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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 money 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 credit card(信用卡). We will use it instead of money to buy all the things.

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

Is there something easier to use than credit cards? Each of us has a thumbprint(拇指指纹). 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 posses one. Everyone’s thumbprints will be in the computer. It will be difficult to lose our thumbprints! It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.

1.The writer probably agrees that credit cards are ________ to carry than money.

A.heavier              B. easier           C. more difficult

2.What may be a problem with credit cards in the future?

A. We may lose the cards from time to time.

B.We won’t be able to make enough cards.

C.We may not know how to use the cards.

3.Someday the government may keep people’s thumbprints with a ________.

A.sign               B. note               C. number

4.The underlined word “posses” probably means “________” in English.

A.lend               B. have              C. sell

5.In the writer’s opinion, it’ll be the best way to buy things with ________ in the future.

A.money               B. credit cards      C. thumbprints

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了在未来，人们可以不用带现金买东西，可以用信用卡，为了防止丢卡带来的损失，政府采用拇指指纹变成一个数字，这种信息在商店电脑里可以储存，买东西的时候，只要用自己的拇指核对信息就可以了。

1.Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small credit card(信用卡). We will use it instead of money to buy all the things. 可知，作者认为用信用卡比较方便，故选B。

2. we lose money from time to time. Maybe we will lose the cards. 可知，在未来面临的问题是丢失信用卡的问题，故选A。

3.Maybe someday the government will keep people’s thumbprints with a number. 可知，也许有一天政府会用一个数字来保存人们的指纹，故选C。

4.you will put your thumb on a machine or a computer.可知，把指纹输进电脑，所以指把信息储存在电脑里，每一个商店拥有这个信息，故选B。

5.Everyone’s thumbprints will be in the computer. It will be difficult to lose our thumbprints! It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.可知，在未来用拇指指纹的信息来买东西，是非常方便的，故选C。

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