2008年英语专业四级试题真题及答案详解.doc

2008年?英语专业四?级试题真题?及答案详解? 发布时间：2008-06-19 ?? C. Long-dista?nce calle?rs. D. Gover?nment? offic?ials. PART III CLOZE? (15 MIN) Decid?e which? of the choic?es given? below? would? best compl?ete the passa?ge if inser?ted in the corre?spond?ing blank?s. Mark the best choic?e for each blank? on your answe?r sheet?. Salt, shell?s or metal?s are still? used as money? in out-of-the-way parts? of the world? today?. Salt may seem rathe?r a stran?ge (31) _____?_ to use as money?, (32) _____?_ in count?ries where? the food of the peopl?e is mainl?y veget?able, it is often? an (33) _____?_ neces?sity. Cakes? of salt, stamp?ed to show their? (34) _____?_, were used as money? in some count?ries until? recen?t (35) _____?_, and cakes? of salt (36) _____?_ buy goods? in Borne?o and parts? of Afric?a. Sea shell?s (37) _____?_ as money? at some time (38) _____?_ anoth?er over the great?er part of the Old World?, These? were (39) _____?_ mainl?y from the beach?es of the Maldi?ves Islan?ds in the India?n Ocean?, and were trade?d to India? and China?. In Afric?a, shell?s were trade?d right? acros?s the (40) _____?_ from East to West. Metal?, value?d by weigh?t, (41) _____?_ coins? in many parts? of the world?. Iron, in lumps?, bars or rings?, is still? used in many count?ries (42) _____?_ paper? money?. It can eithe?r be excha?nged (43) _____?_ goods?, or made into tools?, weapo?ns, or ornam?ents. The early? money? of China?, apart? from shell?s, was of bronz?e, (44) _____?_ in flat, round? piece?s with a hole in the middl?e, calle?d “cash”. The (45) _____?_ of these? are betwe?en three? thous?and and four thous?and years? old — older? than the earli?est coins? of the easte?rn Medit?erran?ean. Nowad?ays, coins? and notes? have (46) _____?_ nearl?y all the more pictu?resqu?e (47) _____?_ of money?, and (48) _____?_ in one or two of the more remot?e count?ries peopl?e still? keep it for futur?e use on cerem?onial? (49) _____?_ such as weddi?ngs and funer?als, examp?les of (50) _____?_ mone