A cashless society is defined as one that doesn’t use cash in monetary transactions (交易). These societies favor alternative means of payment, such
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China also has a vast cashless market,
Most merchants request payment via QR codes and it’s not uncommon
The growing cashless trend has led many people to wonder
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2. 输入电话号码,注册微信,登陆微信;
3. 添加并绑定银行卡;
4. “扫一扫”完成支付。
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参考词汇:二维码QR code;索引index
Dear Jane,
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Hoping to receive your reply soon.
Yours,
Li Hua
3 . Three months ago, I landed in Beijing International Airport after a very long flight from Vancouver, Canada. I thought that it would just be a normal summer, but little did I know that my understanding of how to pay for things was about to be completely changed.
As an international student who had not been back to China for three years, I knew that it would take me some time to readjust to the life in China. However, I did not expect that I wouldn’t even be able to do things as simple as taking the subway.
I still remember asking my cousin if I could borrow his metro card. He looked at me with such astonishment and then started laughing: “No one uses a metro card now. You have your phone!” He then explained to me which application I needed to download and how to connect it with WeChat pay.
I was so dumbfounded by how convenient payment had become in China. When I had just come back, I still had the habit of carrying some cash with me when I went out. But soon, I realized that there was no place for me to use it. Even the smallest convenience stores support Alipay or WeChat pay. Online transactions (交易) and mobile payments have become the new norm.
Mobile payment is so common for people in China that they are used to it by now. But for me, it has been new and exciting.
Back in Vancouver, there was no way of going to the mall or supermarket without carrying cash, a debit card (借记卡) or a credit card. Mobile payment in Canada is not as prevalent (流行的) as it is in China. Personally, I have never paid using my phone during my stay in Canada. I had to carry cash around everywhere. Contrary to that, I have not used cash to pay at all since I arrived back in China.
Now I am getting used to the concept of mobile payment. Gradually, I stopped asking the vendors (小贩) if I could use WeChat pay and just showed them my payment code. Thinking back on my experience with this “new” method of paying over the past few months, I have to admit that our lives have indeed become much more convenient with the presence of mobile payment.
1. Why did the author mention her experience of taking the subway in China?A.To compare the subways in China and Canada. |
B.To explain how to use WeChat pay to take the subway. |
C.To show she was unprepared for the change in lifestyle. |
D.To describe how her cousin helped her when she returned. |
A.Confused. | B.Astonished. | C.Excited. | D.Bothered. |
A.The benefits of mobile payment. |
B.The concept of mobile payment. |
C.Why the author preferred to pay by cash in Vancouver. |
D.How people pay differently in Vancouver and China. |
A.Supportive. | B.Doubtful. | C.Unconcerned. | D.Annoyed. |
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参考词汇:二维码QR code 移动支付mobile payment
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A:Oh, we have dark chocolate, milk chocolate and fruit chocolate. Which kind would you like?
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A:All right. Anything else?
B:Yeah.
A:Yes. We've just got some fresh strawberries. You can try one.
B:Let me see. Well, it does taste sweet.
A:OK. Here you are.
B:Thank you.
A:Sure. Just put your phone above this scanner(扫描装置).
A.I'll take two kilos.
B.I like fruit chocolate best.
C.May I pay through WeChat?
D.I want to buy some chocolate.
E.Do you have any strawberries?
6 . When diners ask for the bill in an urban Chinese restaurant, they are more likely to reach for their mobile phones than their wallets. This reflects the rapid spread of mobile payment platforms,which are pushing urban China towards becoming a cashless society.
In a survey of 1,000 urban consumers conducted by the Financial Times, 98% of respondents (受访者) said they had used mobile payment platforms over the past three months. For example, Alibaba’s Alipay was the most frequently used payment platform preferred by 79% of respondents. That is a far greater proportion than those who said they used credit cards (45%) or cash (65%).
These respondents said they most often used them for payments in supermarkets and shopping malls, but they are also popular for ordering food, buying travel tickets or eating out.
Unsurprisingly, the younger the respondents, the more likely they were to have adopted this relatively young technology. While only 56% of respondents aged 35 or older said they preferred making mobile payments to paying via PC, even though almost all owned smart phones, 88% of 18 to 24-year-olds preferred paying via their mobile device.
Mobile platforms are now taking advantage of the big data resources of their parent companies to expand business,and to challenge the traditional banks. It is not surprising that China’s big banks are refusing to co-operate with the upstarts, limiting the range of services they are able to offer. On the other hand, China’s banks, especially the big four state lenders, are known to fiercely guard their turf (领域). Both regulators and China’s well-entrenched (根基深厚) banks will need to adapt if these online lenders are to succeed.
