【高考专题辅导】湖南省高考英语 专题检测卷(三十)阅读填空

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Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage.

Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

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(2013·株洲模拟)

Credit cards are very popular today. People use credit cards to

go shopping on the Internet, check into a hotel, rent a car, or dine

out. People can buy now and pay later. A credit card may have a number

of costs. First, there is the interest charge on purchase, known as

the annual percentage rate. Cardholders may have to pay cash advance

fees if they withdraw money from credit cards.

Compared to checks, a credit card allows small short-term loans to be quickly made to a customer who need not calculate a balance remaining before every transaction. Additionally there is no need for a customer to carry any cash for most purposes. Credit cards also offer consumers an easy way to track expenses.

Credit cards are very convenient to use. But people who use credit cards irresponsibly can soon find themselves heavily in debt. Cardholders borrow money from a bank each time they charge something. They avoid interest charges if they pay their bill in full each month. But if they only make the minimum payment, it may take years to pay off a debt. Interest is continually charged on the unpaid balance.

And that is not the only danger. Information security is a major issue these days. Recently there have been several incidents in which many people had financial information either lost or stolen. The cardholder suffered great losses. Now, major banks in China get more cautions in issuing caused by the card overdrafts(透支).

Measures can be taken to avoid the problems. A lost or stolen card can be cancelled in time, which will greatly limit the fraud. European banks require a cardholder’s security code he entered for purchases with the card. In July, 2009, The China Banking Regulatory Commission forbade the issuing of credit cards to under 18-year-old age group.

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The Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their

children. Some

parents send their children to the best schools or even

abroad to England, the US or Australia, regardless of how much this

costs. Many parents also want their children to take extra-curriculum

activities where they either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or

other classes that will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is, so parents often spend unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couple buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills vary; they will usually be skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study effectively. They are not teaching them the most important skills they