A credit card is a plastic card (or its
equivalent) to be used upon presentation by the cardholder to obtain money,
goods, or services, possibly under a line of credit established by the card
issuer. The cardholder is billed for any outstanding balance. Credit card customers are given a credit limit on the credit card account and can buy goods and services up to this amount. Normally, banks will set different credit lines to the different groups of cardholders. Every time cardholder uses a credit card for purchasing, he/she must sign a sales slip in the presence of the seller, and the signature is then compared to the signature on the card. Copies of the sales slips have the details of the card and they also show the details and amount of the sale. Each month the cardholder receives a statement from the bank which details all the trans- [填空题]Sometimes when they put their credit card numbers on the Internet to pay for the item, their numbers might be______.
[单项选择] HOW THE CREDIT CARD CAPTURED AMERICA
The proliferation of platinum American Express cards in the 1980s spawned rumors of an ultimate, highly exclusive, never publicized "Black Card". Carried by billionaires, it reportedly allowed holders to demand private shopping sprees at the world’’s most exclusive shops and to summon helicopters in the middle of Sahara. American express vehemently denies the existence of such a charge card. But the persistence of the myth suggests the social importance credit cards have for so many Americans. As one business writer puts it, "to have one’’s credit cards canceled is now akin to being excommunicated by the medieval church."
America’’s love affair with the credit card began in 1949, when businessman Frank X. McNamara finished a meal in a New York restaurant and then discovered he had no cash. In those days, gasoline and store charge cards were common, but cash was standard for almost everything else. The embarrassed McNamara c
A. The holder can spend freely at the best shops B. The credit card allows holders to pay their check without cash C. The holders can summon helicopters in desert D. The credit card is very important in American society. 我来回答: 提交
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