2021年度公共英语考试模拟卷（5）新整理版.doc

公共英语考试模拟卷（5） 本卷共分为1大题50小题，作答时间为180分钟，总分100分，60分及格。 严格遵守考试纪律，维护考试秩序！ 一、单项选择题（共50题，每题2分。每题的备选项中，只有一个最符合题意） 1.W: You’re going to Boston tomorrow, aren’t you .M: Yes. I thought I’d fly, but then I decided that taking a bus would be cheaper than driving or flying. How did the man plan to go to Boston () A．By bus.B．By car.C．By plane. 参考答案：C [考点] 细节题[解析] 男士原打算乘飞机，但后来改变了想法。故本题答案为C。 2.Did you examine your paper money closely See if you can locate a ＄5, ＄10, or ＄20 bill printed before 1964 and marked Federal Reserve Note over the portrait. In the upperleft portion above the seal, a statement written in fine print says that the note is legal tender (法定货币) and that it is redeemable (可兑现的) in lawful money at the United States Treasury (美国财政部), or at any Federal Reserve Bank (联邦储备银行). Does this mean that the bin is not lawful At the bottom center the same bill says, Will pay to the bearer on demand X dollars. Does this mean that your X-dollar bill is not X dollarsMuch confusion exists about the real nature of money. Many people think that money has no value unless it is backed by gold or silver. They think that the Federal Reserve note is only a symbol for money, and that real money is the metal backing the note. Some people look on money as wealth and believe that it must have intrinsic (内在的) value.If we were to study the history of money, we would find that in different places and at different times a variety of things have been used as money. Cattle, shell, beads (珠子),tobacco leaves, and various metals--including iron, zinc (锌), bronze (青铜), and copper--have all been used as a basis of exchange. The precious metals, particularly silver and gold, have proved most satisfactory for this purpose and have been most commonly used in modem times.Until early 1968, the United States backed its Federal Reserve notes with 25 percent gold, but this did not mean that citizens could use gold as money or convert paper dollars to gold. Clearly, it is not what money is but what it does that