2013年下半年英語六級完型填空模擬試題(3)

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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked [A], IB], [C] and [D] on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.   注意:此部分試題請?jiān)诖痤}卡2上作答。   Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strange 62 to use as money, 63 in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an 64 necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their 65 , were used as money in some countries until recent 66 , and cakes of salt 67 buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa.   Sea shells 68 as money at some time 69 another over the greater part of the Old World. These were 70 mainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across the 71 from East to West.   Metal, valued by weight, 72 coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countries 73 paper money. It can either be exchanged 74 goods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells, was of bronze, 75 in fiat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called "cash". The 76 of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old--older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean.   Nowadays, coins and notes have 77 nearly all the more picturesque 78 of money, and 79 in one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonial 80 such as weddings and funerals, examples of 81 money will soon be found only in museums.   62.   [A] object   [B] article   [C] substance   [D] category   63.   [A] but   [B] and   [C] so   [D] even   64.   [A] abstract   [B] advantageous   [C] abundant   [D] absolute      65.   [A] weight   [B] value   [C] role   [D] size   66.   [A] times   [B] events   [C] situations   [ D] conditions   67.   [A] even   [B] also   [C] still   [D] never   68.   [A] had been used   [B] are used   [C] would be used   [D] would have been used   69.   [A] and   [B] but   [C] yet   [D] or   70.   [A] collected   [B] produced   [C] grown   [D] raised   71.   [A] city   [B] district   [C] community   [D] continent   72.   [A] processed   [B] produced   [C] preceded   [D] proceeded   73.   [A] in spite of   [B] instead of   [C] along with   [D] in line with   74.   [A] against   [B] as   [C]in   [D] fur   75.   [A] often   [B] seldom   [C] really   [D] much   76.   [A] earlier   [B] earliest   [C] better   [D] best   77.   [A] replaced   [B] reproduced   [C] reflected   [D] recovered   78.   [A] sizes   [B] shapes   [C] formats   [D] forms   79.   [A] while   [B] although   [C] because   [D] if   80.   [A] events   [B] gatherings   [C] occasions   [D] assemblies   81.   [A] original   [B] primitive   [C] historical   [D] crude
