Question

We have designed all our bank cards to make your life easier.

How to use your NatWest Servicecard

As a Switch card, it lets you pay for all sorts of goods and services, whenever you see the Switch logo. The money comes straight out of your account, so you can spend as much as you like as long as you have enough money (or an agreed overdraft(透支) to cover it. It is also a cheque guarantee(担保) card for up to the amount shown on the card. And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK.

How to use your NatWest Chshcard

You can use your Cashcard as a Sulo card to pay for goods and services wherever you see the Solo logo.  It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide. You can spend or withdraw(提取) what you have in your account, or as much as your agreed overdraft limit.

Using your card abroad

You can also use your Servicecard and Cashcard when you’re abroad. You can withdraw cash at cash machines and pay for goods and services wherever you see the Cirrus or Maestro logo displayed.

We take a commission charge(手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to ￡4) and a commission charge of 75 pence every time you use Maestro to pay for goods or services. We also apply a foreign-exchange transaction fee of 2.65%.

How to use your NatWest Credit Card

With your credit card you can do the following:

Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days’ interest-free credit.

Pay in over 24 million shops worldwide that display the Maestrocard or Visa logos.

Collect one AIR MILE for every ￡20 of spending that appears on your statement(结算单).

(This does not include foreign currency or traveler’s cheques bought, interest and other charges.)

If you carry the Servicecard or the Cashcard, _______.

   A. you can use it to guarantee things as you wish

   B. you can draw your money from cash machines conveniently

   C. you can spend as much money as you like without a limit

   D. you have to pay some extra money when you pay for services in the UK

If you withdraw ￡200 from a cash machine abroad, you will be charged ______.

   A. ￡4         B. ￡4.5        C. ￡5.25            D. ￡5.3

Which of the following is TRUE about using your NatWest Credit Card?

   A. You have to pay back with interest within 56 days.

B. You will be charged some interest beyond two months.

C. You can use the card in any shop across the world.

D. You will gain one air mile if you spend ￡20 on traveller’s cheques.

The purpose of the passage is to show you how to ______.

   A. play your cards right          B. use your cards abroad

   C. draw cash with your cards      D. pay for goods with your cards

Answer 1

【小题1】B

【小题2】A

【小题3】B

【小题4】A

解析:

【小题1】细节理解题。从第一部分最后一句And it gives you free access to your money from over 31,000 cash machines across the UK. 第二部分It can also give you access to your account and your cash from over 31,000 cash machines nationwide.可知答案。

【小题2】从第三部分We take a commission charge(手续费) of 2.25% of each cash withdrawal you make (up to ￡4) 。但(up to ￡4) （即最高只收￡4）可知答案。

【小题3】推理判断题。从第四部分Pay for goods and services and enjoy up to 56 days’ interest-free credit.可以推知，超过两个月要付利息。

【小题4】主旨大意题。从四个标题可以得知，本文教我们如何使用卡。