题目内容
The Bank of England plans to change the £5 and £10 notes from paper to plastic in three years. Do you know the news? And what else do you know about money?
Nine thousand years ago,people did not have money. They traded animals for things they wanted. They traded crops for what they wanted.
In China,in about 1200B. C. , people traded shells for the things they wanted. Chinese people also traded metal tools for the things they wanted. For example,they traded metal knives and shovels for the things they wanted. Later in China,people made metal money. In about 100B. C. , the Chinese made money of animal skin. The first paper money was made from white colored deer skin. It came from China about 900 years later.
In about 700B. C. , people made the first round metal coins. The coins were made of gold and silver. They looked very similar to the coins we use today. These coins came from Lydia. Lydia was located where the country called Turkey is located today. After people made coins in Lydia,people in Rome,Iran,and Greece also began making coins. Coins were very durable —they were strong and could last a long time without becoming damaged.
Wampum are necklaces made from beads and seashells. The beads had holes in them. People put beads on strings. American Indians used wampum for money in the 1500’s.
Money changes with time. No matter what it looks like,money is an idea. It is the thought that people can trade something they have for something they want. Money makes trading easier.
1. Before people had money,they traded for what they wanted.
A. ①②④ B. ①②③
C. ①③④ D. ②③④
2. What was the first paper money made of?
A. Crops. B. Tree leaves.
C. Animal skin. D. White shells.
3. The first metal coins came from .
A. Iran B. Lydia
C. Rome D. Greece
4. If something is durable,it .
A. is soft and weak
B. is made of metal
C. can be used as money
D. is strong and can last a long time
5. All money is based on the idea that .
A. gold and silver are good money
B. people can trade what they have for what they want
C. people can trade things for animals
D. coins are the best kind of money
很久以前，人们没有货币，他们用动物、农作物、贝壳等 物品来换取他们想要的东西。后来人们制造了金属货币、兽皮货币……在经历了漫长的演变后，才有了我们现在的 货币。
1. A细节理解题。由第二段的“They traded animals for things... They traded crops for …”及第三段的 people traded shells for the things they wanted 可知，人们用动 物、农作物或贝壳换自己想要的东西。
2. C细节理解题。由第三段倒数第二句“The first paper money was made from white colored deer skin."可知，最 早的纸币是由鹿皮制成的，由此可知正确答案为C项。
3. B细节理解题。第四段提到了 “In about 700B. C.，people made the first round metal coins…These coins came from Lydia. ”，由此可知最早的金属硬币来自 Lydia ,故选B项。
4. D词义猜测题。由画线词后面的they were strong and could last a long time without becoming damaged 可知， 硬币结实，且能保存很长时间。故猜测durable的意思 是“耐用的，持久的”。
5. B细节理解题。由文章最后一段的“It is the thought that people can trade something they have for something they want. ”可知，所有的货币都是基于以物换物的思想而 创造演变的，故选B项。
trade v.贸易;交换metal adj.金属的
locate v.使坐落于 bead n.小珠子
障碍句分析
No matter what it looks like,money is an idea. It is the thought that people can trade something they have for something they wam.不管它是什么样子，钱是一种思想。这种想法就 是:人们用他们所拥有的东西去交易他们想要的东西。
no matter短语常用作连词，作“不管”“无论”解，后接 what/who/when等词，引导让步状语从句。
图画理解题
图画题一般最简单，主要考查的就是学生对语境 的理解。需注重分析其中的细节，找出符合图示要求 的信息。
例如，第1小题，根据第二段的“They traded animals for things they wanted.
They traded crops for what they wanted."和第三段的 “In China,in about 1200 B. C. , people traded shells for the things they wanted. ”信息，找出细节单词 animals、crops 和 shells 可确定答案。
阅读短文，根据短文内容补全表格中所缺失的 信息，每空一词。
William Shakespeare was the greatest English writer of all time. He wrote thirty-seven plays in all. His stories are almost known in every comer of the world.
William Shakespeare was bom in Stratford,a small town in England,in 1564. He decided to be an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. In 1582,he married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway who was a farmer's daughter. Their first child was a daughter. Later they had twins. In 1585,Shakespeare left his hometown. His wife and children stayed behind. No one knows why he left or what he did between 1585 and 1592. These years are called “the lost years”. In his youth,he moved to London and began a career as a playwright. By 1594,he had become a key playwright of a popular acting company in the city.
Although Shakespeare is famous as a playwright,he once was an actor and poet. He usually acted in his own plays. He earned almost no money from his writing. But he made a lot of money from acting. At the age of forty-nine,Shakespeare retired. Shakespeare spent the last five years of his life in Stratford. He died on 23 April 1616.
Of course,Shakespeare wrote 400 years ago and his English was very different from that of today. He is a master of words. He coined about 1 ,700 English words,including everyday ones like “ lonely ” and “hurry,”according to the New York Post.
William Shakespeare | |
In 1564 | He was bom in Stratford, in England. |
In 1582 | He married a farmer’s daughter and then they had 1 children. |
In 1585 | Shakespeare left his hometown 2 . |
Between 1585 and 1592 | No one knows what Shakespeare did. |
By 1594 | He had become one of the most popular 3 in London. |
At the age of 4 | He died in his hometown Stratford. |
Shakespeare’s work also has a big 5 on the English language. | |
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