单选题
Read the following passage and choose the best word for each space. For questions 26~45, mark one letter A, B, CorD on the Answer Sheet. One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued【C1】______card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even【C2】______. and they make many banking services available as【C3】______. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw or【C4】______money in scattered locations,【C5】______the local branch bank is open. For many of us the "cashless society" is not on【C6】______— it's already here. While computers offer these【C7】______to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do【C8】______than simply ring up sales. They can【C9】______a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep【C10】______their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to reorder or【C11】______goods to suppliers can then be made. 【C12】______the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient,【C13】______personnel and staffing assignments to be made【C14】______. And they also identify【C15】______customers for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied【C16】______by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer-【C17】______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 stock, of raw materials【C18】______hand, and even of the production process itself. 【C19】______other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more【C20】______services to consumers through the use of computers.
【答案解析】解析：考点：词组辨析。分析：本句4个选项代入句中，意思分别是：A．(as)well“(除……外)也”，B．(as)result“结果”；C．(as)yet“到现在(当时)为止”；D．(as)if“仿佛”。根据文中信息词and可判断选项A．well符合题意，该句意为“他们也能获得多种银行服务”。又如：Are they coming as well?(他们也来吗?)
【答案解析】解析：考点：习惯搭配。分析：词组keep／make a record意为“做记录”，本句意为“他们可以做出多种记录，包括记下何人，把何物，在何时，卖给了谁。”因此选项C．keep符合题意，故该选项正确。
单选题
【C10】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：考点：词组辨析。分析：将4个选项代入句中，意思分别是：A．(keep)track of“跟踪，与……保持联系”；B．(keep)out of“避开”；C．(keep)on“继续”；D．(keep)up with“赶上”。这里是指“这些信息使商家对清单一目了然”，因此只有选项A．track of符合题意，故该选项正确。又如：It’s hard to keep track of all old school friends．(与中学时代的所有老同学保持联系是困难的。)
【答案解析】解析：考点：习惯搭配。分析：固定词组rely on意为“依赖，信任”，因此选项C．on正确，代入句中该句意为“生产厂家也因相似的原因而信赖计算机”。又如：Nowadays we rely increasingly on computers for help．(现今我们越来越依赖计算机来协助工作。)