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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 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 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.
【C14】
选项 A、often
B、seldom
C、really
D、much
答案A
解析 本题考查副词辨析。本句的含义是中国早期的钱币______是扁平状。根据历史常识可判断这句话里的副词强调的是大多数情况，所以A项正确，其他三项不符文意，故排除。
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