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 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.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，将其标号填入题前括号内。

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】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了在将来的某一天我们可能不需要兜里的钱了，也许在将来我们每人都有一张银行卡去买东西，但是用卡买东西也可能会带来一些问题，也许将来人们会收集人们的指纹作为标志，用于买东西。

1.词义猜测题。根据文中第一段when people don’t need to carry any currency at all?可知在问人们何时不再携带纸钱。可知选D。

2.细节理解题。根据文中第三段Is there something easier to use than credit card? Each of us has a thumbprint(拇指纹). No two thumbprints are the same可知世界上没有两个相同的指纹；故应选B。

3.细节理解题。通读全文No two thumbprints are the same可知. A.正确；根据文中Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards可知B正确；根据文中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是正确的；根据文中故选C

4.细节理解题。通读第二段可知大意是：信誉卡可能不如纸钱好，也就是说使用卡的缺点。可知故选A。

5.主旨大意题。通过整片文章可知这篇文章主要是告诉我们将来可能用指纹去买东西。故选B。

考点：科技类短文阅读。