Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all paymen

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问题 Given the advantages of electronic money, you might think that we would move quickly to the cashless society in which all payments are made electronically.【C1】________, a true cashless society is probably not around the corner. Indeed, predictions of such a society have been【C2】________for two decades but have not yet come to fruition. For example, Business Week predicted in 1975 that electronic means of payment "would soon revolutionize the very【C3】________of money itself," only to【C4】________itself several years later. Why has the movement to a cashless society been so【C5】________in coming?
Although electronic might be more convenient and may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work【C6】________the disappearance of the paper system. First, it is very【C7】________to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the【C8】________form of payment. Second, paper checks have the advantage that they【C9】________receipts, something that many consumers are unwilling to【C10】________. Third, the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of "float"—it takes several days【C11】________a check is cashed and funds are【C12】________from the issuer’s account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meantime.
【C13】________electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.
Fourth, electronic means of payment【C14】________security and privacy concerns. We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information【C15】________there. The fact this is not an【C16】________occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able to access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and【C17】________from someone else’s accounts. The【C18】________of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a new field of computer science is developing to【C19】________ security issues. A further concern is that the use of electronic means of payment leaves an electronic【C20】________that contains a large amount of personal data on buying habits. There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating on our privacy.
【C19】

选项 A、cope with
B、fight against
C、adapt to
D、call for

答案A

解析本填空所要选择的动词词组的主语线索是a new field of computer science (计算机科学的一个全新领域)，宾语线索是security issues(安全问题)。并且本动词词组出现在不定式中，不定式前的动作为has developed，说明这个动词词组是has developed的目的所在，根据这些线索判断答案应该为A项cope with(应对)，因为计算机科学的一个全新领域正在发展的目的应该是来解决应对安全问题，这才符合常理。由于宾语为security issues，B项fight against (与……斗争)显然不如A项cope with(应对)合适，因为计算机科学的一个全新领域正在发展的目的是应对问题，而非与问题做斗争。C项adapt to(适应)和D项call for(需要)则与题意偏差很大。

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