    文章精要   本文主要講述了貨幣的悠久歷史和發(fā)展過程。當(dāng)今世界,有些地方仍然把食鹽、貝殼或金屬作為貨幣來使用。在非洲的一些地方,大塊的食鹽被印上標(biāo)價來交換物品;在古代,從印度洋收集的貝殼也被作為貨幣使用過:金屬按照重量作為價值也在很多地區(qū)使用過,這是中國古代貨幣的一種形式?,F(xiàn)在這些貨幣的形式大都已經(jīng)被硬幣和紙幣替代,或許將來只能在博物館看到它們了。   62.C詞義辨析題。該句意為“食鹽似乎看起來是作為貨幣使用的一種非常奇怪的__________”。object意為“物體;目標(biāo)”;article意為“物品;條款”;substance意為“物質(zhì)”;category意為“種類,類別”,結(jié)合句意只有C符合。   63.A邏輯銜接題。該句意為“__________在以蔬菜為主要食物的國家,它經(jīng)常是一種__________必需品”,可見該句與前一句是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,故選A。   64.D詞義辨析題。abstract意為“抽象的”;advantageous意為“有利的,有益的”;abundant意為“豐富的,充裕的”;absolute意為“絕對的,完全的”。此處要表達(dá)“它經(jīng)常是一種絕對需要的必需品”,故選D。   65.B詞義辨析題。該句意為“成塊的食鹽被印上標(biāo)簽標(biāo)明它們的__________,在一些國家被用來當(dāng)作貨幣”,既然是當(dāng)作貨幣,那么就要體現(xiàn)它的價值。value意為“價值”,故選B。weight意為“重量”;role意為“作用”;size意為“尺寸,大小”。   66.A詞義辨析題。times意為“時代”;event意為“事件”;situation意為“位置,形勢”;condition意為“條件,情況”。根據(jù)上下文此處要表達(dá)食鹽直到近代仍然在一些國家作為貨幣使用,故選A。   67.C詞義辨析題。該句意為“成塊的食鹽__________在Borne0和非洲的一些地方用來買商品”,只有still(仞燃)符合句意,故選C。even意為“甚至”;also意為“也,還”;never.意為“從不,絕不”,均排除。   68.A語法結(jié)構(gòu)題。上文說到食鹽被用作貨幣,該段指出貝殼也曾被用作貨幣,所以要用過去完成時的被動語態(tài)。故選A(had been used)。   69.D邏輯銜接題。該句意為“貝殼作為貨幣在古代世界的大部分地區(qū)的某個時代或另一些時代使用過”,可見此處某個時代和另一些時代是選擇關(guān)系,故選D。   70.A詞義辨析題。該句意為“這些貝殼是從印度洋Maldives島__________的”。collect意為“收集,搜集”;produce意為“生產(chǎn),制造”;grow意為“生長,種植”;raise意為“飼養(yǎng)”,結(jié)合句意本題選A。   71.D詞義辨析題。city意為“城市”;district意為“區(qū),地區(qū)”;community意為“社區(qū)”;continent意為“大陸,洲”。此處表達(dá)“在非洲,貝殼在非洲大陸從東到西被用來進(jìn)行貿(mào)易”,故選D。   72.C詞義辨析題。process意為“加工,處理”;produce意為“生產(chǎn),制造”;precede意為“在……之前;優(yōu)于”;proceed意為“開始,行進(jìn)”。此處要表達(dá)“金屬由重量來表明價值,在世界的很多地方于硬幣之前就出現(xiàn)了”,故選C。   73.B詞義辨析題。該句意為“成塊、成條或者環(huán)狀的鐵仍然在很多國家__________紙幣使用”。in spite of意為“盡管,即使”;instead of意為“代替”;a long with意為“共同,一起”;inline with意為“按照”,由此可見空處只能填“代替”,故選B。   74.D慣用搭配題。該句意為“它可以被用來交換商品或者制成工具、武器、裝飾品”。exchange for是固定搭配.意為“交換……”,故選D。   75.A詞義辨析題。此句意為“中國早期的貨幣,除貝殼以外,都是用銅制成的,__________是平平的、圓圓的,中間有個孔”,可見此處說的是早期貨幣通常的樣子,often表示“經(jīng)?!保暇湟?,故選A。   76.B語法結(jié)構(gòu)題。由of these可以判斷此處是級形式,the earliest指“最早的”,故選B。   77.A詞義辨析題。該句意為“現(xiàn)在,硬幣和紙幣已經(jīng)__________幾乎所有獨(dú)特的貨幣……”。replace意為“代替,替代”;reproduce意為“再生,繁殖”;reflect意為“反映”;recover意為“恢復(fù),復(fù)原”,結(jié)合句意本題選A。   78.D詞義辨析題。該句意為“硬幣和紙幣已經(jīng)取代了幾乎所有的獨(dú)特的貨幣__________”。size意為“尺寸,大小”;shape意為“形狀”;format意為“模式”;form意為“形式”,結(jié)合句意本題選D。   79.B邏輯銜接題。該句意為“在更加偏遠(yuǎn)的__________兩個國家里人們?nèi)匀话阉糇鲗碓谝恍﹥x式場合使用”,與前一句形成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,故選B。   80.C詞義辨析題。該句意為“將來的儀式__________例如婚禮和葬禮”。event意為“事件”;gathering意為“集合,集會”;occasion意為“場合”;assembly意為“集合,集會”,結(jié)合句意本題選C。   81.B詞義辨析題。該句意為“不久,__________貨幣的各種形式只能在博物館里看到”,此處應(yīng)指原始的貨幣。primitive意為“原始的,遠(yuǎn)古的”,符合句意,故選B。original意為“最初的”;historical意為“歷史的”;crude意為“天然的,未加工的”。