One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw or deposit money in scattered locations, whether or not the local branch bank is open. For many of us the "cashless society" is not on the horizon-it's already here.

While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep track of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to reorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffing assignments to be made accordingly. And they also identify preferred customers for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied on by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer-analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future, and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself.

Numerous other commercial enterprise, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more efficient services to consumers through the use of computers.

55. According to the passage, the credit card enables its owner to__.
[A] withdraw as much money from the bank as he wishes
[B] obtain more convenient services than other people do
[C] enjoy greater trust from the storekeeper
[D] cash money wherever he wishes to

[答案] B

[解題思路]

本題對應于文章第一段的第二句話，即"They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well"（ 信用卡持有者可在商店、飯店、賓館，以及在當地、外地甚至國外賒購貨物，同時信用卡還可以使他們得到銀行提供的許多服務）。B選項符合該句的內容，是正確選項。A選項很明顯是錯誤的，C選項則在原文中沒有提及。D選項的表述過于絕對，該段第三句話中的"scattered locations"（分散的地點）決不意味著"wherever he wishes to"，從常理判斷這也是不可能的，因此該選項也是錯誤答案。

[題目譯文]

根據本文，信用卡能使其主人        。
[A] 從銀行中得到他想要的無論多少數目的錢
[B] 比其他人得到了更多的便利服務
[C] 享受商店老板更多的信任
[D] 可以在任何地方取現