B.He was proud of his talent in writing.
C.He was interested in writing and found it great fun. D.He took writing as a means to make a living. 70. Which is the best title for this passage? A. The Death of My Father C. The Mystery of A Hidden Box 【答案】 ADBCC 【解析】
66. 细节理解题。根据事情发展的过程，可知作者的父亲最初先把他对于竞选的提议发给了教堂，排除BC；a发生在b之前，故选A;
67. 推理判断题。根据这句话我们可知，妈妈不情绪化，故选D；
68. 推理判断题。作者见到爸爸的文章发表在了教堂的报纸上，他大哭起来，故选B; 69. 推理判断题。根据文章，爸爸只告诉了作者他写作的事情，而从他的叙述中，可以看出，尽管妻子不支持，他还是愿意尝试去写，所以是兴趣所致，故选C； 70. 主旨大意题。文章中装有爸爸文章的盒子是线索，故选C最为合适。
B. Father and I
D. A Sad Christmas Vacation
第 II 卷（非选择题, 共两大题，35分）
第四部分 任务型阅读(共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
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Is Cash Becoming Outdated?
When he rolls into a gas station to fill his tank, Barkhad Dahir doesn’t get out of his car. He pushes a few buttons on his cellphone and within seconds he has paid for the fuel. With the same quick pushes on his phone, he pays for virtually everything he needs: groceries at the supermarket, a few oranges from a market stall, or a cup of sweet milky tea from a café. ＂ Everyone here has
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his own bank with easy access, ＂ boasts Mr. Dahir.＂Even lying in bed, you can be paying your bills.＂Electronic payments offer consumers convenience, provide revenue for banks, credit card companies and payment processors, and offer merchants improved cash flow and convenience. ＂I don’t even carry money any more, ＂ says Adan Abokor, a democracy activist. ＂I haven’t seen cash for a long time. Almost every merchant, even hawker (小贩) on the street, accepts payment by cellphone. There’s no waiting for it and no counting of cash.＂
The 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 confirm the payment.
Clearing up cash payments has several advantages as well. The printing and handling of money is expensive. Cash payments can be anonymous and hard to track criminal activities to be conducted in secret. Many governments favor reducing cash dealings in order to better monitor and understand the activities of their citizens. The Swedish government has been discussing the removing of cash since 2010.
However, some people doubt what members of a cashless society do when the power goes off. Do they choose to barter (物物交换) and rob? Do they sit at home and wait? What happens to people who rely on their cellphones to process money dealings when cell service and the Internet are interrupted? A world affected by terrorism and increasingly violent weather may not yet be ready to abandon currency. ＂ Ironically, the day after the largest bank in Norway, DNB, proposed ending all cash dealings, I went to my local grocery store and when I tried to pay by phone, I was told that I needed to go to the ATM to get cash because the system was broken, ＂ said an interviewee.
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. New technologies which balance and address these factors may enable people to remove cash.
Passage outline An example Is Cash Becoming Outdated? Supporting details of Barkhad Dahir claims that he can almost purchase 18
electronic payments Reasons for the 72. ________ 71. ________ he needs by using his mobile phone. ? They can be more 73. ________ without waiting in line or counting the cash, whose characteristics include for 74. ________ and simplicity. electronic payments Possible 76. ________ of electronic payments ? They reduce the cost of printing money and allow the government to 75. ________ cash activities. ? Some people are 77. ________ whether electronic payments can still be effective during times when the power goes off. ? There are 78. ________ that electronic payments may create security and fraud risks. ? It is possible that electronic dealings can be 79. ________ and reported for illegal use.
Cash is not 80. ________ to be completely replaced unless
Conclusion privacy, security and convenience are balanced and settled.
71. everything/ whatever
【解析】根据文章第一段“With the same quick pushes on his phone, he pays for virtually everything he needs”可知，他可以通过手机买任何他需要的东西，此处应填everything 。 72. preference
【解析】根据文章内容可知，接下来介绍了人们倾向于电子支付的原因，此处应填preference。 73. Time-saving/ convenient
【解析】根据文章第一段“Electronic payments offer consumers convenience, provide revenue for banks, credit card companies and payment processors, and offer merchants improved cash flow and convenience.”可知，电子支付更方便，更节约时间，此处应填convenient或Time-saving。
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74. security
【解析】根据文章第二段“The system is impressively simple and secure.”可知，这个系统简单又安全，此处应填security。 75. monitor
【解析】根据文章第三段“Many governments favor reducing cash dealings in order to better monitor and understand the activities of their citizens.”可知，政府支持减少现金交易可以更好地监控现金活动，此处应填monitor。 76. drawbacks / disadvantages
【解析】根据文章内容可知，接下来介绍了电子支付可能存在的不足，此处应填disadvantages。 77. doubtful/ skeptical/ sceptical/ suspicious
【解析】根据文章第四段“A world affected by terrorism and increasingly violent weather may not yet be ready to abandon currency.”可知，人们怀疑当电力停止运转的时候，电子支付是否仍然是有效力的，此处应填doubtful。 78. fears/ worries/ concerns
【解析】根据文章第五段“Other people fear that electronic payments may create security and fraud risks and enable dealings to be tracked and reported.”可知，人们害怕电子支付会存在安全隐患，此处应填fears。 79. tracked
【解析】根据文章第五段“Other people fear that electronic payments may create security and fraud risks and enable dealings to be tracked and reported.”可知，人们担心电子交易是可以被追踪的，此处应填tracked。 80. likely
【解析】根据文章第六段“Privacy, security and convenience are all important factors in the adoption of electronic payment technology. New technologies which balance and address these factors may enable people to remove cash.”可知，现金不可能完全被电子支付取代，此处应填likely。
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