单选题
Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strange (21) to use as money, (22) in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an (23) necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their (24) , were used as money in some countries until recent (25) , and cakes of salt (26) buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shells (27) as money at some time (28) another over the greater part of the Old World. These were (29) 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 (30) from East to West. Metal, valued by weight, (31) coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countries (32) paper money. It can either be exchanged (33) goods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze, (34) in flat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called "cash". The (35) of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old-older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean. Nowadays, coins and notes have (36) nearly all the more picturesque (37) of money, and (38) in one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonial (39) such as weddings and funerals, examples of (40) money will soon be found only in museums.
单选题
A. object B. article C. substance D. category
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题考查名词辨析。object“物质”,多指用触觉或者视觉可以感觉到的东西(a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow);article“物品”;substance“物质;实质”;category“种类,分类”。第一段说“盐、贝壳和金属被当做钱…”,强调的为一种物质的这一实质,因此正确答案为C“substance”。
单选题
A. abstract B. advantageous C. abundant D. absolute
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】本题考查形容词辨析。abstract“抽象的”,与concrete“具体的”相对;advantageous“有利的,有益的”,常作表语,修饰后面的名词时,常表示后面的名词能让别的物获利,如advantageous rules意思是rules that can give advantage to...;abundant“充裕的,丰富的”,通常指数量上多;absolute“完全的”。四个选项中只有absolute可与necessity搭配,表示“绝对必要”,因此正确答案为D“absolute”。
单选题
A. times B. events C. situations D. conditions
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题考查固定搭配。recent times表示“最近”,time的复数形式有时代之意,这里表达的是古今对比,讲的是一个时间段,也可由此推出times为答案。event“事件”;situation“情况;形势;处境;位置”;condition“条件;情况;环境;身份”。situation与condition也是完形填空题目中经常出现的单词,注意两者差别,condition着重于人、事、物的具体条件、状态、行为,如His condition is dangerous.;situation着重于人、事、物的抽象、比拟、较大方面的形势、境遇、场所,如Measures must be taken to meet this situation.。背几个常用搭配也是区别易混单词的好方式之一。
单选题
A. even B. also C. still D. never
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题考查语境理解。此空前面说盐过去(由were used as可看出)到现在(until recent...) 一直在某些国家用做钱,然后由and引出并列句子,26空后的动词buy为现在时,可知说的是前面的状态一直延续到现在,所以正确答案为C“still”。这一段的意思是“把盐当做钱可能看起来相当奇怪,但是在一些以蔬菜为主要食物的国家,它们是必需品。在有些国家,标注价值的盐块儿从过去流通到现在,婆罗洲和非洲的一些地方仍然用盐块儿来交换商品。”
单选题
A. had been used B. are used C. would be used D. would have been
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】本题考查语法。本句中此空后面都是用过去时,所以此空需要填过去的某个时态。salt为被使用,所以选择C“would be used”,这里would还表示过去常常。这句需要注意与time相关的几个词组辨析:some time“某段时间”;“sometime”某个时间,常用将来时;some times“几次”;sometimes为副词,表示“有时,间或”。所以正确答案为C“would be used”。
【答案解析】本题考查形容词的比较级和最高级。后面出现older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean,显然这里是将中国最早的钱币和东地中海最早的钱币进行对比,所以正确答案选B“earliest”。无论是完形填空还是阅读理解,都应该格外注意引号、破折号、表转折的词汇所引出来的关键信息点、hints等。
单选题
A. replaced B. reproduced C. reflected D. recovered
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】本题考查动词辨析。replace“代替”,replace A with B指“用B代替A”;reproduce“复制,再生”;reflect“反映;反射”;recover“恢复;修补”。现在人们使用coins和notes,很少使用原来的钱币了,也就是替代了原来的钱币,所以正确答案为A“replace”。