1994 Passage 2
OnehundredandthirteenmillionAmericanshaveatleastonebank-issuedcreditcard. Theygivetheirownersautomaticcreditinstores, restaurants, andhotels, athome, acrossthecountry, andevenabroad, andtheymakemanybankingservicesavailableaswell. Moreandmoreofthesecreditcardscanbereadautomatically, makingitpossibletowithdrawordepositmoneyinscatteredlocations, whetherornotthelocalbranchbankisopen. Formanyofus, the "cashlesssociety" isnotonthehorizon — it'salreadyhere.
Whilecomputersoffertheseconveniencestoconsumers, theyhavemanyadvantagesforsellerstoo. Electroniccashregisterscandomuchmorethansimplyringupsales. Theycankeepawiderangeofrecords, includingwhosoldwhat, when, andtowhom. Thisinformationallowsbusinessmentokeeptrackoftheirlistofgoodsbyshowingwhichitemsarebeingsoldandhowfasttheyaremoving. Decisionstoreorderorreturngoodstosupplierscanthenbemade. Atthesametimethesecomputersrecordwhichhoursarebusiestandwhichemployeesarethemostefficient, allowingpersonnelandstaffingassignmentstobemadeaccordingly. Andtheyalsoidentifypreferredcustomersforpromotionalcampaigns. Computersarereliedonbymanufacturersforsimilarreasons. Computer-analyzedmarketingreportscanhelptodecidewhichproductstoemphasizenow, whichtodevelopforthefuture, andwhichtodrop. Computerskeeptrackofgoodsinstock, ofrawmaterialsonhand, andevenoftheproductionprocessitself.
Numerousothercommercialenterprises, fromtheaterstomagazinepublishers, fromgasandelectricutilitiestomilkprocessors, bringbetterandmoreefficientservicestoconsumersthroughtheuseofcomputers.
55. Accordingtothepassage, thecreditcardenablesitsownerto ________.
[A] withdrawasmuchmoneyfromthebankashewishes
[B] obtainmoreconvenientservicesthanotherpeopledo
[C] enjoygreatertrustfromthestorekeeper
[D] cashmoneywhereverhewishesto
56. Fromthelastsentenceofthefirstparagraphwelearnthat ________.
[A] inthefuturealltheAmericanswillusecreditcards
[B] creditcardsaremainlyusedintheUnitedStatetoday
[C] nowadaysmanyAmericansdonotpayincash
[D] itisnowmoreconvenienttousecreditcardsthanbefore
57. Thephrase "ringupsales" (line 2, paragraph 2) mostprobablymeans "________".
[A] makeanorderofgoods
[B] recordsalesonacashregister
[C] callthesalesmanager
[D] keeptrackofthegoodsinstock
58. Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?
[A] Approachestothecommercialuseofcomputers.
[B] Conveniencesbroughtaboutbycomputersinbusiness.
[C] Significanceofautomationincommercialenterprises.
[D] Advantagesofcreditcardsinbusiness.
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