英语通用职业技能竞赛（个人赛项目）初赛——职业能力在线试题ForthecontestantsI.ListeningComprehensionandtyping(英文听打)Directions：Inthefollowingpractice,youwillhearashortdialogue.Pleasetypethecorrectinformationontheanswersheetaccordingtothe5questionsgivenbellow:ZhangHui去失物招领处寻找手机事宜，请听录音（附音频文件），根据录音内容填写下面的相关信息：ItemsInformationII.ReadingComprehension(阅读理解)Directions:inthefollowingpractice，youaregoingtoread5passages.Afterreadingapassage,youwillfindquestionsorunfinishedstatements.Foreachquestionorstatement,youarerequiredtomakethecorrectchoiceamongA,B,CandDPassage1Whatmakesmoneyvaluable?Whyisapieceofpapermarked$10worthmorethanonemarked$1?Youcouldsaythereisnoreason.It’struethataspecialkindofpaperisusedtomakedollarbills,andtheyarepretty,butthat’snotwhatmakesthemvaluable.Therealreasonmoneyisvaluableisthateveryonebelievesitis.Ancienteconomieshadnopapermoneyorcoins.Someusedbarter----tradingonethingforanother.Othersusedallkindsofobjectsasmoney.Anyobjectwoulddo,aslongastherewasnotanunlimitedamountofit.Animalsormetalswerepopular,andsoweremanufacturedproductslikejewelryorweapons.WealthinancientGreecewasmeasuredintoolsorcattle.Thiskindofmoneyhadtwopurposes.First,itwasusefulinitself.Toolsandcattlecanbeusedforfarming.Andsecond,itwasawaytosymbolizeandmeasurevalue.Ahouse,forexample,wouldbevaluedatacertainnumberoftoolsorcattle.Thisgreatlysimplifiedtrade.Othersocietiesusedmoneythatwastotallysymbolic.Forinstance,AmericanIndiansusedwampum,whichismadefromseashells.AnduntilrecentlyonthepacificislandofYap,peopleuselargestonediscsasmoney.Inmostplacesthesetypesofmoneydiedoutbecausemorepracticalformsofmoneywereinvented.Peoplestartedusingpreciousmetals,suchasgoldandsilver,thatwereeasiertocarryaroundthantoolsorstones.Andintheeighteenthcentury,papermoneywasintroduced.Atfirstpeopleweresuspiciousofnewcurrency,buttheycametoacceptitbecausethegovernmentorbankissuingitwouldexchangeanequalPage1of11What’sthelostproperty?1.Whendidshelostit?2.Wheredidshelostit?3.Nameofpersonturninginthelostproperty4.Descriptionofthelostproperty5.英语通用职业技能竞赛（个人赛项目）初赛——职业能力在线试题Forthecontestantsamountofgoldforthepaper.A$10billreallywasworth$10forgold.Butnow,peopleareusedtotheideathatthegovernmentdoesn’thavetobackitsmoneywithgold.Everyonebelievesthata$10billisworth$10andthatisgoodenough.Butif,forsomereason,peopleeverlostfaithinpapermoney,tendollarswouldn’tbeworththepaperit’sprintedon.1.Accordingtothewritertherealreasonmoneyisvaluableisthateveryonebelieves_________.A.moneyisvaluableB.goldisvaluableC.moneyisgoldD.moneycanbuygold2.Thewriterofthisselectionmentionedanimals,metalsandmanufacturedproductslikejewelryorweaponsbecause_______________.A.theywerevaluableB.theywereusedasmoneyinancienttimesC.peoplelikedthemD.theywereuseful3.Papermoneywasinvented___________.A.totaketheplaceofothertypesofmoneyB.tobereplacedbyothertypesofmoneyC.inthenineteenthcenturyD.intheseventeenthcentury4.Atfirstpeopledidnothavetrustinpapermoneybecause___________.A.peoplecanmakeitbythemselvesB.thepaperwasnotofgoodqualityC.itlookedlikeanordinarypieceofpaperD.itwasnotworthmuch5.Peoplecametoacceptpapermoneywhen___________.A.thegovernmentbegantoissueitB.thebankbegantoissueitC.theycouldexchangeitforthesameamountofgoldD.peopleseeitforthefirsttime.Passage2Americanswithsmallfamiliesownasmallc...
