1.Which are you more likely to have wath you at sny given mement-your cell phone or your wallet?Soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electroue scannet.
In January,Starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6,800of its states.This is the first pay by phone practice in the U.S.,but we're likely to see more witeless payment alternatives as something called ucar field communcation(NFC)GETS IN TO America's consumet electanies.Last Deccmbet some new smart phanes which cantain an NFC chip were introduced to the midlit.
Already in use in part of Asia and Europe,NFCtheir plan a few incees live a payment tetminal a one a few ptaht need to be worked out,like who will get to collect the profitable trunsacian(交易)fees.Although some credit card providers have been experimenting with wave and pay systems that use NFC enabled credit cards,cellphone service providers truay try to mused their way into the point of sale (POS)market.Three big gellphone service providers have formed a joinf tenture(合資企業(yè))that will go into opention over the next i15months.Its goal is"to lead the U.S.payments industry from cards to mobile phone."
The other big NFC sue,apart from how paymeats will be processed,is security,F(xiàn)or instance,what's to stop a thief from digitally pickpocketing you?"We're still not at the point where an attacker can just brush against yee in a crowd and steal all the money out of your phone,"says Jimmy Shah.A mobile security rescarcher,"Usera may also be able to set transaction timeits,requiring a password to be enteced for larger putchases.
Bus siness?Keep in mund you lost your smart phone,it can be located on a located on a map and remotely ned Plus,your phone can be password protected,Your wallet isn't.
67.What is predicted to happen in the U.S.?B.
A.The expansion of cellphone companices.
B.The boom of pay by phone business.
C.The dissppearanceof credit cards.
D.The increase of Starbucks sales.s
68.The NFC technology can be used toC.
A.ensure the safety of shoppers
B.collect transaction fees easily
C.make purchase faster and smpler
D.improve the quality of cellphones
69.Three cellphone service providers form a joint venture toB.
A.strengthen their relationship
B.get a share in the payments industry
C.sell more cellphones
D.test the NFC teehnoingy
70.According to the what can users do if they lose their smart phones?A.
A.Stop the luneting of niet phones.
B.Stop a passwant.
C.Cat all the money out of their phones.
D.Can large purchases.
分析 本文講述了手機付款這種現(xiàn)象的風(fēng)靡.隨著手機的普遍使用,以及手機功能的提升,如今,用手機付費購物都已經(jīng)成了現(xiàn)實. 隨著第一部能夠付費的手機的誕生,以及其配套的科技手段的支撐,付費購物手機很快便成為美國市場上的搶手貨.
解答 67.答案B.推理預(yù)測題.根據(jù)文章"Soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electroue scannet."可知,不久后,你就可以使用智能手機支付.文章"Already in use in part of Asia and Europe,NFCtheir plan a few incees live a payment tetminal a one a few ptaht need to be worked out,like who will get to collect the profitable trunsacian fees."也寫到,在歐洲和亞洲已經(jīng)應(yīng)用手機支付.可推測在美國也將掀起這股熱潮.故選B.
68.答案C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章"we're likely to see more witeless payment alternatives as something called ucar field communcation(NFC)GETS IN TO America's consumet electanies"可知,NFC是一個付款程序.AD錯誤.根據(jù)"NFCtheir plan a few incees live a payment tetminal a one a few ptaht need to be worked out,like who will get to collect the profitable trunsacian fees"可知,NFC不收取交易費.故選C.
69.答案B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章"Three big gellphone service providers have formed a joinf tenture that will go into opention over the next i15months.Its goal is"to lead the U.S.payments industry from cards to mobile phone"可知,這三個手機商組成一個合資公司,為了促進市場份額.故選B.
70.答案A.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章"Keep in mund you lost your smart phone,it can be located on a located on a map and remotely ned Plus,your phone can be password protected"可知,如果你手機丟失,你可以啟用定位追蹤和遠程禁用.故選A.
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