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选择性必修第四册　UNIT 10 CONNECTIONS(二)高考题型组合练(二)Ⅰ.阅读理解AMajlis Jonsson is a 73-year-old woman living in the

选择性必修第四册 UNIT 10 CONNECTIONS(二) 高考题型组合练(二) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Majlis Jonsson is a73-year-old woman living in the centre of Sweden’s capital Stockholm.She leads an active life with her friends，travelling around the city and meeting in coffee shops.However，one issue causes her stress. Sweden has been steadily moving towards acompletely cashless society for a number of years.Cash is now used in less than one in five of all cash transactions(交易) in stores—half the number as five years ago.The law says shops can refuse to accept cash.Life can be hard for those unwilling or unable to adapt to the changes.Not everyone hates cash.Majlis Jonsson is one such person.She must go to abank in order to pay her friend back for atrain ticket bought digitally.“I just don’t know how to do it.” Niklas Arvidsson，Sweden’s leading expert on the payment system， acknowledges that some people are in danger of being left behind，like the elderly.“We’ve also got aproblem with smaller businessmen in rural areas where perhaps the telecommunication systems are not working，” he says. Is Sweden benefiting from all this？According to Arvidsson，it is. “Electronic transactions are quicker and cost less in general and make the payment system more efficient.” He also points out that “it is alittle bit more difficult in general for the people to get away with not paying taxes or making small thefts without cash.” Of course，with an increase in digital transactions，the question of data security comes into play.As we freefall through an increasingly virtual world—and payments over the cloud instead of payments with paper—who has access to our information？It is aglobal problem with no easy solution. But Arvidsson remains largely positive about cashless transactions.“It’s like avirtual infrastructure is being built...if ahighway or arailroad has the capacity to bring people in business closer and increase output，the same thing will happen with technology.I really do believe that once the technology