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 knife 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(铜) 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. People strung(串连) them together and carried them from place to place.

D. They began to use paper money.

E. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.

读下列短文,把A--E五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整正确。

完形填空 先通读下而的短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并住答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A team of students who were successful in their work got together to visit their old teacher after graduating from college many years later. The talk soon turned into complaints about in work and life.

Before offering his students coffee, the teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and different kinds of cups—plastic, glass, porcelain(陶瓷), crystal(水晶), some common and cheap, some beautiful and —telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

After all the guests had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said: “If you noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the common and cheap ones. While it is for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is where your problems and stress come from. We all know that the cup itself no quality to the coffee. In most cases is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you all went for the best cups. And then you began looking at each other’s cups.”

Now consider this: is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life, and the type of cup we have does not decide, nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by only paying attention to the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.

God makes the coffee, not the cups. Enjoy your coffee!

“The people don’t have the best of everything. They just the best of everything.”

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

1.A. stress B. difficulty C. sadness D. loss

2.A. excellent B. bright C. expensive D. comfortable

3.A. careful B. natural C. polite D. formal

4.A. increases B. affords C. adds D. provides

5.A. this B. it C. either D. one

6.A. possibly B. generally C. really D. hardly

7.A. Life B. Joy C. Chance D. Success

8.A. fail B. hope C. need D. learn

9.A. coolest B. richest C. saddest D. happiest

10.A. have B. use C. make D. put

阅读表达

阅读下面的短文,并根据文章后的要求答题(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

〔1〕The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, is celebrated on lunar(农历) May 5th. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating zongzi and racing dragon(龙) boats. (88) In order to remember Qu Yuan one of the greatest poets in China people hold the dragon boat races every year. That is the origins(起源) of this festival.

〔2〕Qu Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei Province over 2,200 years ago. Qu Yuan was an honest offieial(官员) of the state of Chu, during the Warring States Period (战国时期) (475—221 BC). He was upright(正直的) and wise. He wanted to bring his country peace and make the state stronger, (89)____________ the country was in the hands of bad officials. So he failed. At last, he was very disappointed(失望的). He ended his life by throwing himself into the Miluo River. It was said that people jumped from boats into the river and tried to save him. But it was too late. Also, they were very sad. They threw zongzi into the water to feed the fish in the river. They hoped that the fish would eat zongzi instead of the poet’s body.

〔3〕Now we often read his poem Li Sao which is filled with deep love for his country. We can see the dragon boat races and have a kind of Chinese food named zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival.

根据短文内容,完成下列小题。

1.Why did people throw zongzi into the water after Qu Yuan died? (no more than 15 words)

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2. What was Qu Yuan like? (no more than 7 words)

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3. Translate the underlined sentences in Paragraph 1 into Chinese.

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4.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with a proper word.

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5.给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。

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完形填空

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项。

Dear teacher,

I was a student of yours in Grade Six, and I hope you still remember me. I’m this letter because I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me.

I know I be very quiet in your class, and you never said much to me. But you did something that made a big in my life. You see, all through my first year in schools, I hated to read. Books were just words that had to do with me, and I felt bored while reading them. I’ll never the first day of Grade Six when you took out a thick book and began to read the story to our class. It that your voice changed with the people in the story, and you drew pictures in my mind as you read . After that day, I always waited for the time that you read to the class. You us all kinds of wonderful stories.

During the summer after my year in your class, I missed the stories you read. So one day I picked up a book and it all by myself. I found out that I could make the words , too. Now, I love to read! Thank you for opening the world of books for me.

Yours,

Linda

1.A. watching B. reading C. writing D. getting

2.A. used B. used to C. was used D. was used to

3.A. difference B. mistake C. decision D. progress

4.A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything

5.A. remember B. know C. forget D. understand

6.A. liked B. looked C. looked like D. seemed

7.A. loud B. quiet C. aloud D. silently

8.A. told B. wrote C. borrowed D. taught

9.A. drew B. listened to C. read D. kept

10.A. boring B. patient C. necessary D. interesting

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