单选题 The development of e-commerce may well bring the world into a brand new era of "electronic currency". At the moment, (51) areas in Europe, the United States and Asia have already started studying the possibility of an electronic currency. Electronic currency is not only about currency. It (52) to an entire finance system on the Net. It includes a virtual numeric currency, an electronic system of withdrawals, transfers and loans, and (53) cards of all shapes and sizes. The (54) of an electronic currency system implies the emergence of "virtual banks" and "virtual enterprises". Actually, the first virtual bank appeared in the US in 1995. (55) it is a small and insignificant bank, it represents the trend of the future. In time to come, we may even have to (56) the familiar paper currency.
As the Net pushes the economy (57) rapidly, the economy is also bringing the Net market forward, resulting in the Internet itself becoming the world's largest emerging market. Of course, this is just the beginning. Although there are many companies which made huge profits (58) in the Internet market, they tend to be small companies. To date, most companies are making losses. The competition in the knowledge-based economy will also be more (59) This will definitely promote (60) and more efficient cooperation.

单选题 A. developing B. building C. built D. developed
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据后面的united States，可知前面应该是developed，这句的意思是欧洲的发达地区、美国及亚洲已经开始研究使用这种电子货币的可能性。
单选题 A. bridges B. camps C. refers D. casts
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】bridge意为“渡过，架桥”；camp意为“露营，扎营”；refer意为“谈及，参考，涉及”；cast意为“投，掷，抛”；refer to是固定搭配，意为“指的是”，该句是对电子货币进行解释。
单选题 A. phone B. credit C. personal D. borrowing
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】前面提到了取款，转账和贷款，后面应该是信用卡，credit card。
单选题 A. appearance B. disappearance C. campaign D. ceremony
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】appearance意为“出现”；disappearance意为“消失”；campaign意为“战役，运动，活动”；ceremony意为“典礼，仪式”。由后面的提示此mergence可判断此处应填appearance。
单选题 A. If B. After C. Until D. Although
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】通读句子可知前后文是转折关系。句意是尽管它是一个微不足道的银行，但是它却代表了未来的发展趋势。
单选题 A. promote B. abandon C. encourage D. celebrate
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】promote意为“促进，晋升”；abandon意为“抛弃，遗弃”；encourage意为“鼓励”；celebrate意为“遵守，庆祝，观察”。由前后文可知应该是“遗弃所熟悉的纸币”。
单选题 A. ahead B. backward C. front D. behind
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】通读全句可知，互联网和经济的推进作用是相互的，push ahead的意思是奋力向前。
单选题 A. invested B. comparing C. investing D. compared
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】本题考查的是非谓语动词。句意：尽管好多公司在互联网投资都赚了大钱，但是这些公司都是小公司。invest意为“投资”。
单选题 A. competent B. intense C. comparative D. interior
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】competent意为“有能力的，能胜任的”；intense意为“强烈的，紧张的”；comparative意为“比较的，相当的”；interior意为“内部的”。本句意思是以知识为基础的经济竞争将会越来越激烈。intense为最佳答案。
单选题 A. rougher B. mere C. serious D. greater
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】rougher意为“更粗暴的”；mere意为“仅仅，只是”；serious意为“严重的”。由句意可知，此处应填一个形容词的比较级，B、C选项可排除，A选项不合适，所以只能选择D选项。