C

WithaVISAcardinyourhand,theworldopensuptoyou.Withmorethan24millionplacesacrosstheworldacceptingVISA,youcanuseyourVISAcardinsteadofcashtopayforyoureverydaypurchases—whetheryouareshoppingatthegrocerystore,diningatarestaurant,fillingyourcarwithpetrolorbuyingtheperfectgiftonyourtravels.YoucanevenuseittogetcashfrommorethanonemillionATMsaroundtheworld.

Toavoideventhatinconvenience,youcantakethefollowingbasicprecautions:Whenyougetyourcard:

Signthesignaturepanelimmediately;4BIfyouhavebeengivenaPIN(personalidentificationnumber)touseatacashmachineorinshops,memorizeit—neverwriteitdown;

IfyouchooseyourownPIN,orchangetheoneyouweregiven,avoidobviouschoicessuchasyourdateofbirthortelephonenumber;

DonottellanyoneyourPIN;

Athome

Keepyoursalesandcashmachinereceiptsandcheckthemagainstyourcardorbankstatement;

Ifanyamountisincorrectoryouspotatransactionyoudidnotmake,callthebankorotherorganizationsthatissuedyourcardimmediately;

Keepalistofyourcardnumbers,alongwiththetelephonenumbersyoushouldcalliftheyarelostorstolen.

Intheshop

Checkthesalessliptoensuretheamountiscorrectandthetotalhasbeenfilledinbeforeyousign;

Makesuretheretailergivesthecardbacktoyou,alongwithyourcopyofthevoucher(收据）；

Keepyourcardclosetoyou—bewareofpickpockets(扒手);

Donotleaveyourcardinyourcar’sglovecompartment.

Telephoneandmailordershopping:

Whenyouplaceanorderoverthetelephoneorbymail,giveyourcardnumberonlyifyouareconfidentaboutthecompany’sreputation;

YoumightbeaskedforyourVISAcardsecuritycode—thethreedigitsattheendofthecardnumberprintedonthesignaturepanel.GivethesellerthatcodebutnevergiveyourPIN.

43.IfyouwereaskedforyourVISAcardsecuritycode,whatwouldyoudo?

A.Nevertellthecardnumbertoanybody

B.CheckthecardnumberandnevergiveyourPIN

C.Giveyourcardnumberonlyifyouareconfidentaboutthecompany

D.Callthebankorotherorganizationsforhelp

44.What’saVISAcard?

A.It’sacardthatyoucanusetopayforsomething.

B.It’sacardwhichincludesaP