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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. Gakes 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.
【C11】
选项 A、processed
B、produced
C、preceded
D、proceeded
答案C
解析 考查语篇理解。此句话的意思是金属出现在硬币之前，故C．preceded“在…之前”为正确答案。process“加工，处理”；produce“生产，制造”；proceed“进行，继续做(某事)”，均不符合文意。
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