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Howeveryouviewcreditcards,itshardtoliveinthe

modemworldwithoutone.Andifyouhaveone,youoweitto

yourselftouseitproperly.

Althoughcreditcardsarebecomingamoreacceptablepart

ofthefinancialscene,theyarestillregardedwithsuspicion

bymanyasbeingamajorpartofthelivenowpaylatersyndrome.

Alongwithhirepurchase,rentalandleasingschemes,they

provideencouragementtospendmoremoney.Theycanallowyou

topileupdebtsthatyouhavedifficultypayingoff,theycan

alsoletyouspendnextmonthssalarytoday.Ofcourse,itis

onlythefoolhardywhosuccumbtothetemptationtolive,

temporarilyatleast,beyondtheirmeans,andsuchpeoplewould

nodoubtmanagetodosoevenwithoutcreditcards.

Advertisingcampaignshave,however,promotedagrowing

realizationoftheadvantagesofthesesmallpiecesofplastic.

Theyobviatetheneedtocarrylargeamountsofcashandare

alwaysusefulinemergencies.Allthecreditcardorganizations

chargeinterestonamonthlybasiswhichmayworkoutashigh

as25percentayear,yetjudiciouspurchasingusingacard

canmeanthatyouobtainuptosevenweeksinterestfreecredit.

Usingmecardabroadwhereitemsfrequentlytakealongtime

tobeincludedonyouraccountcanextendthisperiodeven

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further.

Itisworthwhileshoppingaroundbeforedecidingona

particularcreditcard.Itisnecessarytoconsidertheamount

ofcreditgranted;interestrates,whichmayvaryslightly;che

numberandrangeofoutlets,choughmostcardscovermajor

garages,hotels,restaurantsanddepartmentsstores:andof

course,whathappensifyourcardislostorstolenAcredit

cardchiefmaybesittingonapotentialgoldmine

particularlyifthereisdelayinreportingthelossofthecard.

Usingacreditcardwiselytakesdisciplineandalittle

self-control.Onceyourealizeyourdebtissomeoneelse's

profitmargin,yourapproachtoyourplasticwillchange.With

abitofdisciplineandsomepracticalknowledge,youcanmake

yourcardsworkforyou.ratherthantheotherwayround.As

amatteroffact,acreditcardcancostnothingoratleast

helptotideyouoveraperiodoffinancialdifficulty.

1.Manypeoplesuspectthatcreditcardslurepeople

to.

2.Theauthorseemstobelievethatevenintheabsence

ofcreditcards.somepeoplewould

undoubted!y.

3.InPara.3,inadditiontotheadvantagesofnoneed

locarrycashandbeingusefulinemergencies,whatelseissaid

tobetheadvantageofcreditcards?

4.WhatisthemainideaofPara.4?

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5.Acreditcardusercancontrolhimselftotakebetter

advantageofcreditcardifheknowswellthetruth

that.

答案：

1.[spendmoremoney/usetomorrowsmoney/livenowandpay

later]

[定位]第2段第1、2句。

解析：题干中的lure是原文encouragement的同义表达，因

此encouragement后的不定式为本题提供了答题依据。此外，第1句

的'liv。nowpaylater意思与之相近，也可为答案。

2.[livebeyondtheirmeans/livenowandpaylater]

[定位]第2段末句。

解析：题干中的intheabsenceofcreditcards对应原句

的withoutcreditcards,联系前半句可知原句中doso指的是live

beyondtheirmeans,即为答案。

3.[Beingabletoenjoythefreeinterestincertain

period]

[定位]第3段最后两句C

解析：第3段第2句首先提到了信用卡的两个优点：noneedto

carrycash和beingusefulinemergencieso第3句在提到它收取

高额利息后，用yet表转折提出它的第三个优点：interestfree

credit,最后一句加以补充说明。

4.[Whatshouldbeconsideredbeforeyoudecideona

creditcard]

[定位]第4段首句。

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解析：根据主题句第1句及第2句中“Itisnecessaryto

consider..."所列举的事项可以得出结论：该段主要讲述选择信用

卡时要考虑的一些因素。

5.[hisdebtistheba