Unfortunately, the ease with which buyers can increase their purchase with credit cards has caused them to overlook the additional costs、 Purchase on credit cards are postponed payments、 Buy—now-pay-later encourages buyers to use credit cards extensively、 Since the buyer is in effect borrowing money for a special purpose, he must expect to pay an interest charge、 Interest is the price of using money over a long period of time、 A close analysis of the use for credit cards for heavy purchases will show that the buyer has added to the cost of making these purchases、 It must also be kept in mind that unpaid monthly balances mean added interest charges、 Furthermore, the use of credit cards will add to the cost of the product since the shopkeeper does not receive the money at the time of the purchases、 Shopkeepers might add on the cost of handing credit cards to the bill、 One of the arguments against the use of credit cards has been that those who do pay cash at purchase finance the use of a credit card by another person、 This is so, the argument runs, because the price of a product will include the cost of another person's use of a credit card、 56、 In the first paragraph, what does “plastic money” (Line 6, Para、 1) refer to?
A) Dollars、 Coins、
57、 Which of the following is NOT true about credit cards?
A) Shopkeepers, among others, object to the use of credit cards because they add on the cost of the merchandise、
B) Credit card holders actually pay for their shopping goods after the purchase has been pleted、
C) The national economy enjoys extensive growth because of the use of credit cards、
D) It has had the effect of increasing consumption、 58、 What is the disadvantage of credit cards?
A) It may lead to the overgrowth of the national economy、
B) The delay in the payment of shopping goods may bring damage to shopkeepers’ profits、
C) Some people may intentionally purchase goods that they cannot possibly afford、
B) Online payment、 ? C) Credit cards、
D)
D) Those who pay by cash at the purchase will have to pay for the cost added to the product as the interest charge of credit cards、
59、 What is the main topic of the text?
A) Advantages and Disadvantages of Credit Cards、 B) Economic Growth Backed up by the Use of Credit Cards、 C) It can encourage great sums of consumption、 D) Credit Cards Make Life Easier、
60、 The author’s attitude towards credit card is 、 A) agreeable ?? B) neutral Passage Two
Questions 61 to 65 are based on the following passage、
Lie detectors are widely used in the United States to find out whether a person is telling the truth or not、 Polygraphers, the people who operate them, claim that they can establish guilt by detecting physiological changes that acpany emotional stress、 The technique adopted is to ask leading questions such as, “Did you take the money?\r “Where did you hide the money?\ mixed in with neutral questions, and measure the subject’s electrical resistance in the palm or changes in his breathing and heart rate、 Such apparatus has obtained widespread recognition、
Whether lie detectors will ever be adopted on a similar scale in Britain is still a matter of opinion、 At first sight, it appears obvious that any simple, reliable methods of convicting guilty people is valuable, but recent research sponsored by the U、S、 Office of Public Health not only raises doubts about how lie detectors should be used but also makes it questionable whether they should be employed at all、
The point is that, apart from many of the polygraphers being unqualified, the tests themselves are by no means free from error, primarily because they discount human imagination and ingenuity、 Think of all those perfectly innocent people, with nothing to be afraid of, who blush and stammer when a customs officer asks them if they have anything to declare、 Fear, and a consequently heightened electrical response, may not be enough to establish guilt、 It depends on whether the subject is afraid of being found out or afraid of being wrongfully
??C) humorous ?
D) oppositional
convicted、 On the other hand, the person who is really guilty and whose、、、 or deliberately giving exaggerated responses to neutral ones!
The success rate of up to 90% claimed for lie detectors is misleadingly attractive、 If we refer such a figure to a pany with 50 employees, twenty of whom are thieves, the lie detector could catch 18 of them but in doing so would place 32 innocent employees under suspicion、 The problem for the management would therefore bee one of deciding how much industrial unrest they are prepared to cause in order to eliminate theft、 What concerns research workers even more, of course, is the fact that a certain number of innocent people are bound to be convicted of crimes they have not mitted、
61、 Lie detectors are widely used in the United States because 、 A) they can help detect people's emotional stress
B) they can help detect people's physiological changes C) they can help find out whether a person is telling the truth or not D) they can measure the subjects' electrical resistance 62、 According to the passage, we know that Britain 、 A) will adopt lie detectors widely
B) will adopt lie detectors on a smaller scale C) adopt lie detectors
D) has not decided whether to adopt lie detectors or not 63、 “、、、, the tests themselves are by no means free from error,、、、 ” (Line 2, Para、 3) means 、
A) the tests definitely have no error B) the tests sometimes make mistakes C) the polygraphers do not make mistakes
D) the polygraphers can avoid error by using some techniques 64、 Which of the following is true?
A) The tests are conducted by qualified polygraphers、
B) Innocent people may blush or stammer when questioned、 C) Guilty people can definitely be found out by answer questions、 D) Guilty people may escape by refusing to answer questions、 65、 What troubles lie detector researchers most is that 、 A) innocent people are convicted crimes B) innocent people will learn to tell lies
C) lie detectors may cause industrial unrests D) lie detectors are sometimes not dependable Part IV Translation (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese into English、 You should write your answer on Answe
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