2022年成人高考高升本《英語》預(yù)習(xí)題庫及答案

2022年成人高考高升本《英語》預(yù)習(xí)題庫及答案

習(xí)題1

［單選題］LastSunday()hadapicnicinBeihaiPark.

AJohn,Maryandme

BJohn,IandMary

CJohn,MaryandI

DI,JohnandMary

參考答案：C

［單選題］WhenAnnatheroom,agroupofyoungmenwere

talkingeagerlyroundthetable.

Aenters

Bhasentered

Cwasentering

Dentered

參考答案：D

［單選題］Mr.Joneswokeearlyonemorning,beforethesunhad

risen.Itwasabeautifulmorning,_21_hewenttothewindow

andlookedout.Hewas_22_toseeaneatly-dressedandmid-aged

professor,who_23_intheuniversityjustuptheroadfrom

Mr.Joneshouse,coiningthedirectionofthetown.Hehadgrey

hairthickglasses,andwas_24anumbrella,amorningnewspaper

andabag.Mr.Jonesthoughtthathemusthave_25_bythenight

train_26_takingataxi.

Mr.Joneshadabigtreeinhisgarden,andthechildrenhad

tiedalong_27_tooneofthebranches,sothattheycouldswing

onit.

Mr.Jonessawtheprofessor_28_whenhesawtheropeand

lookedcarefullyupanddowntheroaD.Whenhesawthatthere

was_29_insight,hesteppedintothegarden(therewasno

fence),puthisumbreIla,newspaper,bagandhatnearlyonthe

grassand_30_therope.Hepulledit_31_toseewhetherit

wasstrongenoughtotakehisweight,thenranasfastashe

couldandswungintothe_32_ontheendoftherope,hisgrey

hairblowingallaround_33_._34_heswung,sometimestaking

afewmore_35_stepsonthegrasswhentheropebegantoswing

tooslowlyforhim.

Atlasttheprofessorstopped,straightenedhistie,combed

hishaircarefully,putonhishat,pickeduphis

umbrella,newspaperandbag,andcontinuedonhiswaytothe

university,lookingasquietandcorrectandrespectableasone

wouldexpectaprofessortobe.

請在第23()處填上正確答案。

Astudied

Bworked

Cstayed

Dlived

參考答案：D

［單選題］Mr.Joneswokeearlyonemorning,beforethesunhad

risen.Itwasabeautifulmorning,_21_hewenttothewindow

andlookedout.Hewas_22_toseeaneatly-dressedandmid-aged

professor,who_23_intheuniversityjustuptheroadfrom

Mr.Joneshouse,comingthedirectionofthetown.Hehadgrey

hairthickglasses,andwas_24anumbrella,amorningnewspaper

andabag.Mr.Jonesthoughtthathemusthave_25_bythenight

train_26_takingataxi.

Mr.Joneshadabigtreeinhisgarden,andthechildrenhad

tiedalong_27_tooneofthebranches,sothattheycouldswing

onit.

Mr.Jonessawtheprofessor_28_whenhesawtheropeand

lookedcarefullyupanddowntheroaD.Whenhesawthatthere

was_29_insight,hesteppedintothegarden(therewasno

fence),puthisumbreIla,newspaper,bagandhatnearlyonthe

grassand_30_therope.Hepulledit_31_toseewhetherit

wasstrongenoughtotakehisweight,thenranasfastashe

couldandswungintothe_32_ontheendoftherope,hisgrey

hairblowingallaround_33_._34_heswung,sometimestaking

afewmore_35_stepsonthegrasswhentheropebegantoswing

tooslowlyforhim.

Atlasttheprofessorstopped,straightenedhistie,combed

hishaircarefully,putonhishat,pickeduphis

umbrella,newspaperandbag,andcontinuedonhiswaytothe

university,lookingasquietandcorrectandrespectableasone

wouldexpectaprofessortobe.

