A. coinsB. some kind of money
C. credit cardsD. currency
3. Our thumbprints may be used in the future because ________.
A. every thumbprint is difficult to lose or make
A. Credit cards are worse than currency.
B. Currency may not be more of a problem than credit cards.
C. We use credit cards because people steal money.
D. We have many problems with money.
1. The word“currency”(Para. 1) most probably means __________.
A. plastic cards B. money C. coins D. goods
2. According to the passage, we all need _______.
《大学英语（1）》期末考试A卷
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一、阅读：20ay in the future we may not need to have money in our pockets.Is life easier when people don’t need to carry any coins forcurrencyat all?Is money heavy to carry?Is it safe to carry money?Maybe in thefutureeach 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 that we now have with money.Sometimes we lose money.Maybewill lose the cards.People steal money.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.
B. each store will have a computer
C. they will help each store
D. computers need them
4. Which of the following statements gives the main idea of the second paragraph?
5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. There is something easier to use than credit cards.
First of all, successful language learners are independent learners.
They do not depend on the book or the teacher;
they discover their own way to learn the language.
Is there something even easier to use than credit cards?All of us have a thumbprint.No two thumbprints are the same.Maybe someday the government will keep people’s thumbprints with a number.No person will have the same thumbprint or number.When you want to buy something you will put your t thumb on a machine or a computer.Each store or business will have one.Everyone’s thumbprint will bein thecomputers.It will be very difficult to lose our thumbprint.It will be difficult for someone to steal it or to make one like it.
Instead of waiting for the teacher to explain, they try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves.
They are good guessers who look for clues and form their own conclusion.