歷年考研英語(yǔ)閱讀理解1994年02

[00:06.02]1994 Passage2 [00:08.34]One hundred and thirteen million Americans [00:11.66]have at least one bank-issued credit card. [00:15.00]They give their owners automatic credit in stores, [00:18.73]restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, [00:23.26]and even abroad, and they make [00:25.88]many banking services available as well. [00:29.84]More and more of these credit cards [00:31.88]can be read automatically, [00:34.60]making it possible to withdraw [00:36.92]or deposit money in scattered locations, [00:40.13]whether or not the local branch bank is open. [00:43.96]For many of us, the "cashless society" [00:46.78]is not on the horizon [00:49.00]--it's already here. [00:51.61]While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, [00:55.35]they have many advantages for sellers too. [00:58.97]Electronic cash registers can do much more than [01:02.20]simply ring up sales. [01:04.22]They can keep a wide range of records, [01:07.05]including who sold what, when, and to whom. [01:11.68]This information allows businessmen to keep track [01:14.97]of their list of goods by showing [01:17.19]which items are being sold [01:19.00]and how fast they are moving. Decisions to reorder [01:23.17]or return goods to suppliers can then be made. [01:27.41]At the same time these computers record [01:30.33]which hours are busiest [01:32.35]and which employees are the most efficient, [01:35.18]allowing personnel and staffing assignments to [01:38.10]be made accordingly. [01:39.92]And they also identify preferred customers for [01:42.85]promotional campaigns. [01:45.28]Computers are relied on by manufacturers [01:48.72]for similar reasons. [01:51.24]Computer-analyzed marketing reports [01:53.34]can help to decide [01:54.54]which products to emphasize now, [01:57.07]which to develop for the future, [01:58.99]and which to drop. [02:01.10]Computers keep track of goods in stock, [02:04.22]of raw materials on hand, [02:06.34]and even of the production process itself. [02:08.97]在線英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)力室(www.tingroom.com)友情制作 [02:10.48]Numerous other commercial enterprises, [02:13.00]from theaters to magazine publishers, [02:15.63]from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, [02:19.66]bring better and more efficient services to [02:22.25]consumers through the use of computers.

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