請在第21（）處填上正確答案。

Abecause

Bas

Cso

Dfor

參考答案：C

［單選題］

Overthesummer,myfamilytookatriptoIcelandtosee

thenaturalbeautyofit.LittledidI21Iwouldwakeupone

morningtohavemyeyesswelledup（腫脹）likeballoons!Iwas

frightened.Somanyquestionswere22throughmyhead.AmI

allergic（過敏的）tosomething?WastheresomeIcelandic

diseasethatI23?TheonlyhelpIreceivedwassomeallergy

medicine24aclinicnearby.Nothingwasworking.

Whenthetripwasover,Iwenttoseemydoctor.Shegave

meeyedrops,butclearlytheyweren'tworththetimeor25

andtheswellinggotworseandworse.

Ifinallydecidedthatitwouldbebestformeto26being

sosadandtakeiteasyandhavefun.Itwassummerafterall.

Ihadafunnightwithmyfriendsasifnothingwas27.The

nextmorningIwokeupandwentto28howswollenmyeyeswere,

onlytofindmyself29atmynormalface.Itwasamiracle（奇

跡）?I30askingmyselfwhyIhadnwtdonethatearlier.Was

beingwithmyfriendsandhavingfunreallythe31tomy

problem?

TothisdayIstilldonotknowwhatIhad,and32doany

ofthemanydoctorsthatI33duringthesummer.Iwouldreally

liketogobacktoIcelandtoseetheNorthernLights,34I

amverymuchfrightenedthatIamjustallergictothecountry.

IhopeInever35havingsuchterribleswellinginmyeyesever

again.

第34題的正確答案是.

Aso

Bor

Cbut

Dfor

參考答案：C

［單選題］TheordinaryfamilyincolonialNorthAmericawas

primarilyconcernedwithsheerphysicalsurvivalandbeyond

that,isowneconomicprosperity.Thus,childrenwerevalued

intermsoftheirproductivity,andtheyassumedtheroleof

producerquiteearly.Untiltheyfulfilledthisrole,their

positioninthestructureofthefamilywasoneof

subordination(AM),andtheirpsychologicalneedsand

capacitiesreceivedlittleconsideration.

Asthesocietybecamemorecomplex,thestatusofchildren

inthefamilyandinthesocietybecamemoreimportant.Inthe

complex,technologicalsocietythattheUnitedStateshas

become,eachmembermustfulfillanumberofpersonaland

occupationalrolesandbeinconstantcontactwithagreatmany

othermembers.Consequently,viewingchildrenaspotentially

acceptablemembersofsocietymeansthattheyareregardedmore

aspeopleintheirownrightthanasutilitarianorganisms.This

acceptanceofchildrenasequalparticipantsinthe

contemporaryfamilyisreflectedinthevarietyofstatutes

protectingtherightsofchildrenandinthesocialpublic

welfareprogramsdevotedexclusivelytotheirwell-being.

Thisnewwayofchildrenandtheincreasingcontactbetween

themembersofsocietyhasalsoresultedinagreatinterest

inchild-rearingtechniques.Peopletodayspendaconsiderable

portionoftheirtimeontheproperwaytobringupchildren.It

isnowpossibletoinfluencethedetailsofthesocialization

ofanotherperson"schildbyspreadingtheprincipleofcurrent

andfashionabletheoriesandmethodsofchild-rearing.

Whichofthefollowingwouldbethebesttitleforthe

passage()?

ATheChildasaUtilitarianOrganism.

BTheDevelopmentofCulturalValues.

CTheChildrenofColonialNorthAmerica.

DThePlaceofChildreninAmericanSociety.

參考答案：D

［問答題］根據(jù)中文提示，把對話中缺少的內(nèi)容寫在線上。這些

句子必須符合英語表達習(xí)慣。打句號的地方，用陳述句；打問號的地

方，用疑問句。

提示;李明打電話給David,邀請他下星期日去博物館看展覽。

(L=LiMing；D=David)

L：Hello.ThisisLiMingspeaking.MayIspeaktoDavid?

D：51What'sup,LiMing?

L：WhatareyougoingtodonextSunday?

D：NothingmuchoDoyouhaveanyideas?

,

L：52?TheresaRussianoilpaintingexhibitionthereo

D：Goodidea!53?

L：Bus202willtakeyouthereo

D：Goodo54,then?

