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One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic 1 in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services 2 as well. More and more of those credit cards can be 3 automatically, making 4 possible to withdraw or 5 money in scattered locations, whether or not the local branch bank is open, For many of us the "cashless society" is not 6 ---- it' s already here.
7 computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many 8 for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply 9 sales. They can keep a wide 10 of records, including who sold what, when and to whom. This information allows businessmen to 11 track of their list of goods 12 showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. 13 to reorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which 14 are the busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffing assignments to be made 15 . And they also 16 preferred customers for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied on by manufacturers for 17 reasons. Computer-analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in 18 , of raw materials 19 hand, and even of the production process itself.
Numerous other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and electric 20 to milk processors, bring better and more efficient services to consumers through the use of computers.
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2. [A] available [B] profitable [C] homogeneous [D] instantaneous
3. [A] issued [B] read [C] taken [D] used
4. [A] it [B] that [C] those [D] them
5. [A] lodge [B] secure [C] input [D] deposit
6. [A]on the air [B]in the distance [C] on the horizon [D]before long
7. [A] While [B] When [C] If [D] Though
8. [A] drawbacks [B] handicaps [C] rewards [D] advantages
9. [A] bring up [B] ring up [C] show up [D] mark up
10. [A] range [B] area [C] field [D] scope
11. [A] take [B] follow [C] keep [D] make
12. [A] with [B] through [C] in [D] by
13 [A] Resolutions [B] Determinations [C] Requirements [D] Decisions
14. [A] ages [B] hours [C] times [D] eras
15.[A] respectively [B] rationally [C] accordingly [D] justifiably
16. [A] identify [B] recognize [C] distinguish [D] discriminate
17. [A]comparative [B] dissimilar [C] compatible [D] similar
18. [A] stock [B] order [C] store [D] cash
19. [A] at [B] by [C] under [D]on
20. [A] utilities [B] appliances [C] apparatus [D] equipment
