3．How do you pay for things in a shop？Perhaps you like the touchable reliability of hard cash？Maybe the financial flexibility of a credit card suits you better？Or perhaps you prefer the simple convenience of a smartphone？
Whatever you use today，experts believe all these methods could soon become outdated．Instead，we will use our bodies：our eyes，our fingerprints，even our mere presence in the store．In fact it's happening already．Amazon are trialing stores which have no checkouts，where  technology tracks the items you've taken from the shelves and deducts（扣除） the total from your  account when you leave the shop．
French supermarket Monoprix takes a different path：you choose your groceries and leave them with a human cashier．You then leave the shop while the cashier adds up your bill，charges your account，and organizes delivery to your home．
Amir，CEO of Barclaycard predicts that such new developments mean the end of the plastic credit card．Instead，wearable items such as rings，necklaces and key chains will carry chips（芯片） that allow shoppers to shop，going between the web，an app or in store．
And while all the above payment methods are supported by accounts held in traditional currencies，let's not forget the rise of alternatives such as Litecoin．Virtual（虛擬） currencies can rise in value very quickly．One such possibility is explored in the movie In Time．It imagines a futuristic society in which the currency is time itself，where people trade the amount of time they have left to live．
Or perhaps we'd do better to wind back the clock to the simpler financial world of the equal exchange economy．While the term recalls images of bags of grain and herds of sheep being exchanged in ancient times，there are signs that are making a comeback in today's world of modern technology．Maybe the only thing we know for certain is that money will keep updating．

28．Which of the following statements is TRUE？C
A．Payment is done by the cashiers at Amazon．
B．All the methods of payment have become outdated．
C．Shopping at Monoprix is convenient for customers．
D．Customers can leave their credit cards at Monoprix．
29．What might replace the credit cards in the future according to Amir？B
A．Smartphones．
B．Wearable items．
C．Virtual currencies．
D．Fingerprints．
30．What is used as a currency in the movie In Time？C
A．Litecoin．
B．Human life．
C．Time．
D．Bags of grain．
31．Which is the best title for the passage？D
A．The Rise of Virtual Currencies．
B．The History of Money．
C．The Ending if Credit Cards．
D．The Changing Nature of Money．

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了貨幣性質(zhì)的變化，在未來會有許多別的東西取代如今的貨幣．

解答 28．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第三段French supermarket Monoprix takes a different path：you choose your groceries and leave them with a human cashier．You then leave the shop while the cashier adds up your bill，charges your account，and organizes delivery to your home可知在Monoprix購物對顧客來說是方便的；故選C．
29．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第四段Instead，wearable items such as rings，necklaces and key chains will carry chips（芯片） that allow shoppers to shop，going between the web，an app or in store可知根據(jù)阿米爾的說法，將來可穿戴的東西可以取代信用卡；故選B．
30．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段One such possibility is explored in the movie In Time．It imagines a futuristic society in which the currency is time itself，where people trade the amount of time they have left to live可知電影中的貨幣是時間；故選C．
31．D．推理判斷題．根據(jù)最后一段there are signs that are making a comeback in today's world of modern technology．Maybe the only thing we know for certain is that money will keep updating可知這篇文章最好的題目是貨幣性質(zhì)的變化；故選D．

點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力，做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進(jìn)行比較，再做出正確的選擇．在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．

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A．Encourage kids to cook with you．
B．And we can't forget science education．
C．We can give kids chances to think about materials in new ways．
D．So how can we help our kids prepare for jobs that don't yet exist？
E．Gardening is another great activity for helping kids develop this skill．
F．We can do this in real life or ask questions about characters in stories．
G．Being able to communicate ideas in a meaningful way is a valuable skill．

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