L：Let'smeetjustatthegateofthemuseumo

D：55?

L：Halfpastnineo

D：AllrightoSeeyouthen。

請寫出54題正確答案。

參考答案：

Whattime

［單選題］下面劃線部分ear讀音不同的選項是（）

Abear

Bwear

Cpear

Dhear

參考答案：D

［單選題］選出下列讀音不同的一項0。

Acheat

Bweak

Cincrease

Darea

參考答案：D

［單選題］選出下列讀音不同的一項()。

Ataught

Bcaught

daughter

Ddaughter

參考答案：C

習(xí)題2

［單選題］Theroadwillbeblockedifthere()anothersnow.

Ais

Bwillbe

Ctobe

Dwillhave

參考答案：A

［單選題］Ithasalwaysbeenthe()ofourfirmtoencourage

workerstotakepartinsocialactivi-ties

Apian

Bcampaign

Cprocedure

Dpolicy

參考答案：D

Afrom

Bon

Cupon

Dup

參考答案：A

［單選題］It()himtenyearstowritethatnovel.

Atook

Bspent

Ccost

Dcosted

參考答案：A

［單選題］Theyhaveproduced()theydidlastyear.

Atwiceasmuchgrainas

Btwicemoregrainas

Ctwiceasmanygrainas

Dastwicemanygrainas

參考答案：A

［單選題］Thenoiseofdesks()couldbeheardoutinthe

street.

Aopenedandclosed

Btobeopenedandclosed

Cbeingopenedandclosed

Dhavingbeenopenedandclosed

參考答案：C

［單選題］

Overthesummer,myfamilytookatriptoIcelandtosee

thenaturalbeautyofit.LittledidI21Iwouldwakeupone

morningtohavemyeyesswelledup（腫脹）likeballoons!Iwas

frightened.Somanyquestionswere22throughmyhead.AmI

allergic（過敏的）tosomething?WastheresomeIcelandic

diseasethatI23?TheonlyhelpIreceivedwassomeallergy

medicine24aclinicnearby.Nothingwasworking.

Whenthetripwasover,Iwenttoseemydoctor.Shegave

meeyedrops,butclearlytheyweren'tworththetimeor25

andtheswellinggotworseandworse.

Ifinallydecidedthatitwouldbebestformeto26being

sosadandtakeiteasyandhavefun.Itwassummerafterall.

Ihadafunnightwithmyfriendsasifnothingwas27.The

nextmorningIwokeupandwentto28howswollenmyeyeswere,

onlytofindmyself29atmynormalface.Itwasamiracle（奇

跡）?I30askingmyselfwhyIhadnwtdonethatearlier.Was

beingwithmyfriendsandhavingfunreallythe31tomy

problem?

TothisdayIstilldonotknowwhatIhad,and32doany

ofthemanydoctorsthatI33duringthesummer.Iwouldreally

liketogobacktoIcelandtoseetheNorthernLights,34I

amverymuchfrightenedthatIamjustallergictothecountry.

IhopeInever35havingsuchterribleswellinginmyeyesever

again.

第29題的正確答案是.

Aaiming

BLooking

Cwaving

Dpointing

參考答案：B

［問答題］

Directions：Forthispart,youareallowed30minutesto

writeacompositiononthetopic"MyIdealJob”.Youshould

writeatleast120words,andbaseyourcompositiononthe

outlinegiveninChinesebelow

1.人們對職業(yè)各有不同的理想；

2.我理想的職業(yè)是什么；

3.我怎樣為我理想的職業(yè)做準(zhǔn)備。

注意：

L要點不得遺漏。

2.符合書面通知的格式。

3.詞數(shù)為100左右。

參考答案：

MyIdealJob

Peoplewithdifferentpersonalities,backgroundsand

interestswillhavedifferentopinionsonwhatanidealjob

is.Tochooseanidealjobandprepareforitisalongway

foreverybody

Forme.myidealjobpositionwouldbeinartsmanagement

I'mquiteinterestedinmusicbutIrdliketobroadenmy

perspectiveabitIwouldliketoworkinacompanyconcerning

artsandhavingwideroomformydevelopment,ienvision

workinginthecity,butprobablyinacitythathaslotsof

greenandopenspacesIneedtobeabletoreachthemountains

inacoupleofhours,soIthinkthatthesuburbsofBeijing

aresuitable.

