发布时间 : 星期五 文章安徽省蚌埠市2017-2018学年高一第二学期期末考试英语试卷更新完毕开始阅读
was, for example, the
first country to produce paper money. Before the invention of paper money and coins, people used many
different kinds of things for buying and selling. 3 1 This exchange of goods and services for other
goods and services is called bartering（以货换货）．
32 In 1200 BC, people in China began to use shells（贝壳）as money. Usually the shells used as
money were very small. This made it easier for people to carry money over long distances, and allowed for
trade to develop between different parts of the country.
In the years which followed this invention, many other countries around the world began to do the same. 33_ ___
The next development was in 1000 BC, when China started making bronze and copper shells.It
wasn't long before the Chinese made round coins out of metal.____34 By 500 BC, metal coins had
begun to appear in countries like Persia and Greece, and later in the Roman Empire. About 1000 years later, leather was used as money in China, and in 806 AD, the first paper
bank notes were produced by the Chinese people. 35
A. People also began collecting foreign coins as souvenirs. B. They also used tiny shells as money for buying and selling. C. It was still many years before paper currency appeared in Europe. D. However, as economies developed, such exchanges became impractical. E. The very first coins often had holes in them so that people could string them together.
F. During that time, for example, buying a chicken might cost several potatoes. G. As time went by, trade between countries increased.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共一节，满分30分） 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With
each passing day everyone became more 36 waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 37
everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David.
David was a small boy in ragged clothes.I had often 38 what kind of home life David had, and
what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so 39 for the cold winter months, without
a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 40 .I can still remember he was always 4 1 a
smile and willing to help. He always 42 after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never
talked much. He__43 just smile and ask what else he could do ,then thank me for letting him stay and slowly 44 home
Weeks passed and the 45 over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of
46 before the holiday break.I smiled in 47 as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning
around, I saw David 48 standing by my desk.
\box. 50 it to
me, he said anxiously. \Open it. \took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. I lifted
the lid and to my _51 saw nothing. I looked at David's smiling face and back into the box and said.
\. ”
\no it isn' t. \David. \full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was
something you couldn't see or touch unless you know it's there. \
Tears filled my eyes 53 I looked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given 54 to. Afterthat Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning 55 the little empty box set on my desk.
36. A. anxious B. courageous C. serious D. cautious
37. A. warning B. ringing C. calling D. yelling
38. A. wondered B. scolded C. realized D. learned
39. A. modestly B. naturally C. inaccurately D. inappropriately
40. A. popular B. special C. upset D. funny
41. A. expressing B. delivering C. wearing D. sharing
42. A. practised B. wandered C. studied D. stayed
43. A. should B. would C. might D. could
44. A. head for B. turn to C. put off D. aim at
45. A. argument B. judgment C. movement D. excitement
46. A. school B. year C. education D. program
47. A. vain B. return C. relief D. control
48. A. weakly B. quietly C. sadly D. helplessly
49. A. searched B. pulled C. raised D. found
50. A. Handing B. Holding C. Sending D. Leaving
51. A. delight B. expectation C. appreciation D. surprise
52. A. cheap B. useless C. empty D.improper
53. A. though B. until C. because D. as
54. A. advice B. support C. attention D. command
55. A. from B. behind C. over D. towards
第Ⅱ卷（共一部分，满分60分） 第四部分 写作（共四节，满分60分）
第一节单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据所给的英语首字母和汉语提示，完成下列单词的拼写，使句意明确，语言通顺。 56. Children have a natural c____（好奇心）about the world around them.
57. The more young students worked, the more e____ （精力充沛的）they became. 58.A b （理发师）is a man whose job is cutting men's hair.
59.A truck went out of control and c____（碰撞）into the back of a bus.
60. Look carefully, and you will see that there's a s____（微小的；轻微的）difference between the two pictures.
61. He felt a strong b____（联系；关系）with his audience. 62.U____（不幸地），you were out when I called.