考研英语一阅读理解真题加解析1994 Passage 2.pdf

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, — its already here. 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 showingwhich items arebeing sold and how fast they are moving. 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 manufacturersfor similar reasons. Computer-analyzed production process itself. Numerousother commercialenterprises,from theatersto magazinepublishers,from gas and electricutilitiesto milk processors,bringbetterandmore efficientservicesto consumersthrough theuse 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 ring up sales (line 2, paragraph 2) most probably means ________