SHE RAISED HER HAND HIGH SO THAT SHE COULD ATTRACT HER TEACHER'S ATTE...

Câu 30: She raised her hand high so that she could attract her teacher's attention.

A. She had such a high raising of hand that she failed to attract her teacher's attention

B. Though she raised her hand high, she could not attract her teacher's attention.

C. Because her teacher attracted her, she raised her hand high.

D. To attract her teacher's attention, she raised her hand high.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to

indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Smart cards and mobile phones are becoming an increasingly popular way to make all sorts

of payments. Even now, in Japan thousands of transactions, from paying rail tickets to

picking up the groceries, take place every day with customers passing their handsets across a

small flat-screen device. And predictions in the world of finance reckon that payments

using mobile phones will have risen to more than $50 billion in the very near future.

What's the appeal of e-cash? Compared to cheques or credit cards, it offers the speed of cash,

but more so. It takes just one tenth of a second to complete most transactions and as no

change is required, errors in counting are eliminated. Fraud and theft are also reduced and

for the retailer, it reduces the cost of handling money. Sony's vision of having a chip

embedded in computers, TVs and games consoles means that films, music and games can

be paid for easily without having to input credit card details.

And what about the future of the banks? Within their grip on the market, banks and

creditcard firms want to be in a position to collect most of the fees from the users of mobile

and contactless-payment systems. But the new system could prove to be a "disruptive

technology" as far as the banks are concerned. If payments for a few coffees, a train ticket

and a newspaper are made every day by a commuter with a mobile, this will not appear on

their monthly credit card statements but on their mobile phone statements. And having spent

fortunes on branding, credit-card companies and banks do not want to see other payment

systems gaining popularity. It's too early to say whether banks will miss out and if so, by

how much. However, quite a few American bankers are optimistic. They feel there is reason

to be suspicious of those who predict that high-street banks may be a thing of the past. They

point out that Internet banking did not result in the closure of their high-street branches as

was predicted. On the contrary, more Americans than ever are using local branches. So,

whether we'll become a totally cash-free society remains open to contention.