Somedayinthefuturewemaynotneedtohavemoneyinourpockets.Islifeeasierwhenpeopledon'tneedtocarryanymoneyatall?Ismoneyheavytocarry?Isitsafetocarrymoney?Maybeinthefutureeachofuswillhaveonlyonesmallcredi
Somedayinthefuturewemaynotneedtohavemoneyinourpockets.Islifeeasierwhenpeopledon'tneedtocarryanymoneyatall?Ismoneyheavytocarry?Isitsafetocarrymoney?Maybeinthefutureeachofuswillhaveonlyonesmallcreditcard(信用卡).Wewilluseitinsteadofmoneytobuyallthethings.
Ofcoursewemaystillhavesomeofthesameproblemswithcardswenowhavewithmoney.Forexample,welosemoneyfromtimetotime.Maybewewilllosethecards.Maybesomeonewilltakethecards.Someonemayevenmakeacardthatlookslikeourcards.Sincewecan'tbuyanythingwithoutourcards,thecreditcardsmaybenobetterthanmoney.
Istheresomethingeasiertousethancreditcards?Eachofushasathumbprint(拇指指纹).Notwothumbprintsarethesame.Maybesomedaythegovernmentwillkeeppeople'sthumbprintswithanumber.Whenyouwanttobuysomething,youwillputyourthumbonamachineoracomputer.Eachstoreorbusinesswill posses one.Everyone'sthumbprintswillbeinthecomputer.Itwillbedifficulttoloseourthumbprints!Itwillbedifficultforsomeonetostealitortomakeonelikeit.
56.Thewriterprobablyagreesthatcreditcardsare___tocarrythanmoney.
A.heavier
B.easier
C.moredifficult
57.Whatmaybeaproblemwithcreditcardsinthefuture?___
A.Wemaylosethecardsfromtimetotime.
B.Wewon'tbeabletomakeenoughcards.
C.Wemaynotknowhowtousethecards.
58.Somedaythegovernmentmaykeeppeople'sthumbprintswitha___.
A.sign
B.note
C.number
59.Theunderlinedword"posses"probablymeans"___"inEnglish.
A.lend
B.have
C.sell
60.Inthewriter'sopinion,it'llbethebestwaytobuythingswith___inthefuture.
A.money
B.creditcards
C.thumbprints.