大学英语四级改革适用（阅读）模拟试卷892
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What Does a Credit Card Bring Us?
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1.By processing the merchant’s credit card transactions, the bank can charge some fees as rewards.
G
解析：本题与从商家的角度来看信用卡有关，故考虑将定位放在小标题（1）Among Merchants下的段落。根据credit card transactions及charge some fees等相关信息可定位至G段第3句，题目复现了原文的charge some fees及credit card transactions，本题意思与该句一致，故确定G段为本题出处。
2.When McNamara called his wife to bring some money to pay the supper, he felt embarrassed.
D
解析：根据MeNamara，pay supper及embarrassed等信息定位至D段倒数第2句，本题中的embarrassed与该句中的To his embarrassment对应，这两句所述意思一致，故确定D为答案
3.The credit card company can be asked to \\
I
解析：本题讲述的是信用卡的优点，故考虑将定位锁定在Credit Card：Friend or Enemy？标题下的段落。根据\\
4.Like a bank’s consumer loan department, bank credit cards make a limit of credit to cardholders.
H
解析：根据bank’s…loan department及a limit of credit等定位至H段第3句，原文中的extend a line of credit与本题中的make a limit of credit同义，且much as与本题的Like也同义，故确定H段为本题出处。
5.A credit card can be your enemy because it invites you to purchase items you really do not need.
J
解析：根据A credit card can be your enemy可将定位缩小至小标题Credit Card：Friend or Enemy？下的段落。由purchase items you really do not need可定位至J段第1句，题目所述与该句意思一致，故确定J段为本题出处。
6.Compared with individual store credit accounts, the credit cards issued in 1950 were more widely accepted by merchants.
B
解析：根据individual store credit accounts及1950等信息可定位至B段第2句，原文提到，1950年发行的信用卡与individual store credit account（个别商店的赊购账户）的区别在于它能在多个商家使用，言下之意就是信用卡比赊购账户更广泛地被接受，本题所述与之一致，故确定B为本题答案。
7.Diners Club, offering a credit card that could be used at many different places, worked as a middleman between companies and their customers.
E
解析：根据Diners Club及middleman可定位至E段。该段第2句提到，他们设立的新概念是在企业和内容的概括，故E为答案。
8.As the credit card provides the convenience to pay for the merchandise later, the cardholder may easily sink into credit card misuse.
H
解析：根据pay for the merchandise later及credit card misuse等信息可定位至H段第5句。该句中的pay for it later中it指代的是merchandise，本题所述与原文该句一致，故H段为本题出处。
9.McNamara’s customer got into trouble because his poor neighbors couldn’t pay him back within a short period of time.
C
解析：根据McNamara’s customer以及poor neighbors等信息可定位至C段，该段第1句提到Me-Namara的客户遇到了困难，而最后一句则明确指出他的麻烦在于他的邻居不能在短时间内还钱给他，本题是对上述内容的概括，确定C段为本题出处。
10.The locations of 14 restaurants in New York were printed on the back of the first Diners Club credit cards.
F
解析：根据14 restaurants in New York，Diners Club等信息可定位至F段，该段提到和该公司合作的纽约餐厅有14 家，段末指出可使用该信用卡的餐厅位置都印在卡背后（the accepting locations printed on the back），本题是对上述内容的概括，故确定F段为本题出处。
Time Pattern in America
[A] Susan Anthony has an eight-to-five job with two 15-minute coffee breaks, a one-hour lunch break, scheduled appointments and weekly deadlines. Every time she enters and leaves her office building she \\
11.Executives may get fined for being late for meetings in companies that believe in \\
E
解析：本题讲述的是“不迟到\\
12.Business plans in America are often made days or weeks in advance in order to allowing people to adjust to other people’s schedules.
H
解析：本题有关日程的安排，与时间分配有关，故定位应锁定在小标题Division of Time下的段落。根据days or weeks in
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