考研英语一阅读理解真题加解析1994 Passage 2

1994 Passage 2

One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give

their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country

, and even

abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards

can be read automatically

, making it possible to withdraw or deposit money in scattered locations,

whether or not the local branch bank is open. For many of us, the

—

it's already here.

While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too.

Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of

records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep

track

of their

list

of goods by showing

which items are

being sold and how fast they are moving.

Decisions to reorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers

record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and

staffing assignments to be made accordingly

. And they also identify preferred customers for promotional

campaigns.

Computers

are

relied

on

by

manufacturers

for

similar

reasons.

Computer-analyzed

marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future,

and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the

production process itself.

Numerous

other

commercial

enterprises,

from

theaters

to

magazine

publishers,

from

gas

and

electric

utilities

to

milk processors,

bring

better

and

more efficient

services

to

consumers

through the

use

of computers.

55. According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to ________.

[A] withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes

[B] obtain more convenient services than other people do

[C] enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper

[D] cash money wherever he wishes to

56. From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that ________.

[A] in the future all the Americans will use credit cards

[B] credit cards are mainly used in the United State today

[C] nowadays many Americans do not pay in cash

[D] it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before

57. The phrase

[A] make an order of goods

[B] record sales on a cash register

[C] call the sales manager

[D] keep track of the goods in stock

58. What is this passage mainly about?

[A] Approaches to the commercial use of computers.

[B] Conveniences brought about by computers in business.

[C] Significance of automation in commercial enterprises.

[D] Advantages of credit cards in business.

重点词汇：

deposit

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（

.n.

存放；储蓄；沉淀）即

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，

de-

向 下，

pos

词

根

“

放”

，

it

后

缀

，

“

放

下它

”

。

Th e

mark

of the historic is the nonchalance with which it picks up an

individual and deposits him in a trend, like a house playfully

moved in a torna do.

历史

性事

件的标

志是

冷漠

，它

拈起

于某种

趋势

中， 使之像龙

卷风里

的

房子那

样儿

戏般

地翻

滚。

horizon

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（地

平线；

眼界

）

。

The

horizon

of life is broadened chiefly by the enlargement of the hea rt.

生活的地平线主要由心胸的扩大而拓展。

W

e all live under the

same sky

, but we don't all have the same hor izon.

我们都生

活在同

一个

天空下，但我

们并不

都

拥有同

样的

地平

线。

convenience

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（< /p>

便

利

）

即

con+veni+ence

，

con-

一起

，

veni

词 根

“来”

，

-ence

名词

后缀

，

“

需

要

的

东

西

都

一

起

提

供

”

→

便< /p>

利

；

convenient

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（< /p>

便利的

）

←

co n+veni+ent

形

容

词后缀。< /p>

What a convenient and delightful world

is this world

of books.