1. How does the author introduce his topic about mobile payment platforms?A.By raising a question. | B.By giving an example. |
C.By making a comparison. | D.By listing the details of a survey. |
A.Cash. | B.Credit cards. |
C.Alibaba’s Alipay. | D.Mobile payment platforms. |
A.People chose to pay via PC because of lack of smart phones. |
B.The younger the respondents, the more smart phones they owned. |
C.The younger the respondents, the greater chance that they paid by smart phones |
D.Paying by smart phones was not popular at all among the people aged 35 or older. |
A.They feel the threat from mobile payment. |
B.They can’t share their big data resources. |
C.They are determined to ensure financial safety. |
D.They are refused to cooperate with the platforms. |
We no longer have to wait in line or carry
8 . Imagine stepping into your local supermarket, choosing your necessary things into a basket, heading to the bagging area and walking out with your weekly shopping. There is no need to make a payment, no counting coins, and no placement of a credit card in a terminal. In fact, there is no cashier at all. This is not a theft but a realistic picture of the future way to pay — when technology recognizes your presence, scans your shopping, and invisibly takes payment from your account.
Amer Sajed, the chief executive of Barclaycard, says it will result in the steady dying of the physical plastic credit card, which his company introduced to the UK over 55 years ago. Credit cards have evolved ever since 1966, but the basic procedure of payment has remained the same. A card is either handed over, or the number on it is read out or entered into a machine.
All that requires the existence of a plastic card, but Mr Sajed says this will be replaced by wearable items. At a display for Barclaycard staff, he shows off a plastic ring, a bracelet and a keychain which all contain a chip allowing the shopper to make payments on credit. This, he says, is just a bridge to technology that will recognize customers by their eye or fingerprint, so people will be able to shop without lining up at a checkout.
Although cash, cheques and indeed cards will remain a choice for shoppers, he says, these new ways of paying will take a growing share of the payments market in 10 years’ time. Such a future sounds frightening for anyone who already has concerns about the safety of payment. Mr Sajed argues that nothing will be done without permission.
As this digital market becomes more popular, and the technology advances, there will be a battle among banks, payment providers and others for their product to be used.
1. What can we infer according to the first paragraph?A.Thefts will often happen. | B.There’s on need to make cash. |
C.You can do some shopping for free. | D.Shopping will be more convenient. |
A.It has already disappeared. | B.It will still exist as a payment way. |
C.It was invented by Barclaycard 55 years ago. | D.It has been replaced by the new payment way. |
A.The necessity of a plastic card. | B.The procedure of doing shopping. |
C.The function of the wearable items. | D.The new kind of clothing with a clip. |
A.The future of the credit card. | B.The convenience of the future life. |
C.The more popular shopping market. | D.The development of the payment way. |
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With fewer and fewer people using cash, Non-cash payments are becoming increasingly popular, especially in China.
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10 . AI, 5G, cloud computing and other digital technologies are not only changing our lives but shaping the economy as well.
China’s six major commercial banks are stepping up digital wallet efforts to provide new drive for the e-CNY (数字人民币) trials in the country, as reported by Shanghai Securities News on March 23.
“The functions and properties of the-CNY are exactly the same as those of the paper currency, except that the form is digital,” said Mu Changchun, head of the People’s Bank of China’s Digital Currency Research Institute.
Many people are puzzled by e-CNY and electronic payments. “Digital currency has the characteristics of both paper money and electronic payment,” said Wu Qianhong, a professor at the School Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University. “In theory, digital currency can replace paper money, Alipay and WeChat payments.”
Compared with Alipay and WeChat payments, e-CNY features anonymity (匿名性) and security. E-commerce platforms that accept payments via e-CNY will not have access to user’s personal information. E-CNY users can open an anonymous digital wallet by registering a mobile phone number, and telecom operators cannot disclose (泄露) customer information to the central bank or any third-party institutions. Mu noted that e-CNY user’s privacy protection is at the highest level among all the existing payment tools.
Similar to Alipay and WeChat payments, using e-CNY requires an account. After obtaining the other party’s account number, users can enter the amount of digital money to transfer (转钱) and then enter the payment password to complete the transaction (交易). However, the process behind these transfers are different. For electronic payments, the transfer has to go through a third party, and the receivers will get the transferred money only when they withdraw money from banks. But e-CNY transfers only need a payer and a receiver to complete a transaction. Therefore, it guarantees risk-free payments, according to Wu.
In simple terms, e-CNY can be considered “money”, while electronic payments are like “wallets”.
1. What can we know about e-CNY?A.It is issued by six major commercial banks. |
B.It combines paper money and electronic payment. |
C.It is designed to replace Alipay and WeChat payments. |
D.It has exactly the same function as other payment tools. |
A.By limiting access to personal information. |
B.By storing personal data in the central bank. |
C.By opening a unique digital wallet for each user. |
D.By linking telecom operators to a mobile phone number. |
A.E-NCY transfers require to go through a third party. |
B.E-NCY is more convenient than other electronic payments. |
C.E-NCY can be transferred without the receiver’s information. |
D.E-NCY and electronic payments ensure security in the same way. |
A.To promote the use of e-NCY. |
B.To inform readers of digital RMB. |
C.To compare different types of payments. |
D.To describe the impact of digital technologies. |