IwouldliketobeprofessionalatworkIbelievemy

colleagueswillbededicatedtotheirjobsandlovethemusical

andartisticworld

NowIamasophomoremajoringinmusic.Ifvereceived

professionaltrainingofmusic,soIfeelconfidentthatafter

graduationIcouldmanageandworkwithallofthedifferent

instrumental-istsandvocalists.

［單選題］GenerationsofAmericanshavebeenbroughtupto

believethatagoodbreakfastisonelife1sessentials.Eating

breakfastatthestartoftheday,wehaveallbeentold,and

toldagain,isasnecessaryasputtinggasolineinthefamily

carbeforestartingatrip.

Butformanypeoplethethoughtoffoodfirstthinginthe

morningisbynomeansapleasure.Sodespiteallthe

efforts,theystilltakenobreakfast.Between1977and1983,the

latestyearforwhichfiguresareavailable,thenumberof

peoplewhodidn'thavebreakfast,increasedby33percent.

Forthosewhofeelpainofguiltaboutnoteating

breakfast,however,thereissomegoodnews.Severalstudiesin

thelastfewyearsindicatethat,foradultsespecially,there

maybenothingwrongwithomittingbreakfast."Goingwithout

breakfastdoesnotaffectperformance,“saidArrold

E.Bender,formerprofessorofthenutritionatQueenElizabeth

CollegeinLondon,“nordoesgivingpeoplebreakfastimprove

performance.”

Scientificevidencelinkingbreakfasttobetterhealthor

betterperformanceissurprisinglyinadequate,andmostofthe

recentworkinvolveschildren,notadults,“The

literature^,saysoneresearcher,Dr.ErrestoattheUniversity

ofTexas,wispoor".

Forthosewhodonottakebreakfast,thegoodnewsis

that().

Aseveralstudieshavebeendoneinthepastfewyears

Btheomissionofbreakfastdoesnoharmtoone*shealth

Cadultshaveespeciallymadestudiesinthisfield

Deatinglittleinthemorningisgoodforhealth

參考答案：B

習(xí)題3

［單選題］-Letmehelpyouwithyoursuitcase.

-0

AYou'reverynice

BYes,youresohelpful

CNo,Icando

DIt1sverykindofyou

參考答案：D

［單選題］Thisnovelisworthyof().

Areading

Bread

Chavingread

Dbeingread

參考答案：D

［單選題］Don'tforgettoyourschoolbagwithyouwhen

youcomeherenexttime。

Abring

Bdeliver

Cfetch

Dtake

參考答案：D

［單選題］About70millionAmericansaretryingtolose

weight.Thisisalmostoneoutof(21)threepeopleintheUnited

States.Somepeoplegoondiets(節(jié)食).This(22)theyeatless

ofcertainfoods,especiallyfatsandsugars.(23)people

exercisewithspecialequipment,takemedicine,(24)evenhave

surgery(手術(shù)).Losingweightishardwork,anditcanalso

costalotofmoney.So(25)dosomanypeopleintheUnited

Stateswanttoloseweight?ManypeopleintheUnitedStates

are(26)forlookingyoungandpleasant.Tomany

people,(27)goodmeansbeingthin.

Otherpeopleworryabouttheir(28).Manydoctorssaybeing

overweightisunhealthy.ButareAmericansreally(29)?

Almost(30)mi11ionAmericansweighatleast20percent

30thantheirproperweight.

(31),theUnitedStatesisthemostoverweightcountryin

theworld."Thestored(32)ofadultAmericansweight2,300

millionpounds,nsaidanAmericanscientist.Hesaid(33)off

thatstoredenergywouldproduceenoughpowerfor900,000ears

togo12,000miles.(34)losingweightishardwork,manypeople

wanttofindafastandeasy(35)totakeofffat.

