单选题
Benjamin Franklin just got a face-lift. And it's about time. Over the past seven years, the Treasury Department has redesigned the $5, $10, $20 and $50 bills, citing counterfeiting (1) On April 21, the $100 bill (2) its fellows when the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) unveiled its latest bill. The $100 bill is the highest-denomination note in (3) and can weather more than seven years of (4) A humble $1 bill lasts only 21 months. The American Revolution's continental currency-the first attempt (5) national tender-did not have the same kind of (6) . So much of the money was produced to (7) the war that it quickly (8) . In 1863, Congress (9) the issuance of paper tender, much of which was easy to counterfeit. It is estimated that one-third of money circulating at the time was (10) . But that didn't stop the government from producing (11) of it. By the time the BEP was officially established in 1874, the Treasury Department had been creating (12) for more than a decade-with dozens of clerks manually cutting and signing bills before the process was (13) The U.S. started producing coins in 1792. The first piece of money to feature a President's (14) was a coin: the Abraham Lincoln penny, created in 1909. And (15) the fact that it costs to make each
单选题
A. consciousness B. tolerance C. sincerity D. concerns
【答案解析】语义逻辑题,兼考查词义辨析。根据空格前的weather more than seven years和空格后所提到的“一元纸币只能供使用21个月”,可推断出此处空格要填入能表示“使用”的词。四个选项中,只有C项是符合题意的。 本题D项干扰性较强,application“应用”通常表示某种技术、系统或者产品的应用,不适合用于描述纸币;A项usage强调的是使用方法,用在此处不符题意,故排除;B项“存在、生存、发生”无法体现出“纸币的使用”这一语义。
单选题
A. to B. in C. on D. at
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】固定搭配题。考查名词和介词的搭配。空格处需填入介词和attempt组合成表示“尝试”的短语,只有D项符合题意。attempt at意为“在某方面尝试、努力、企图”。如:Their first attempt at a solution was unsuccessful。 attempt后面也可以跟to,但是,后面需要跟动词原形,即attempt to do sth.,因此,A项不符合题意。它也可以和on连用,但经常用于attempt on one's life,表示“企图杀害某人”,on后面一般不跟别的宾语,故C也不符合题意。B、C两项不能和attempt搭配。
单选题
A. longevity B. span C. assumption D. regulation
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】语义逻辑题。需要联系上下文。前文中提到100元纸币可以用7年,而1元钱只能用21个月。也就是说前面几句话都是在讨论纸币的寿命。由the same kind可推断出空格所在句子承接上文依然在讨论货币的寿命,意为“大陆币没有那么长寿”。四个选项中可以表示“长寿、寿命”的只有A项。 本题根据上下文语义可首先排除C、D项。B项span单独使用时通常指“一段时间、间距”,也可与life连用(life span)表示“寿命”,这里没有出现life,故不能选。
【答案解析】语义逻辑题。此题需联系前文加以理解。前面一句话说,1863年国会批准发行法定纸币,其中很多都极容易仿制。文中money circulating at the time提示了空格所在句子是承接上句内容进行描述的,因此可以判断空格处应填入表示“假币、假的”等意义的词。只有A项符合题意。 B、C、D项均表示正面含义,与原文上下文语境不符,故都排除。
【答案解析】联接词题。考查句内逻辑关系。空格所缺词应该是联接词。它所联接的前半部分意为“制作一枚一美分的硬币,需要1.6美分”,后半部分意为“这种硬币比其他面额的硬币生产得多”。根据常理,既然制作成本比实际面值还高,应该少铸造这种硬币才是,但事实却是more pennies are produced。由此可判断,此处需要填入表示让步关系的联接词。B项符合题意。 A项意为“在……之下、承受着、在……期间”,C项意为“违反、对着、和……对比”,D项意为“作为、当作、像”。都不能表示让步,故不正确。
单选题
A. Popular B. Well-recieved C. Short-lived D. Notorious
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】语义逻辑题。这句话的关键是had no such luck“没有如此的好运”,“好运”指的就是前一句话中提到的:即使造一美分硬币需要1.6美分,这种硬币还是比其他面额的硬币生产得多。而下文由表并列关系的连词and引导分句,指出“10万美元的纸币虽然印刷过却从未发行过”,综合分析前后的逻辑关系,可以判断出这里说的500元面值等纸币应该是“短命的”,因此,C项符合题意。 A、B项意思相近,一道题不可能有两个答案,可首先排除。D项意为“声名狼藉的”用于形容纸币不符合语境。