American government fined a man who made nearly 100 million robocalls (骚扰电话).A robocall is a telephone call     1     is made by a computer. The software can make thousands     2     calls at a time. The government fined the man $120 million because they said he made a threat to public     3     (safe). The government said the man’s calls were illegal because many of them disturbed others. The government said nobody wanted     4     (receive) that call. This meant the call was unwanted and     5     (bore).

The man made a serious crime. This was one of the     6     (large) and most dangerous illegal calls that the police have ever looked into. The man     7     (make) 96 million robocalls during a three-month period last year. He used a technique     8     (call) “neighbor spoofing” to get people to answer the calls. This technique could cheat people into     9    (think ) the calls were from     10    local telephone number. The man also tricked people into believing that the calls were from well-known airlines and hotels. Callers were passed on to call centers that tried to sell them goods. The man thought he did nothing wrong.

Few places are developing towards a cashless future as quickly as Sweden, which is now enjoying the     1    (convenient) of electronic payment. This year, only about 20% of all consumer payment in Sweden     2    (make) in cash, compared with an average of 75% in     3     rest of the world. And many of the country’s banks no longer accept or offer cash.

Not everyone is     4    (joy). Some people say Sweden’s electronic payment might result in more Internet crimes. Also, elderly people in Sweden who use cash may be     5    (easy) ignored. And young people using apps to pay for everything or taking out loans via mobile phones risk     6    (fall) into debt.

However, advocates like Mr. Tim refer to personal safety     7    a reason that countries should go cash-free. His son’s apartment was broken into twice several years ago. “ If this was a cashless society, the robbers couldn’t sell     8    they stole,” said Mr. Tim.

Certainly cash isn’t dead. The Swedish central bank predicts it’ll decline fast     9    still be working in 20 years. Anyway, for more and more consumers, cash is no longer     10       (they) habit.