Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

【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 (锡).

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 (串连) 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 根据下一句People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want.人们用钱来购买所需要的物品。本句列举了钱能够买什么样的东西，那么前句应该是总结。G项：Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.与第二句语义一致。

【2】B 前句Most of the money today is made of metal or paper.可知现在很多钱都是由金属和纸做成的。其中的now说明是现在的情况，那么第二句应该叙述过去的情况，所以B项But people used to use all kinds of things as money.人们过去把很多东西都当成钱。后面一句One of the first kinds of money was shells正是过去用作钱的事物的举例说明。故B正确。

【3】D 根据前句They were round and had a square hole in the center.可知在最初的金属硬币中有圆的洞，人们把这些钱串在一起随身携带。故D项上下文串联相一致。

【4】A 根据前句Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 不同的国家的钱使用不同的金属和不同的设计方案。接着应该举例说明，所以A项The first coins in England were made of tin (锡).以及后句Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money.都是对第一句的解释说明。故A正确。

【5】F 根据前两句But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money.可知金银携带不方便，中国人就想起其他的方法进行改进，于是纸币就出现了。故F项正确。