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  3. Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-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-of-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-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strange【C1】______to use as money, 【C2】______in countries where 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.
    Metal, 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 earliest 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 museum.
【C12】
选项 A、in spite of
B、instead of
C、along with
D、in line with
答案C
解析 词汇题。固定搭配词组的词义辨析。along with表示“连同……一起”，句中含有still(仍然)一词，表示这些金属钱币使用的延续性，本句意为“各种形状的铁铸货币在许多国家和纸币一起使用”，既符合文章含义，又符合客观事实，因此，为正确答案。instead of“代替”，如：He’ll go instead of you．他去，而不是你去。选择此项有背客观事实，众所周知，纸币是目前世界上最通用的货币形式之一。in spite of表示“尽管，不顾……”，如：They kept going in spite of their fears．他们不顾害怕继续前进。inline with表示“符合，和……一致”，如：They reached a wage agreement in line with current inflation．他们达成了和现行通货膨胀相配合的工资协议。可见，此三选项均不符题意。
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