People use money 86 food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they 87 .When they 88 ,they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money used today 89 metal or paper. But in ancient times people often used all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells(贝壳).
In ancient China, cloth and knives 90 money. Elephant tusks(象牙),monkey tails(尾巴)and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people on some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money. too.
The first copper(铜)coins 91 China. They were round and had a square(正方的)hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later some countries 92 to make coins of gold and silver(银).But gold, silver and copper were heavy 93 when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first 94 paper money. The first paper money didn’t 95 like the paper money we use today.
词语运用(10个小题,每小题1分,共10分)
阅读材料,用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空,使材料意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在材料后相应题号的横线上。注意:①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词,有些词需要做相应的变化。其中有两个多余答案。
Take they sell interesting clear for long transport tall important passenger no |
Bus Rapid Transit(BRT快速公交系统) is coming to Zhengzhou City. It means giving buses ___
____ own ways on the roads. Cars and trucks can’t ____
___ these ways. Tickets are ___
_ at the bus stops before passengers get on the bus, so they save time getting on. The buses are ___
___ than the common ones, and they have lower floors. Real-time information systems(即时公交系统) let passengers know ___
___ when the next bus will arrive. If a bus is running late, traffic lights will turn green ___
___ it.
BRT will become an ___
___part of this city, and is a good way to deal with Zhengzhou’s ___
___ problems. It will move more ____
___ and lead to fewer traffic jams.
_____
__ public-transit system is cheaper and easier to control than BRT. This is an important project for the future of the city.
词语运用(10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
阅读短文,用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空,使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意:①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词,有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。
call, decide, company, million, will, kill, start, beyond, protect, according, safe, thanks |
Internet users across China found themselves caught up in(被卷入)a war between Tencent and Qihoo 360, two Chinese software giants. Last week, Tencent said it was to stop its popular IM service, QQ, on __
______ of computers run Qihoo 360's anti-virus(反病毒的)software. __
___ to a Tencent statement, a new service by 360 had affected(影响)the normal operation of QQ. The company said it could not promise the ____
_____ of its service if a computer ran 360 Safe at the same time.
Tencent said "sorry" to QQ users. However, the company wouldn't change the ___
_____ unless Qihoo 360 stopped its new service.
Qi Xiangdong, president of Qihoo 360, called Tencent's move a disaster for China's Internet users. "Our 360 Safe services are ____
____ about 60 million Trojan horses(木马病毒) every day for Chinese Internet users. If they uninstall 360 Safe, the virus attacks will be ____
______ imagination," he said.
More than half of Chinese Internet users ____
_____rather uninstall QQ than 360 Safe, according to an online survey by Sina.com.
The war between the two companies ___
____ in late September. Qihoo 360 claimed(宣称)QQ spied on(窥探)its users. The company then offered its new software___
____ "360 Privacy Protector". Tencent has been fighting back since then.
According to the two __
___ websites, QQ has around 600 million active users in China, while Qihoo 360has at least 300 million users.
短文填空(10个小题,每小题1分,共10分)
阅读短文,用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空,使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意:①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词,有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。请选择适当的词语,将其正确的形式填入文章的空白处,每词限用一次。
they excite winner from happen fast Japan to watch and be something |
All over the world, sports fans cheer when they watch their favorite players on TV. More and more people like ____ various sports games such as the Olympics and the World Cup.
Fans ___ 180 countries watch soccer, the most popular sport in the world. In Italy
____stops them watching soccer games on TV. The same thing _
__ in Brazil and other countries. Their team gets a goal (进球), the shouts of the fans fill the streets.
Likewise (同样地), basketball fans are ____ when their favorite team wins a match. In Asia the number of TV basketball fans is growing _
__ than in any other place. People in China, __
__ and South Korea are now big NBA basketball fans.
TV sports fans watch all kinds of sports – from ice skating to tennis, from high jump to volleyball. For them, sports ____ entertainment (娱乐). Sports bring excitement to _
__ lives. When their team wins, the fans feel like _
__, too
短文填空(10个小题,每小题1分,共10分)
阅读短文,用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空,使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意:①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词,有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。
In learning English, one should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It’s the groundwork of reading and writing, so they are important for You’d better try your best to speak while you do much listening. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. But be careful not to let them stop you from
your English. While you are doing this, a good way is to write – keep a diary and write notes or letters. Then if you can, ask others to go through what you have
and tell you
is wrong in your writing. Many mistakes in your speaking will be
found when you write down.
correcting the mistakes, you can do better in English.
If you are slow in speaking, don’t worry. One of the ways is reading, either aloud or to yourself. The important thing is to choose something
to read and it mustn’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading in this way, don’t stop to look up the words in the dictionary
you can guess their meanings, especially when they have
to do with the main idea of sentence. You can do that at the end of your reading.
As long as you stick to practicing, you will be good at English. Remember that the more you practice, the more experienced you will be.
词语运用(10小题, 每小题1分, 共10分)
阅读短文,用方框中所给单词的正确形式填空,使短文通顺,意思完整。请将答案填写在题后的横线上。 方框中每词限用一次,有两个词是多余的。
sad it quiet in join late this to keep be one give |
During the Second World War , John’s family didn’t have a washing machine. Therefore , clothes clean became a problem for them.
Before long , a family friend decidedthe army and his wife was going with him. John’s family told them that they could take care of their furniture while they were away.
the family’s surprise, the friend suggested they should use his Bendix washing machine. “
would be better for it to be used , rather than sitting
,” He said.
Young John helped with the washing , and he developed a deep love of the old , green Benxid machine. , the war ended and the family’s friend returned. When he came to take the machine away. John became very sad. His mother saw this and said to him, “ Son, you must remember that machine didn’t belong to us at
. It was a gift for us to be able to use it for such a long time. So , instead of
sad about the loss , let’s be grateful that we were able to use it at that time.”
We have all experienced loss : loss of people and things. However , if we see the thing we have lost as a gift that we were for a time, maybe the
memories will change into thankful one.