(3)考查信息提升。根据第二段中的“says Adan Abokor, a democracy activist. ’I haven't seen cash for a long time. Almost every merchant, even hawker on the street, accepts payment by cellphone. There's no waiting for it and no counting of cash.‘”民主活动人士Adan Abokor说。“我很长时间没看到现金了。几乎每一个商人,甚至街头小贩,都接受手机支付。不用等,也不用数钱。”可知点至支付可以省去顾客排队或数现金的麻烦。故填save/free/spare。(4)考查信息归纳。根据第三段中的”Th e system is impressively simple and secure. Purchases are made by dialing a three-digit number, entering a four-digit PIN, and then entering the retailer's payment number and the amount of money. Both customers and merchants receive text messages to confir m the payment.“该系统极其简单和安全。购物是通过拨打一个三位数的号码,输入一个四位数的个人识别码,然后输入零售商的付款号码和金额。客户和商家都会收到确认付款的短信。可知电子支付非常安全,因为客户和商家都会收到确认付款的短信。故填safe/secure。
(5)考查信息归纳。根据第四段中的”The printing and handling of money is expensive.“印刷和处理货币是昂贵的。可知电子支付减少印刷和处理金钱的费用。故填cost/expense。(6)考查信息归纳。根据第四段中的”Many governments favor reducing cash dealings in order to better monitor and understand the activities of their citizens.“许多政府赞成减少现金交易,以便更好地监测和了解其公民的活动。可知电子支付使政府很容易跟踪公民的现金活动。故填easy/convenient。
(7)考查信息理解,根据第五段中的”However, some people doubt what members of a cashless society do when the power goes off.“然而,一些人怀疑无现金社会的成员在断电时会做些什么。可知有些人担心停电时的有效支付。故填failure/cut。
(8)考查信息归纳。根据最后一段中的”Other people fear that electronic payments may create security and fraud risks and enable dealings to be tracked and reported. Privacy, security and convenience are all important factors in the adoption of electronic payment technology.“其他人则担心电子支付可能会带来安全和欺诈风险,使交易能够被跟踪和报告。隐私、安全和便利性都是采用电子支付技术的重要因素。可知另一些人则表现出对自己隐私的担忧,因为他们的金钱交易可以被监控并公之于众。故填privacy。
(9)考查信息提升。根据最后一段中的”Other peop le fear that electronic payments may create security and fraud risks and enable dealings to be tracked and reported. Privacy, security and convenience are all important factors in the adoption of electronic payment technology.“其他人则担心电子支付可能会带来安全和欺诈风险,使交易能够被跟踪和报告。隐私、安全和便利性都是采用电子支付技术的重要因素。)可知当使用电子支付时,可能会出现安全和欺诈风险。故填use/effect/adoption。
(10)考查信息理解。根据最后一段中的”New technologies which balance and address these factors may enable people to remove cash.“平衡和解决这些因素的新技术可能使人们能够取消现金。可知除非隐私、安全和便利得到平衡和解决,否则现金不太可能消失。故填disappear/vanish。
【点评】本题考点涉及信息理解,信息提升和信息归纳三个题型的考查,是一篇生活类阅读,要求考生准确掌握所给材料内容,结合相关的语法知识和词汇知识,做出正确答案。