第(33)題選0。

Aburning

Btaking

Cgetting

Dturning

參考答案：A

［單選題］

”???ShewasmarriedtoanofficerinIndia,longagoIndia；

andshehadalifeofphysicaladventure(冒險)asexcitingas

herpoetry.Herhusbandcouldcrossriversusingcrocodiles(鱷

魚)assteppingstones.Hediedwhenshewasonly39.Unwilling

toexistwithouthim,shetookherlife,leavingasonin

England."

Istaredatthepaper,21reading,couldn*thelpthinking.

Crocodilesarelazyanimalsasarule,buttheycanmove

likelighteningwhentheywantto.Andtheydon'tmind

hurrying22they'rehungry.ThereusedtobelotsinIndian

rivers,livingonfishmostly；butwhatzsalittlefishfor

afifteen-footcrocodile?Theyatepeople,fishermanoranyone

elsedeliciousenoughtogettoonear；womendoingthe23,

orchildrenplayingatthewater"s

24.Ahungrycrocodile'smouth25overamealwitha

soundlikeagunshot.Abigfellowcan26inamanintwobites

（咬）。

Thatwoman'shusbandcrossedrivers27fromone

crocodile*sbacktothenext.Ibelieveit.Ithadtobedone

quicklybeforethecreaturecouldseewhatwashappening.It

wasn't28abrave,activeman；andnodoubtheimprovedwith

practice.Hecouldneverlook29whilecrossing.

Thewifeusedtowatchhim-Ifeltsureofthat.Shelived

30theadventure,the31excitementofitall.Theirreallife

waswithtigers,snakes...It"snowondershewrote32poetry.

Thenhedied.Iimaginedhowshefelt.Wasthereanother

man33himinIndia,intheworld?Shewasstillyoung,hardly

asitting-roomwidow（寡婦）?"Imust34,too.nshesaidto

herself.Soshedidwhatshefeltshehadtodo.A35

probably,toherhead.

Butheryoungson,theirson?Washerloveforhimnothing

comparedtoherhusband?Well,whatdoyouthink?

第21題的正確答案.

Astarted

Bbegan

Cfinished

Dstopped

參考答案：D

［單選題］About70millionAmericansaretryingtolose

weight.Thisisalmostoneoutof(21)threepeopleintheUnited

States.Somepeoplegoondiets(節(jié)食).This(22)theyeatless

ofcertainfoods,especiallyfatsandsugars.(23)people

exercisewithspecialequipment,takemedicine,(24)evenhave

surgery(手術(shù)).Losingweightishardwork,anditcanalso

costalotofmoney.So(25)dosomanypeopleintheUnited

Stateswanttoloseweight?ManypeopleintheUnitedStates

are(26)forlookingyoungandpleasant.Tomany

people,(27)goodmeansbeingthin.

Otherpeopleworryabouttheir(28).Manydoctorssaybeing

overweightisunhealthy.ButareAmericansreally(29)?

Almost(30)millionAmericansweighatleast20percent

30thantheirproperweight.

(31),theUnitedStatesisthemostoverweightcountryin

theworld."Thestored(32)ofadultAmericansweight2,300

millionpounds,nsaidanAmericanscientist.Hesaid(33)off

thatstoredenergywouldproduceenoughpowerfor900,000ears

togo12,000miles.(34)losingweightishardwork,manypeople

wanttofindafastandeasy(35)totakeofffat.

第(22)題選0。

Atells

Bmeans

Cshows

Dasks

參考答案：B

［單選題］

Overthesummer,myfamilytookatriptoIcelandtosee

thenaturalbeautyofit.LittledidI21Iwouldwakeupone

morningtohavemyeyesswelledup(腫脹)likeballoons!Iwas

frightened.Somanyquestionswere22throughmyhead.AmI

allergic(過敏的)tosomething?WastheresomeIcelandic

diseasethatI23?TheonlyhelpIreceivedwassomeallergy

medicine24aclinicnearby.Nothingwasworking.

Whenthetripwasover,Iwenttoseemydoctor.Shegave

meeyedrops,butclearlytheyweren'tworththetimeor25

andtheswellinggotworseandworse.

Ifinallydecidedthatitwouldbebestformeto26being

sosadandtakeiteasyandhavefun.Itwassummerafterall.

