Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strange【C1】______to use as money, 【C2】______in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an【C3】______necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their【C4】______, were used as money in some countries until recent【C5】______, and cakes of salt【C6】______buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shells【C7】______as money at some time【C8】______another over the greater part of the Old World. These were【C9】______mainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across the【C10】______from East to West. Metal, valued by weight, 【C11】______coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countries【C12】______paper money. It can either be exchanged【C13】______goods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze, 【C14】______in flat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called "cash". The【C15】______of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old—older than the earlist coins of the eastern Mediterranean. Nowadays, coins and notes have【C16】______nearly all the more picturesque【C17】______of money, and【C18】______in one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonial【C19】______such as weddings and funerals, examples of【C20】______money will soon be found only in museums.
单选题
【C1】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:本题考查名词辨析。把原句简化为salt is a(n),就会一目了然了。盐是一种物质,所以选C项substance。object“物体,实物”,article“一件具体的物品或物件”,category“种类,范畴”均不符合题意。
【答案解析】解析:本题考查名词辨析。搞清楚cakes of salt“盐饼”是用来做什么的,便可判断选哪个词。因为cakes of salt是当钱用的,要标明的自然是其价值了,因此B项value为正确答案。此题有可能误选weight,但由于cakes of salt是用来当钱使的,所以value最合适。其余选项不符合文意,故排除。
【答案解析】解析:本题考查逻辑关系。这是一个并列句,第一个主语(cakes of salt)的谓语用的是过去时态(were used),说明cakes of salt一直用到最近为止;第二个主语还是cakes of salt,而谓语是现在时态(buy),说明它现在仍然可以用来买东西,故C项still为正确答案。even和also表递进关系,不符合题意。never不符合逻辑。
单选题
【C7】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:本题考查谓语动词的时态。sea shells被当作钱来使用是过去(at some time是过去时间)的事情,故A项had been used为正确答案。are used是一般现在时,不合适。would be used是过去将来时,would have been used是过去将来完成时,这两种时态要么用于虚拟语气,要么多用于间接引语中,这里均不合适。
单选题
【C8】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:本题考查固定搭配。at some time or another表示“曾经,一度”,为固定搭配,故D项or为正确选项。其他三项均不能构成此意,故排除。
单选题
【C9】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:本题考查动词辨析。明确These是指sea shells后就能确定这里应填的动词是A项collected。to collect sea shells from the beach意为“在海滩上捡贝壳”。produce“生产,制造”,grow“种植,栽培,生长”,raise“饲养”均不符合题意。
单选题
【C10】
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】解析:本题考查名词辨析。from East to West是指从非洲东部到非洲西部,而非洲是continent“大陆”,故D项continent为正确答案。city“城市”,district“地区”,community“社区”,这三项均不能用来指非洲。
【答案解析】解析:本题考查逻辑关系。根据people still keep it和it will soon be found only in museums可以确定应该用连词although引出让步状语从句,故B项although为正确答案。while引导比较状语从句,because引导原因状语从句,if引导条件状语从句,均不符合文意。