1 . A:What can I do for you, sir?
B:     1    
A:Oh, we have dark chocolate, milk chocolate and fruit chocolate. Which kind would you like?
B:     2    So give me a box of fruit chocolate, please.
A:All right. Anything else?
B:Yeah.    3    
A:Yes. We've just got some fresh strawberries. You can try one.
B:Let me see. Well, it does taste sweet.    4    
A:OK. Here you are.
B:Thank you.    5    
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?

2 . 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.

2. How does e-CNY protect user’s privacy?

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.

3. What can be concluded from Paragraph 6?

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.

4. What’s the main purpose of the text?

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.

3 . I had spent an hour in the bank with my dad, as he had to transfer some money. I couldn’t _________ myself and asked, “Dad, why don’t we activate your _________ banking?”

“Why would I do that?” he asked. “Well, then you won’t have to _________ an hour here for things like transfer. You can even do your _________ on line. Everything will be so easy!” I was so _________ about initiating him into the world of the Internet.

He asked, “If I do that, I won’t have to step out of the _________?” “Well”… yeah… um, I mean… yes, that’s right!’’ I said. His answer let me _________.

He said, “Since I _________ the bank today, I have _________ four of my friends, and __________ a while with the staff who know me very well. You know I am __________. This is the company that I need. I like to come to the bank. I have __________ time. It is part of the physical touch that I __________.”

“Two years back I got sick; the store owner from whom I buy fruits came to see me and sat by my bedside and __________. When your mom fell down on the morning walk, my local grocer saw her and __________ got his car to __________ her home as he knows where I live.”

“Would I have that human touch if everything I did was on line? Why would I want everything delivered to me and to __________ with just my computer? I’d like to know the person that I am __________. It __________ bonds and relationships. Does the Amazon __________ all this as well?”

1.

A．enjoy

B．behave

C．teach

D．resist

2.

A．investment

B．retail

C．Internet

D．business

3.

A．gain

B．miss

C．spend

D．delay

4.

A．reading

B．shopping

C．learning

D．working

5.

A．serious

B．certain

C．curious

D．excited

6.

A．house

B．shop

C．bank

D．company

7.

A．heart-broken

B．tongue-tied

C．absent-minded

D．cold-blooded

8.

A．entered

B．left

C．owned

D．lost

9.

A．found

B．met

C．made

D．interviewed

10.

A．chatted

B．played

C．discussed

D．quarreled

11.

A．patient

B．alone

C．careful

D．generous

12.

A．limited

B．precise

C．enough

D．reasonable

13.

A．long for

B．devote to

C．apply for

D．stick to

14.

A．laughed

B．froze

C．puzzled

D．cried

15.

A．surprisingly

B．eventually

C．immediately

D．frequently

16.

A．led

B．rush

C．welcome

D．show

17.

A．arm

B．cope

C．interact

D．end

18.

A．looking for

B．worried about

C．arguing with

D．dealing with

19.

A．creates

B．handles

C．removes

D．weakens

20.

A．charge

B．deserve

C．waste

D．deliver