2024届高三英语二轮复习四选一阅读微专题强化练10：书评与小说节选

四选一阅读 微专题强化练10书评与小说节选 考情速递：书评是近几年高考出现的新形式，如2023年新高考引卷阅读C篇和 2020年新高考1卷阅读C篇都以书评为载体，而同为教育部考试中心命题的 2022年浙江1月卷阅读B篇和2022年全国乙卷阅读B篇也都出现了书评。所 以对这种类型的语篇进行适当练习是十分必要的，同时考生在备考时也要关注小 说节选。 1.阅读理解 A (2023·南京六校联合调研) For most people.money still means physical cash printed by a sole( -public authority.Yet it may be short-lived,as cash gives way to the digitalization of finance and new means of payment may take over.The big change will have huge impacts on states,people and companies. Does it do more good than harm?Eswar Prasad,a senior professor of International Trade Policy at Cornell University,says in his book The Future of Money,it depends on central banks-whether they can embrace change without losing control.He insists the end of cash- likely within a decade or two-is revolutionary. As for the trend that cash is declining,Mr Prasad explains that it is due to the fact that many people bank from laptops and make payments on their phones.Bitcoin and other digital money it has inspired bring about a more fundamental shift,which makes payments possible without the need for a trusted,central authority.However,banks remain dominant.Fearing this could make them out of a job,many central banks are beginning to catch up with the pace by developing their own digital currencies-CBDCs,which will upgrade the financial system. Mr Prasad says they are more efficient than cash for settling transactions(交易结算).They could also provide support to digital payment systems managed by private firms.They could offer"unbanked" communities access to digital payments and other financial products.And they may make it easier to track illegal transactions. However,Mr Prasad fears CBDCs may be vulnerable(脆弱的)to hacking and bugs;they could kill private innovation and cause the instability they are meant to prohibit.The privacy of transactions will be lost. He also manages to make the financial system understandable and interesting.His patient description of how it works includes numbers of well-researched examp