthatmanyconsumersareunwillingto__10__.Thirdtheuseofpaperchecksgivesconsumersseveraldaysof“float“ittakesseveraldays__11___acheckiscashedfundsare__12___fromtheissue

6、rsaccountwhichmeansthatthewriterofthecheckcanearninterestonthefundsinthemeantime.___13__electronicpaymentsareimmediatetheyeliminatethefloatftheconsumer.Fourthelectronicmeansofpaymentmay__14___securityprivacyconcerns.Weof

7、tenhearmediareptsthatanunauthizedhackerhasbeenabletoaccessacomputerdatabasetoalterinfmation___15___there.Thefactthatthisisnotan__16___occurrencemeansthatdishonestpersonsmightbeabletoaccessbankaccountsinelectronicpayments

8、systems__17___fromsomeoneelsesaccounts.The__18__ofthistypeoffraudisnoeasytaskanewfieldofcomputerscienceisdevelopingto___19___securityissues.Afurtherconcernisthattheuseofelectronicmeansofpaymentleavesanelectronic__20___th

9、atcontainsalargeamountofpersonaldata.Thereareconcernsthatgovernmentemployersmarketersmightbeabletoaccessthesedatatherebyviolatingourprivacy.1[A]However[B]Meover[C]Therefe[D]Otherwise2[A]off[B]back[C]over[D]off3[A]power[B

10、]concept[C]histy[D]role4[A]reward[B]resist[C]resume[D]reverse5[A]silent[B]sudden[C]slow[D]steady6[A]f[B]against[C]with[D]on7[A]expensive[B]imaginative[C]sensitive[D]productiveInanessayentitled“MakingItinAmerica”theauthAd

11、amDavidsonrelatesajokefromcottonaboutjusthowmuchamoderntextilemillhasbeenautomated:Theaveragemillonlytwoemployeestoday”amanadog.Themanistheretofeedthedogthedogistheretokeepthemanawayfromthemachines.”Davidson’sarticleison

12、eofanumberofpiecesthathaverecentlyappearedmakingthepointthatthereasonwehavesuchstubbnlyhighunemploymentdecliningdleclassincomestodayislargelybecauseofthebigindembecauseoftheGreatRecessionbutitisalsobecauseoftheadvantages

13、inbothglobalizationtheinfmationtechnologyrevolutionwhicharemerapidlythaneverreplacinglabwithmachinesfeignwker.Inthepastwkerswithaverageskillsdoinganaveragejobcouldearnanaveragelifestyle.Buttodayaverageisofficiallyover.Be

14、ingaveragejustwon’tearnyouwhatitusedto.Itcan’twhensomanymeemployershavesomuchmeaccesstosomuchmeaboveaveragecheapfeignlabcheaproboticscheapsoftwarecheapautomationcheapgenius.Therefeeveryoneneedstofindtheirextratheirunique

15、valuecontributionthatmakesthemstoutinwhateveristheirfieldofemployment.Yesnewtechnologyhasbeeneatingjobsfeveralwayswill.Butthere’sbeenanacceleration.AsDavidsonnotes“Inthe10yearsendingin2009[U.S.]factiesshedwkerssofastthat

16、theyerasedalmostallthegainsoftheprevious70yearsroughlyoneoutofeverythreemanufacturingjobsabout6millionintotaldisappeared.”Therewillalwaysbechangednewjobsnewproductsnewservices.Buttheonethingweknowfsureisthatwitheachadvan

17、ceinglobalizationtheI.T.revolutionthebestjobswillrequirewkerstohavemebettereducationtomakethemselvesaboveaverage.Inawldwhereaverageisofficiallyovertherearemanythingsweneedtodotosupptemploymentbutnothingwouldbemeimptantth

18、anpassingsomekindofG.I.Billfthe21stcenturythatensuresthateveryAmericanhasaccesstopoethighschooleducation.21.ThejokeinParagraph1isusedtoillustrate_______[A]theimpactoftechnologicaladvances[B]thealleviationofjobpressure[C]

19、theshrinkageoftextilemills[D]thedeclineofdleclassincomes22.AccdingtoParagraph3tobeasuccessfulemployeeonehasto______.[A]adoptanaveragelifestyle[B]wkoncheapsoftware[C]contributesomethingunique[D]askfamoderatesalary23.Thequ

20、otationinParagraph4explainsthat______[A]gainsoftechnologyhavebeenerased[B]jobopptunitiesaredisappearingatahighspeed[C]factiesaremakingmuchlessmoneythanbefe[D]newjobsserviceshavebeenoffered24.Accdingtotheauthtoreduceunemp

21、loymentthemostimptantis_____[A]toacceleratetheI.T.revolution[B]toensuremeeducationfpeople[C]toadvanceeconomicglobalization[D]topassmebillsinthe21stcentury25.Whichofthefollowingwouldbethemostappropriatetitlefthetext[A]Tec