Ⅳ.阅读理解。(30分)

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Betty is an American school girl. She is very happy because her parents will take her to China for a visit. They are going to fly from New York on June 30 and get to Beijing on July 1. They will stay at Lido Holiday Inn. Their Chinese friends will show them around Beijing. They are going to visit the Palace Museum, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall. They will also visit some Chinese homes and try some Chinese food. They will spend a week in Beijing and then go to Xi’an, Guilin and some other places for sightseeing. The whole trip will take three weeks and she is sure she will have a great time in China.

(   ) 51. Betty is very happy because she will _______ with her parents.

A. visit New York 　 B. go home  　 C. watch TV   D. visit China

(   ) 52. Their _______ friends will show them around Beijing.

A. Australian     B. Chinese   　 C. American   D.pen

(   ) 53. From the text we can know that they will _______ in Beijing.

A. cook Chinese food      B. speak Chinese

C.  try some Chinese food     D. play games

(   ) 54. After they visit Beijing, they will go to _______.

A. Xi’an and Guilin  B. The Summer Palace  C. Shanghai  D. the Great Wall

B

People use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in the time long ag o, people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells(贝壳).

The first copper coins(硬币) were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver (银). But gold and sil ver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.

Money has had an interesting story from the days of shell money till today.

(   )55. People usually use money 　    .

A. to buy gold               B. to get something they want

C. to buy shells             D. to buy something expensive

(   )56.In the past ,the ancient (古代的)Chinese used to have cloth and knives ____.

A. as a tool 　　B. as money   C. as a gift 　　D. as a kind of goods

(   )57. 　     was also a kind of money used by the people on some islands.

A. Gold 　  B. Animals     C. Rice 　  D. Knives

(   )58. The first paper money 　 ___   .

A. looked like the same as the paper money used today   B. looked interesting

C. looked like a note        D. had a square hole in the center