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B.working
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D.work
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B.working
C.to work
D.work
A.convey
B.contact
C.contract
D.deliver
A.come
B.get
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B.since
C.but
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This passage mainly discusses______.
A.two techniques used for training elephants
B.the unhuman method used in training elephants
C.how to train the elephant
D.through the tough method we cannot train the elephant successfully
When I was a little girl, my brothers and I collected stamps for many years. My mother didn't use to work during the week, but she worked in the post office near our house on Saturdays, and she used to bring home all the new stamps as soon as they were issued (发行).
On the day of the World Cup football final in London in 1966, we were very excited because England were playing West Germany in the final.When we were having lunch, my mother told us to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, but she didn't tell us why. At2 o'clock my mother went back to work as usual, while the rest of the family were watching the football on TV at home. Although she wasn't watching the match, she was listening to it on the radio.
England won 4:2 and so my brothers and I ran to the post office. As we burst in, my mother was standing behind the counter. She was waiting to sell us a very special limited edition with ENGLAND WINNERS on each stamp. We were over the moon.We still have it today, and perhaps it is worth a lot of money.
1. This passage mainly tells us __________.
A、the author and her brother used to like stamps very much
B、the author had a very kind mother
C、the author and her brother had an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps
D、their mother used to support them by working in the post office
2. According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ________.
A、during the week
B、on Saturdays
C、on Sundays
D、for six days
3. According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ________.
A、during the week
B、on Saturdays
C、on Sundays
D、for six days
4. What does the sentence "We were over the moon." mean?
A、We jumped high.
B、We were extremely happy about it.
C、We watched the moon for a long time.
D、We couldn't sleep the whole night.
5. What is the best title for this passage?
A、My Childhood
B、My Mother
C、A Precious Stamp
D、A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps
B.“As” can also be used when we want to say that when one thing changes, another thing changes at the same time
C.In formal speech and writing, we can often leave out “subject + be” in clauses with “when” and “while” if the main and subordinate clause refer to the same subject
D.“While” is used when you are mentioning a time or event in the past and indicating that a situation has continued from then until now
Among isolated peoples ,who are not often reached by traders from outside ,commerce usually means barter ,which is a direct exchange of goods .Perhaps it is fish for vegetables or meat for baskets .For this kind of simple trading, money is not needed ,but there is often something that everyone wants ,such as salt to flavor food, shells for necklaces ,or iron and copper to make into tools. These things — 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 material to use as money ,but in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetables ,it is often an absolute necessity .Cakes of salt ,stamped to show their value ,were used as money in Tibet until recent times, and they can still buy goods in parts of Africa.
Cowrie seashells have been used as money at some time or another over the greater part of the Old World. These were collected mainly from the beaches of the Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean ,and were traded to India and China. In Africa ,cowries were traded right across the continent from East to West .Four or five thousand went for one Maria Theresa dollar ,an Australian silver coin which was once accepted as currency (货币) in many parts of Africa.
Metal was used as money in many parts of the world .Iron ,in lumps ,bars or rings is still used in many countries instead of money .It can either be exchanged for goods ,or made into tools or weapons. The early money of China ,apart from shells ,was of bronze ,often in flat ,round pieces with a hole in the middle ,called ‘ cash ’.The earliest 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 supplanted nearly all the more picturesque forms of money ,and although in one or two of the more remote countries people still store it for future use ,primitive money will soon be found only in museums.
1.Nowadays we think of money as() .
A.pieces of metal or metallic paper
B.made of either metal or paper
C.some printed notes and papers
D.round and flat sheets of paper
2.In some parts of the world a traveler might go hungry() .
A.even if his money was of the local kind
B.even if he had no coins or notes
C.if he did not know the local rate of exchange
D.even if he had plenty of ready money
3.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Isolated peoples exchange goods by means of barter.
B.Salt cakes are taking the place of picturesque forms.
C.Seashells could be traded with Maria Theresa dollars.
D.The Chinese were among the earliest users of metal ‘ cash ’.
4.Primitive types of money will be used ().
A.to replace more picturesque forms
B.as exhibits to be shown in public
C.at local country markets and shops
D.as entrance tickets in museums