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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], IB], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
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 62 to use as money, 63 in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an 64 necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their 65 , were used as money in some countries until recent 66 , and cakes of salt 67 buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa.
Sea shells 68 as money at some time 69 another over the greater part of the Old World. These were 70 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 71 from East to West.
Metal, valued by weight, 72 coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countries 73 paper money. It can either be exchanged 74 goods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze, 75 in fiat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called "cash". The 76 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 77 nearly all the more picturesque 78 of money, and 79 in one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonial 80 such as weddings and funerals, examples of 81 money will soon be found only in museums.
62.
[A] object
[B] article
[C] substance
[D] category
63.
[A] but
[B] and
[C] so
[D] even
64.
[A] abstract
[B] advantageous
[C] abundant
[D] absolute
65.
[A] weight
[B] value
[C] role
[D] size
66.
[A] times
[B] events
[C] situations
[ D] conditions
67.
[A] even
[B] also
[C] still
[D] never
68.
[A] had been used
[B] are used
[C] would be used
[D] would have been used
69.
[A] and
[B] but
[C] yet
[D] or
70.
[A] collected
[B] produced
[C] grown
[D] raised
71.
[A] city
[B] district
[C] community
[D] continent
72.
[A] processed
[B] produced
[C] preceded
[D] proceeded
73.
[A] in spite of
[B] instead of
[C] along with
[D] in line with
74.
[A] against
[B] as
[C]in
[D] fur
75.
[A] often
[B] seldom
[C] really
[D] much
76.
[A] earlier
[B] earliest
[C] better
[D] best
77.
[A] replaced
[B] reproduced
[C] reflected
[D] recovered
78.
[A] sizes
[B] shapes
[C] formats
[D] forms
79.
[A] while
[B] although
[C] because
[D] if
80.
[A] events
[B] gatherings
[C] occasions
[D] assemblies
81.
[A] original
[B] primitive
[C] historical
[D] crude
文章精要
本文主要讲述了货币的悠久历史和发展过程。当今世界，有些地方仍然把食盐、贝壳或金属作为货币来使用。在非洲的一些地方，大块的食盐被印上标价来交换物品；在古代，从印度洋收集的贝壳也被作为货币使用过：金属按照重量作为价值也在很多地区使用过，这是中国古代货币的一种形式。现在这些货币的形式大都已经被硬币和纸币替代，或许将来只能在博物馆看到它们了。
62．C词义辨析题。该句意为“食盐似乎看起来是作为货币使用的一种非常奇怪的__________”。object意为“物体；目标”；article意为“物品；条款”；substance意为“物质”；category意为“种类，类别”，结合句意只有C符合。
63．A逻辑衔接题。该句意为“__________在以蔬菜为主要食物的国家，它经常是一种__________必需品”，可见该句与前一句是转折关系，故选A。
64．D词义辨析题。abstract意为“抽象的”；advantageous意为“有利的，有益的”；abundant意为“丰富的，充裕的”；absolute意为“绝对的，完全的”。此处要表达“它经常是一种绝对需要的必需品”，故选D。
65．B词义辨析题。该句意为“成块的食盐被印上标签标明它们的__________，在一些国家被用来当作货币”，既然是当作货币，那么就要体现它的价值。value意为“价值”，故选B。weight意为“重量”；role意为“作用”；size意为“尺寸，大小”。
66．A词义辨析题。times意为“时代”；event意为“事件”；situation意为“位置，形势”；condition意为“条件，情况”。根据上下文此处要表达食盐直到近代仍然在一些国家作为货币使用，故选A。
67．C词义辨析题。该句意为“成块的食盐__________在Borne0和非洲的一些地方用来买商品”，只有still(仞燃)符合句意，故选C。even意为“甚至”；also意为“也，还”；never．意为“从不，绝不”，均排除。
68．A语法结构题。上文说到食盐被用作货币，该段指出贝壳也曾被用作货币，所以要用过去完成时的被动语态。故选A(had been used)。
69．D逻辑衔接题。该句意为“贝壳作为货币在古代世界的大部分地区的某个时代或另一些时代使用过”，可见此处某个时代和另一些时代是选择关系，故选D。
70．A词义辨析题。该句意为“这些贝壳是从印度洋Maldives岛__________的”。collect意为“收集，搜集”；produce意为“生产，制造”；grow意为“生长，种植”；raise意为“饲养”，结合句意本题选A。
71．D词义辨析题。city意为“城市”；district意为“区，地区”；community意为“社区”；continent意为“大陆，洲”。此处表达“在非洲，贝壳在非洲大陆从东到西被用来进行贸易”，故选D。
72．C词义辨析题。process意为“加工，处理”；produce意为“生产，制造”；precede意为“在……之前；优于”；proceed意为“开始，行进”。此处要表达“金属由重量来表明价值，在世界的很多地方于硬币之前就出现了”，故选C。
73．B词义辨析题。该句意为“成块、成条或者环状的铁仍然在很多国家__________纸币使用”。in spite of意为“尽管，即使”；instead of意为“代替”；a long with意为“共同，一起”；inline with意为“按照”，由此可见空处只能填“代替”，故选B。
74．D惯用搭配题。该句意为“它可以被用来交换商品或者制成工具、武器、装饰品”。exchange for是固定搭配．意为“交换……”，故选D。
75．A词义辨析题。此句意为“中国早期的货币，除贝壳以外，都是用铜制成的，__________是平平的、圆圆的，中间有个孔”，可见此处说的是早期货币通常的样子，often表示“经常”，符合句意，故选A。
76．B语法结构题。由of these可以判断此处是最高级形式，the earliest指“最早的”，故选B。
77．A词义辨析题。该句意为“现在，硬币和纸币已经__________几乎所有独特的货币……”。replace意为“代替，替代”；reproduce意为“再生，繁殖”；reflect意为“反映”；recover意为“恢复，复原”，结合句意本题选A。
78．D词义辨析题。该句意为“硬币和纸币已经取代了几乎所有的独特的货币__________”。size意为“尺寸，大小”；shape意为“形状”；format意为“模式”；form意为“形式”，结合句意本题选D。
79．B逻辑衔接题。该句意为“在更加偏远的__________两个国家里人们仍然把它留作将来在一些仪式场合使用”，与前一句形成转折关系，故选B。
80．C词义辨析题。该句意为“将来的仪式__________例如婚礼和葬礼”。event意为“事件”；gathering意为“集合，集会”；occasion意为“场合”；assembly意为“集合，集会”，结合句意本题选C。
81．B词义辨析题。该句意为“不久，__________货币的各种形式只能在博物馆里看到”，此处应指原始的货币。primitive意为“原始的，远古的”，符合句意，故选B。original意为“最初的”；historical意为“历史的”；crude意为“天然的，未加工的”。
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发表于 2016-7-11 19:07:19