Question

【題目】根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

【1】People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money today is made of metal or paper.【2】One of the first kinds of money was shells.

Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.

The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center.【3】.

Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money.【4】Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money.【5】The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.

Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.

A. The first coins in England were made of tin (錫).

B. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.

C. No one knows for certain when people began to use money.

D. People strung (串連) them together and carried them from place to place.

E. Money, as we know, is all made of paper. (涂AB)

F. They began to use paper money. (涂AC)

G. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. (涂AD)

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【5】F

【解析】

【1】G 根據下一句People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want.人們用錢來購買所需要的物品。本句列舉了錢能夠買什么樣的東西，那么前句應該是總結。G項：Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.與第二句語義一致。

【2】B 前句Most of the money today is made of metal or paper.可知現(xiàn)在很多錢都是由金屬和紙做成的。其中的now說明是現(xiàn)在的情況，那么第二句應該敘述過去的情況，所以B項But people used to use all kinds of things as money.人們過去把很多東西都當成錢。后面一句One of the first kinds of money was shells正是過去用作錢的事物的舉例說明。故B正確。

【3】D 根據前句They were round and had a square hole in the center.可知在最初的金屬硬幣中有圓的洞，人們把這些錢串在一起隨身攜帶。故D項上下文串聯(lián)相一致。

【4】A 根據前句Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 不同的國家的錢使用不同的金屬和不同的設計方案。接著應該舉例說明，所以A項The first coins in England were made of tin (錫).以及后句Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money.都是對第一句的解釋說明。故A正確。

【5】F 根據前兩句But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money.可知金銀攜帶不方便，中國人就想起其他的方法進行改進，于是紙幣就出現(xiàn)了。故F項正確。