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II.ReadingComprehension（阅读理解）

Directions:

inthefollowingpractice，youaregoingtoread5passages.Afterreadingapassage,youwillfindquestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachquestionorstatement,youarerequiredtomakethecorrectchoiceamongA,B,CandD

Passage1

Whatmakesmoneyvaluable?

Whyisapieceofpapermarked$10worthmorethanonemarked$1?

Youcouldsaythereisnoreason.It’struethataspecialkindofpaperisusedtomakedollarbills,andtheyarepretty,butthat’snotwhatmakesthemvaluable.Therealreasonmoneyisvaluableisthateveryonebelievesitis.

Ancienteconomieshadnopapermoneyorcoins.Someusedbarter----tradingonethingforanother.Othersusedallkindsofobjectsasmoney.Anyobjectwoulddo,aslongastherewasnotanunlimitedamountofit.Animalsormetalswerepopular,andsoweremanufacturedproductslikejewelryorweapons.WealthinancientGreecewasmeasuredintoolsorcattle.Thiskindofmoneyhadtwopurposes.First,itwasusefulinitself.Toolsandcattlecanbeusedforfarming.Andsecond,itwasawaytosymbolizeandmeasurevalue.Ahouse,forexample,wouldbevaluedatacertainnumberoftoolsorcattle.Thisgreatlysimplifiedtrade.Othersocietiesusedmoneythatwastotallysymbolic.Forinstance,AmericanIndiansusedwampum,whichismadefromseashells.AnduntilrecentlyonthepacificislandofYap,peopleuselargestonediscsasmoney.

Inmostplacesthesetypesofmoneydiedoutbecausemorepracticalformsofmoneywereinvented.Peoplestartedusingpreciousmetals,suchasgoldandsilver,thatwereeasiertocarryaroundthantoolsorstones.Andintheeighteenthcentury,papermoneywasintroduced.Atfirstpeopleweresuspiciousofnewcurrency,buttheycametoacceptitbecausethegovernmentorbankissuingitwouldexchangeanequalamountofgoldforthepaper.A$10billreallywasworth$10forgold.Butnow,peopleareusedtotheideathatthegovernmentdoesn’thavetobackitsmoneywithgold.Everyonebelievesthata$10billisworth$10andthatisgoodenough.Butif,forsomereason,peopleeverlostfaithinpapermoney,tendollarswouldn’tbeworththepaperit’sprintedon.

1.Accordingtothewritertherealreasonmoneyisvaluableisthateveryonebelieves_________.

A.moneyisvaluableB.goldisvaluableC.moneyisgoldD.moneycanbuygold

2.Thewriterofthisselectionmentionedanimals,metalsandmanufacturedproductslikejewelryorweaponsbecause_______________.

A.theywerevaluableB.theywereusedasmoneyinancienttimes

C.peoplelikedthemD.theywereuseful

3.Papermoneywasinvented___________.

A.totaketheplaceofothertypesofmoney

B.tobereplacedbyothertypesofmoney

C.inthenineteenthcentury

D.intheseventeenthcentury

4.Atfirstpeopledidnothavetrustinpapermoneybecause___________.

A.peoplecanmakeitbythemselves

B.thepaperwasnotofgoodquality

C.itlookedlikeanordinarypieceofpaper

D.itwasnotworthmuch

5.Peoplecametoacceptpapermoneywhen___________.

A.thegovernmentbegantoissueit

B.thebankbegantoissueit

C.theycouldexchangeitforthesameamountofgold

D.peopleseeitforthefirsttime.

Passage2

Americanswithsmallfamiliesownasmallcaroralargeone.Ifbothparentsareworking,theyusuallyhavetwocars.Whenthefamilyislarge,oneofthecarsissoldandtheywillbuyavan（住房汽车）

　　Asmallcarcanhold（容纳）fourpersonsandalargecarcanholdsixpersonsbutitisverycrowded（拥挤）.Avanholdsevenpersonseasily,soafamilythreechildrencouldasktheirgrandparentstogoonaholidaytravelTheycouldalltraveltogether.

　　Mr.Hagenandhiswifehadathirdchildlastyear.Thismadethemsellasecondcarandbusavan.Theirchildrensixthandseventhseatareusedtoputotherthings,forafamilyoffivemustcarrymanysuitcases（衣箱）whentheytravel.Whentheyarriveattheirgrandparents’home,thesuitcasesarebroughtintothetwoseatscanthencarrythegrandparents.

Americanscallvansmotorhomes.Amotorhomeisalwaysusedforholidays.Whenafamilyaretravelingtothemountainsortotheseaside,theycanliveintheirmotorhomeforafewdaysortotheseaside,theycanliveintheirmotorhomeforafewdaysorweeks.Allthemembersofabigfamilycanenjoyahappierlifewhentheyaretravelingtogether.Thatiswhymotorhomeshavebecomeverypopular.InAmericatherearemanyparksformotorhomes.

6.Fromthepassage,avanisalsocalled____________.

A.amotorcar　　　B.amotorhome　　　　C.amotorbike　　　D.abigtruck

7.BeforeMr.Hagenandhiswifeboughtavan,they__________.

