首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
As the merchantman class expanded in the eighteenth century North 1.______. American Colonies, the silversmith and the coppersmi
As the merchantman class expanded in the eighteenth century North 1.______. American Colonies, the silversmith and the coppersmi
admin
2013-06-12
23
问题
As the merchantman class expanded in the eighteenth century North 1.______.
American Colonies, the silversmith and the coppersmith businesses rose
to serve it. Quite a few silversmiths were available in New York or Boston 2.______
in the late seventeenth century, but in the eighteenth century they could
be found in all main colonial cities. No other colonial artisans rivaled the 3.______
silversmiths’ prestige. They handled the most expensive materials and
possessed direct connections to prosperous colonial merchants. Their
products, primarily silver plates and bowls, reflected their exalting status 4.______
and testified for their customers’ prominence. Silver stood as one of the 5.______
surest ways to store wealth at a time after neighborhood banks existed. 6.______
Unlike the silver coins from which they were made, silver articles were
readily identifiable. Often formed to individual specifications, they always
carried the silversmith’s distinctive markings and consequently could be
traced and retrieved. Customers generally secure the silver for the silver
object they ordered. They saved coins, took them to smiths, and discussed
the type of pieces they desired. Silversmiths complied to these requests 7.______
by melting the money in a small furnace, adding a bit of copper to form
a stronger alloy, and cast the alloy in rectangular blocks. They hammered 8. ______
these ingots to the appropriate thickness by hand, shaped them and pressed
designs into them for adornments. Engraving was also done by hand. 9.______
In addition to plates and bowls, some customers sought more intricate
products, such as silver teapots. These were made by shaping or casting
parts separately and then soldering it together. 10.______
选项
答案
merchantman——merchant
解析
本题为名词误用。merchantman表示“商船”,与军用船只相对,merchant表示商人。此处后跟class,表示某个阶层的兴起,指人。
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/w2RYFFFM
0
专业英语八级
相关试题推荐
WhichofthefollowingdoesNOTbelongtothecategoriesofInternetaddiction?
Asanxiety-makers,examinationsaresecondtonone.Thatisbecausesomuchdependsonit.Theyarethemarkofsuccess
AllofthefollowingworksarewrittenbyJamesJoyceEXCEPT
Insixteenth-centuryItalyandeighteenth-centuryFrance,waningprosperityandincreasingsocialunrestledtherulingfamilies
WhatwerethethingsinBritainthatDr.Mathewfoundmoststrangewhenhefirstarrived?
______istheonlyCanadianprovincewithapredominantlyFrench-speakingpopulation.
TheBritishEmpirewasoncehometothirdofthe【M1】______world’spopulation.But,withthereturnofHon
HowmuchloanwillbeprovidedforthegovernmentofIreland?
______isthelargestcityand______isthesecondlargestcityinthePacificCoastStatesRegion.
______,thelargestlakeinNewZealand,wasformedbyanenormousvolcaniceruption26000yearsago.
随机试题
一老年男性患者,高热后出现反应迟钝,注意力、记忆、理解都有困难,有环境定向障碍,能简单回答问题,但对复杂问题则有些茫然不知所措,吞咽、角膜、对光反射尚存在,这种症状属于
药品连锁门店应在门店前悬挂
土方工程可分为()几类。
未经化学处理的海鸟粪(每包毛重10kg)
简述教师成长与发展的基本途径。
A.肥大B.增生C.两者均有D.两者均无亚急性重型肝炎时,残留肝细胞发生
假设CS:1000H处有一条指令JNC Label,它的机器代码是73FCH,Label是标号,当前 CF=0。问执行该指令后,IP的值是( )。
FermiProblemOnaMondaymorninginJuly,theworld’sfirstatombombexplodedinNewMexicodesert.Fortysecondslater,t
Lookatthestatementsbelowandatthefiveextractsfromanarticleabouttherelationshipbetweenstrategicalliancesandorg
A.becauseB.experienceC.pushedintoD.objectionsE.protestedF.complaintsG.oppose
最新回复
(
0
)