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  3. Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strange【C1】__

Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strange【C1】__

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问题     Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-the-way parts of the world today.
    Salt may seem rather a strange【C1】______to use as money, 【C2】______in countries where were the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an【C3】______necessity. Cakes of salt, stamped to show their 【C4】______, were used as money in some countries until recent 【C5】______, and cakes of salt 【C6】______buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa.
    Sea shells【C7】______ as money at some time【C8】______another over the greater part of the Old World. These were【C9】______mainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across the【C10】______from East to West.
    Medal, valued by weight, 【C11】______coins in many parts of the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countries【C12】______ paper money. It can either be exchanged【C13】______goods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, apart from shells , was of bronze, 【C14】______in flat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called "cash". The【C15】______of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old—older than the earlist coins of the eastern Mediterranean.
    Nowadays, coins and notes have【C16】______nearly all the more picturesque【C17】______of money, and 【C18】______ in one or two of the more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonial【C19】______such as weddings and funerals, examples of 【C20】______money will soon be found only in museums.
【C18】
选项 A、while
B、although
C、because
D、if
答案B
解析 考查逻辑关系。根据people still keep it和it will soon be found only in museums可以确定应该用连词although引出让步状语从句，故B.although为正确答案。while引导比较状语从句；because引导原因状语从句；if引导条件状语从句。均不符合文意。
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