A.soldtheiroldhouse　　　　　　　B.movedtotheirgrandparents’house

C.builtanewplaceforavan　　　D.soldtheirsecondcar

8.Amotorhomeisusuallyownedbyafamilywith__________.

A.ababy　　B.muchmoney　　C.morethantwochildren　　D.interestinvans

9.Americansusuallyusemotorhomes____________.

　　A.totravelwithallthefamilymembersofholiday

　　B.todosomeshoppingwithallthefamilymembers

　　C.tovisittheirgrandparentsatweekends

　　D.todrivetheirchildrentoschooleveryday

10.Motorhomeshavebecomepopularbecause___________.

　　A.theycantakepeopletoanothercitywhenpeoplearefree

　　B.theycanletfamilieshaveahappierlifewhentheygooutfortheirholidays

　　C.somepeoplethinkmotorhomesarecheap

　　D.bigfamiliescanputmorethingsinmotorhomes

Passage3

　Ifyou’vebeenjoininginchatroomconversations,ortradinge-mailwithnetpals（网友）,youhavebecomeoneofthemillionswhowriteinaspecial,shortformofEnglish.

Throughouttheworld,everynightchildrenandtheireldersare“talking”online—manyofthemaretalkingatthesametime.

It’sfast:

tryingtalkingtosixpeopleonce.It’sconvenient:

threeorfourwordsperexchange.Ittakescleverness,concentrationandquickfingers.

Anditrequiresverysimplelanguage.There’sneithertimenorspaceforexplanations.WhywastevaluabletimetellingsixfriendsyouhavetoleaveforamomenttotakecareofyourlittlebrotherwhenBRB（=berightback）willdo?

Wanttoenteraconversation?

JusttypePMFJI（=pardonmeforjumpingin）.

Interestedinwhomyou’retalkingto?

TypeA/S/L,thecommonrequesttoknowyourpal’sage,sexandlocation.Youmayget15/M/NYasareplyfromyourpal.

Ifsomethingmakesyoulaugh,sayyou’reOTF（=onthefloor）,orLOL（=laughingoutloud）,orjointhetwointoROTFL（=rollingonthefloorlaughing）.

Andwhenit’stimetogetbacktoworkorgotobed,youtypeGTG（=gottogo）orTTYL（=talktoyoulater）.

Peoplewanttowriteasfastaspossible,andtheywanttogettheirideasacrossasquicklyastheycan.Capitallettersareleftinthedust,exceptwhenexpressingfeeling,asittakesmoretimetoholddownthe“shift”keyandusecapitals.Punctuation（标点）isgoingtoo.

11.Thepassagemainlytalksabout___________.

A.howtosavemoneyonlineB.howtomakefriendsonline

C.howtousesimplelanguageonlineDWhatacomputercando

12.Whenpeopleareonline,theytalkby______.

A.usingbodylanguageB.drawingsomestrangepictures

C.makingphonecallsD.makinguseofanespeciallyshortformofEnglish

13.Thesentence“There’sneithertimenorspaceforexplanations”meansthat________.

A.peopleshouldusewordsproperly

B.peopleshouldknowwhattimeit

iswhentheyaretalking

C.peopleonlinehavetoexpressthemselvesinasimpleway

D.peopleshouldcommunicateinafunnyway

14.Ifyouget17/F/NYasananswertoyourA/S/L,itmeans_________.

A.thepeopleontheotherendis17fromNewYorkandheisfine

B.youaretalkingtoagirlwhois17andlivesinNewYork

C.youaretalkingto17girlswhoarefromNewYork

D.thepeopleyouaretalkingtoisa17-foottallNewYorkgirl

15.Whichofthefollowingisawaytosaveonlinetime?

___________.

A.Peopleseldomusecapitallettersorpunctuationmarks.

B.Manypeopledrawpictures.

C.Peopleonlyusethemouseinsteadofthekeyboard.

D.Peopleneverusethe“shift”key.

Passage4

Computersareveryimportanttomodernlife．Manypeoplethinkthatinthefuturecomputerswillbeusedinlotsofeverydaylife．Itisthoughtthatwewon’thavetogoshoppingbecausewewillbeabletogetmostthingswhicharesoldinshopsontheInternet．Therewillbenomorebooksbecausewewillbeabletogetalltextsfromcomputers．TheInternetwillbeusedtoplaygames,seefilmsandbuyfood．Mosttelephonecallswillbemadebycomputers,too．

Somepeoplearegladaboutthosenewwaysofshoppingandcommunicating．Othersdonotthinkthatcomputerswillreplaceouroldways．

Somepeoplethinkthatonedaywewillnotreadbooksmadeofpaper.Instead,wewillbuyandreadbooksusingcomputers,whichwillkeepmanydifferentbooksinthematthesametime．Wewon’tneedtoturnlotsofpagesandpaperwillbesaved．Computerizedbookswillbeusedmoreandmore．

Whilemanypeoplesayitisapleasuretogointoshopsandlookatthingsyouwanttobuy．Itisalsounlikelythatmanypeoplewillwanttoreadlargetextsonourcomputers.Becausepaperbookswillperhapsbemorefriendly．Maybecomputerswon’tchangethesetwohabits