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11.GoldIndia is the world's largest market for gold jewellery.In much of Asia,the Middle East and India,around two-thirds of the jewellery purchased is used as a way of saving money as well as being worn as a decorative item.The use of jewellery as a way of saving money is often important in rural areas where finding a bank is difficult or even impossible.People buy gold because its value stays strong even when the value of money goes down.
Gold jewellery has often been a woman's only valuable possession,and in some families this is still true.A woman's gold can therefore be her only protection against personal misfortune.Today,all around the world,sales of gold jewellery have grown by over 20% per year,because everyone is confident that gold won't lose its value.Demand for gold is so high that gold mines cannot supply enough.
Gold's function as a decoration,as jewellery,has been evident for thousands of years.Since the earliest times,the beauty and richness of gold,along with the fact that it does not change its colour,has meant that it has always been the favourite metal of jewellers.The earliest gold jewellery dates from the Sumerian civilisation that was at its most powerful around 6,000years ago.In the Middle Ages,ancient people attempted to make gold from other metals.They used gold in medicines designed to fight old age and prolong life.
Gold also performs important functions in many aspects of everyday life.It does not react when it comes into contact with other substances and this,along with other unique properties,makes it useful in medicine and many other areas that we consider essential to our modern lives.
During heart surgery,gold-covered"stent"are put into blocked arteries to help the flow of blood.These gadgets need to be carefully positioned.Gold is ideal for this because it shows up clearly on X-rays and can easily be located by doctors.A pacemaker,a device inserted in the body to keep the heartbeat regular,also contains gold.Gold is used in all of these applications because of its high level of reliability.Gold also helps doctors to deliver precise doses of powerful drugs to the parts of the body where they are required.
Gold has many other applications in modern life as it conducts electricity very efficiently.The standard touch-tone telephone contains 33contacts made from gold.Air-bag systems fitted in more than 30million cars around the world rely on gold-coated electrical contacts.And every time you touch a key on your computer it strikes a gold circuit that sends your command to the computer's microprocessor.In fact,you have probably never realised how much gold there is in your everyday life.
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78.Compared with money,people prefers gold because ofits stroger value than money.
79.Gold were used in medicines because ancient people believed it couldfight old age and prolong life.
80.Why can gold be used in pacemaker?Because it has a high level of reliability
81.What makes the application of gold in electronic products possible?It is because it conducts electricity very efficiently.
分析 文章大意:本文介绍了金子在古代和现代的各种用途.除了用作首饰,在古代人们就知道在货币贬值的时候金子的价值也是稳定的.所以人们更喜欢储藏金子以达到保值的作用.在中世纪人们把金子用于药物,因为他们认为金子有对抗变老和延长生命的作用.金子在现代社会因为它有效地导电性和它的稳定性,有了更多的其他的用途.例如在心脏起搏器和造影技术上的运用以及电力设备中的作用
解答 78.Compared with money,people prefers gold because of its stroger value than money.根据第一段的末尾 People buy gold because its value stays strong even when the value of money goes down.可以知道即使在货币贬值的时候金子的价值也是稳定的.所以人们更喜欢储藏金子而不是货币.
79.Gold were used in medicines because ancient people believed it couldfight old age and prolong life.根据第三段的末尾They used gold in medicines designed to fight old age and prolong life.可以知道古代人把金子用于药物是因为他们认为金子有对抗变老和延长生命的作用.
80.Because it has a high level of reliability.根据第五段第三行Gold is used in all of these applications because of its high level of reliability.可以知道金子能有这些用途是因为它极高的可信赖性,也就是它的稳定性.
81.It is because it conducts electricity very efficiently.根据最后一段第一行Gold has many other applications in modern life as it conducts electricity very efficiently可以知道金子在现代社会有其他的用途是因为它有效地导电性.
点评 本题考查阅读表达.阅读表达题是高考的重点题型之一,它主要考查考生整体理解文章大意,获取有效信息的能力,在做题时要审好题,抓住关键词,然后根据关键词找到答案的位置,再根据题目进行语言结构的调整以符合句子的结构
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A. | must | B. | should | C. | could | D. | will |
A. | studies | B. | studying | C. | to have studied | D. | having studied |
Jennifer went down the stairs to where her mother and father,(24)Aquiet,were waiting.She even felt a sense of guilt deep (25)B her when she admitted to herself how longingly she had (26)D getting away from her home and starting a new life in the college.
They went out through the front door.Dad put the suitcases in the back of the (27)C,and then came forward to hold the front door open."Sit in the (28)A,dear,"her mother suggested,touching her arm gently,and Jennifer noticed that her mother was (29)Bone of those sad-looking smiles.In fact,she was afraid her mother might even (30)Dat the train station.
Her father pulled out of their driveway and Jennifer turned for one last look at the house.
They pulled up at the station then.The train was coming.There were last-minute questions,words of advice,and then (31)B.
"Well,I'm on my way.Don't worry about me,everything will be OK,"Jennifer said (32)D.
When her father took the picture,she noticed her mother wasn't weepy at all-the smile on her face wasn't (33)Bsad-looking.
Through the window,Jennifer held (34)Dwith her eyes as the train moved away slowly.They were standing close together,and somehow it (35)Dthe memory of that day when she was seven-when she had persuaded them to let her (36)Athe big Ferris wheel(摩天轮) all by herself.She had sat still in the (37)Cmiddle of the seat as she did just now in the car,feeling (38)B that even if she fell,even if the Ferris wheel itself fell,she had known they would catch her.
Suddenly she felt tears (39)D her eyes.She wiped her eyes one last time and found her parents out of (40)Awhen she looked back again.
21.A.Finishing | B.Attending | C.Entering | D.Continuing |
22.A.frequent | B.sudden | C.brief | D.regular |
23.A.sad | B.slow | C.eager | D.quiet |
24.A.strangely | B.badly | C.normally | D.definitely |
25.A.from | B.within | C.into | D.of |
26.A.looked up to | B.got used to | C.got bored with | D.looked forward to |
27.A.seat | B.wheel | C.car | D.driveway |
28.A.middle | B.back | C.front | D.side |
29.A.flashing | B.wearing | C.forcing | D.shaping |
30.A.arrive | B.escape | C.faint | D.cry |
31.A.decisions | B.hugs | C.changed | D.rushes |
32.A.loudly | B.sadly | C.impatiently | D.heartily |
33.A.all | B.even | C.only | D.once |
34.A.it | B.her | C.him | D.them |
35.A.kept away | B.stuck to | C.wiped off | D.brought back |
36.A.ride | B.catch | C.play | D.drive |
37.A.same | B.right | C.exact | D.similar |
38.A.afraid | B.certain | C.sorry | D.peaceful |
39.A.controlled | B.rolled | C.emptied | D.flooded |
40.A.sight | B.mind | C.station | D.memory |
A. | taken up | B. | taken on | C. | taken in | D. | taken off |