Ihadafunnightwithmyfriendsasifnothingwas27.The

nextmorningIwokeupandwentto28howswollenmyeyeswere,

onlytofindmyself29atmynormalface.Itwasamiracle（奇

跡）.I30askingmyselfwhyIhadnntdonethatearlier.Was

beingwithmyfriendsandhavingfunreallythe31tomy

problem?

TothisdayIstilldonotknowwhatIhad,and32doany

ofthemanydoctorsthatI33duringthesummer.Iwouldreally

liketogobacktoIcelandtoseetheNorthernLights,34I

amverymuchfrightenedthatIamjustallergictothecountry.

IhopeInever35havingsuchterribleswellinginmyeyesever

again.

第26題的正確答案是.

Atry

Bmind

Cprefer

Dstop

參考答案：D

［單選題］

Ifyouarewritingorstudying,itmakesverymuch

differencewherethelightcomesfrom.Peoplewhousebooks

andpenseverydayhavetobeespeciallycarefulabouttheway

thelightshinesontheirwork.

Everyhousegetsitslighteitherfromdaylightthrough

thewindows-whichisthebesttouse-orfromlampsor

electricity；butwhicheverkindoflightitis,thewayit

shinestowardourbookorworkisamatterofgreatimportance

totheeyes.

Takeabook,sitwithyourbacktowardthewindow,andtry

toread.Yourshadow（影子）fallsalloverthepageandmakes

italmostasbadforyoureyesasifyouwereinadarkroom.

Nowturnaroundandfacethewindow.Thepageisinthe

shadowagain,whilethebrightlightisinyoureyes.

Trysittingwithyourrightsidetowardthewindow.This

isverywellforreading,butifyouwerewriting,theshadow

ofyourhandwouldfallacrossthepageandbother（打攪）you

alittle.

Thereisjustoneotherway：sitwithyourleftsideto

thewindow.Noweverythingisperfectforreadingandfor

writing,too.

Whateverkindoflightisintheroom,theruleaboutthe

righttositisalwaysthesame.

Whichofthefollowingistrue?

AHowthelightshinesonourworkisofmuchimportance.

BThewaythelightshinesonyourworkmakesnodifference.

CWeneedn*tcareaboutwherethelightcomesfrom.

DPeoplecanwriteorstudyunderalightthatcomesfrom

anydirection.

參考答案：A

［單選題］Allthehousewiveswhowenttothenewsupermarket

hadonegreatambition：tobetheluckycustomerwhodidnot

havetopayforhershopping.Forthiswaswhatthenoticejust

insidetheentrancepromised.Itsaid：”Remember,oncea

week,oneofourcustomersgetsfreegoods.ThisMayBeYour

LuckyDay!”

ForseveralweeksMrs.Edwardshoped,likemanyofher

friends,tobetheluckycustomer.Unlikeherfriends,shenever

gaveuphoping.Thecupboardsinkitchenwerefullofthings

whichshedidnotneed.Herhusbandtriedtoadviseheragainst

buyingthingsbutfailed.Shedreamedofthedaywhenthe

managerofthesupermarketwouldapproachherandsay："

Madam,thisisYoarLuckyDay.Everythinginyourbasketis

free.n

OneFridaymorning,aftershehadfinishedhershoppingand

hadtakenittohercar,shefoundthatshehadforgottento

buyanytea.Shedashedbacktothesupermarket,gottheteaand

wenttowardsthecash-desk.Asshedidso,shesawthemanager

ofthesupermarketapproachher."Madam,“hesaid,holdingout

hishand,wIwanttocongratulateyou!Youareourluckycustomer

andeverythingyouhaveinyourbasketisfree!w

Mrs.Edwards'shusbandtriedto().

Amakeherunhappy

Bcheerherup

Cbuythingswithher

Dstopherbuyingthings

參考答案：D

［問答題］

提示：Tom和Lester兩人正在聊天，彼此問對方上一個周末是

怎樣度過的。Tom說他上星期六晚上同Si咖一道吃了飯，而Lester

說他星期13去電影院看了一場電影。

Tom：51

Lester:Notbad.Whataboutyou?

