Question

Someday in the future we may not need to have money in our pockets. Is life easier when people don’t need to carry any currency at all? Is money heavy to carry? Is it safe to carry money? Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small plastic credit card. We will use it to buy all the things we now buy with money. We will not need money to pay for things.

Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards we now have with money. Sometimes we lose money. Maybe we will lose the cards. Maybe someone will take the card. Someone may even make a card that looks like our card. Since we can’t buy anything without our cards, the credit card may be no better than currency.

Is there something easier to use than credit card? Each of us has a thumbprint(拇指紋). No two thumbprints are the same. Maybe someday the government will keep people’s thumbprints with a number. When you want to buy something you will put your thumb on a machine or a computer. Each store or business will have one. Everyone’s thumbprint will be in the computers. It will be very difficult to lose our thumbprints! It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.

根據材料內容選擇最佳答案，將其標號填入題前括號內。

1.The underlined word “currency” probably means __________here.

A. thumbs B. coins

C. plastic card D. paper money

2.Our thumbprints may be used in the future because ____________.

A. each store will have a computer

B. each person’s thumbprint is different

C. they will help each store

D. computers need them

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. Each person has a different thumbprint

B. There are some problems with the use of credit cards.

C. There are no currency problems.

D. There are easier things to use than credit cards.

4.Which of the following gives the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. Credit cards may be no better than currency.

B. We use credit cards because money may be stolen.

C. We have many problems with money.

D. Credit cards are worse than currency.

5.The writer wants to tell us___________.

A. we will use credit cards in the future

B. we may use our thumbprints to buy something.

C. it will be safer to carry money when shopping

D. everyone will make lots of money

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了在將來的某一天我們可能不需要兜里的錢了，也許在將來我們每人都有一張銀行卡去買東西，但是用卡買東西也可能會帶來一些問題，也許將來人們會收集人們的指紋作為標志，用于買東西。

1.詞義猜測題。根據文中第一段when people don’t need to carry any currency at all?可知在問人們何時不再攜帶紙錢。可知選D。

2.細節理解題。根據文中第三段Is there something easier to use than credit card? Each of us has a thumbprint(拇指紋). No two thumbprints are the same可知世界上沒有兩個相同的指紋；故應選B。

3.細節理解題。通讀全文No two thumbprints are the same可知. A.正確；根據文中Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards可知B正確；根據文中Is there something easier to use than credit card?及Maybe someday the government will keep people’s thumbprints with a number.可知D是正確的；根據文中故選C

4.細節理解題。通讀第二段可知大意是：信譽卡可能不如紙錢好，也就是說使用卡的缺點。可知故選A。

5.主旨大意題。通過整片文章可知這篇文章主要是告訴我們將來可能用指紋去買東西。故選B。

考點：科技類短文閱讀。