Tom：Notbad,either.Whatdidyoudolastweekend?

Lester：Well,52

Tom：0h,53

Lester：TheLionKing.

Tom：Oh,really?54

Lester：Yes,itwasgood.55

Tom：IwentouttodinnerwithSimon.

Lester：Oh,youmusthavehadagreattime.Bytheway,how

isSimon?

Tom：He'sfine.

查看材料第52題的答案是

參考答案：

IwenttothecinemaonSunday/1sawafilm(movie)onSunday

習(xí)題4

［單選題］Ofall()reasonsformydecisiontobecomea

universityprofessor,myfather,sadvicewas()

mostimportantone.

Athe；a

B不填;a

C不填;the

Dthe；the

參考答案：D

［單選題］Tom,togetherwithhisfamily,()toseeustonight.

Aiscoming

Barecoming

Ccomes

Dcome

參考答案：A

［單選題］Inancienttimeswealthwasmeasuredandexchanged

inthingsthatcouldbetouched：food,tools,andpreciousmetals

andstones.Thenthebartersystemwasreplacedbycoins,which

stillhadrealvaluesincetheywerepiecesofraremetal.Coins

werefollowedbyfiatmoney,papernotesthathavevalueonly

becauseeveryoneagreestoacceptthem.

Todayelectronicmonetarysystemsaregraduallybeing

introducedthatwilltransformmoneyintoevenlesstangible

forms,reducingittoaseriesof”bitsandbytes”,orunits

ofcomputerizedinformation,goingbetweenmachinesatthe

speedoflight.Already,electronicfundtransferallowsmoney

tobeinstantlysentandreceivedbydifferent

banks,companies,andcountriesthroughcomputersand

telecommunicationsdevices.

Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingwasthe

earliestkindofexchangeofwealth()?

ABarteredfoods

BFiatmoney

CCoincurrency

Dintangibleforms

參考答案：A

［單選題］

Catsarecreaturesofhabit.Theyliketogotosleepabout

thesametimeeverydayandforacertainlengthoftime.They

seemtohaveanaturalclockinsidethemthattellsthemwhen

tosleep.

Catsincreasetheirregularsleepwithoccasionalcatnaps

（打盹）.Someexpertsfeelthathumanscouldalsobenefitfrom

thishabit.Catnapshelptobuildupenergyinthebody.They

arealsoagoodwaytogetridoftrouble!Sincecatshave

thesamemoods（情緒）ashumans,someexpertsbehavethat

peoplecanimprovetheirmoods.Peoplemightbecomehappier.

Anumberoffamouspeoplehavecopiedcatsbytakingcat

napsduringtheday.Thenapswouldusuallylastfrom15to

30minutes.

WinstonChurchilltookcatnaps.SodidPresidentsHarry

Truman,JohnF.KennedyandLyndonB.Johnson.Thesefamous

menwereknownfortheirenergy.Theywerealsoabletowork

longhours,oftenintothenight.Nappingwastheirsecret.

Perhapsmorepeoplelearnfromcatsandtakenapstofeel

betterandlivelonger!

WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

APeopleshouldtaketheirnapssecretly.

BCatshavethesamemoodsaspeople.

CSomefamouspeopletakecatnaps.

DSomepeoplehavefullenergyaftertheytakecatnaps.

參考答案：A

［單選題］

SomefarmersinCaliforniaarehavingahardtimepicking

theircropsoTherearenotenoughworkerstohelpthemwith

theharvesto

Onefarmerusedtogrowpeaches（桃子），butwillsoongrow

almonds（杏仁）instead。Peachesrequiremorelabortoharvesto

Theyareeasytobedamagedandneedcarefulhandpickingo

HeisnowremovinghispeachtreesoThenhewillplantalmond

treesintheirplacesoAlmondsareharvesteddifferentlyo

Itdoesnottakeasmanyworkerstopickthembecauseamachine

shakesthealmondtreesoThenutsfallonthegroundandthen

aregatheredupoThefarmerdoesnothavetohiremanyworkerso

Somefarmersthinktherearetworeasonswhytheycan'

tfindenoughfarmworke