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or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. 2_____ One of the first kinds of money was shells.
Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine
Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money
in parts of Africa.
The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. 3_____.
Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 4_____ Sweden and Russia
used copper to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.
But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese
thought of a way to improve money. 5_____ The first paper money looked more like a note from one person
to another than the paper money used today.
Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.
B. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.
C. No one knows for certain when people began to use money.
D. People strung (串连) them together and carried them from place to place.
E. Money, as we know, is all made of paper.
F. They began to use paper money.
G. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.
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what Oscar is to the movies. The name "Grammy" is short for "gramophone (machine for reproducing music
and speech recorded on flat discs)", since the awards are shaped like those old-fashioned gramophones.
Over the years Los Angeles and New York have played tug-of-war with the Grammy Awards show. What
about the result? The Grammy ceremony has been held 32 times in Los Angeles, 10 times in New York City,
and once in Nashville.
In 1999, the show returned to Los Angeles (at the Shrine, with host Kelsey Grammer) thanks in large part
to a much-publicized feud between the show"s organizers and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. And the
Grammys didn"t return to the Big Apple while Giuliani was still in office, eventually moving to Los Angeles"s
Staples Center.
But with Giuliani finally gone from City Hall, the Grammys returned to New York in 2003, at Madison
Square Garden.
For 2004, the award show moved back to L.A., and has remained here. The 47th Annum Grammy Awards
show was held on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005, at the Staples Center. The big winners for 2005 were the late Ray
Charles, U2, Alicia Keys, Norah Jones, Los Lonely Boys, Kanye West, Usher, John Mayer, Tim McGraw and
Maroon.
For 2007, the annum Grammy Awards was held at the Staples Center in downtown L.A. The organizers
have decided to move the show back to Sunday again. In 2006, the show was held on Wednesday, Feb. 8.
CBS had moved the show from its usual Sunday spot to avoid competing with coverage of the Winter
Olympics.
On Jan. 31, 2010, the Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Jamie Foxx and
T-Pain hit the stage with Hip-Hop pioneer Doug E. Fresh and legendary Guns-N-Roses guitarist, Slash.
B. Madison Square Garden
C. New York
D. Los Angeles
B. in New York City in 1998
C. in L.A in 1998
D. in New York City in 1997
B. The origin of the Grammy Award
C. The city of L A and NY
D. New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
B. Madison Square Garden is a place belonging to New York
C. Over the years only LA and NY held the Grammy Awards show
D. It"s been over fifty years since the first Grammy Awards was held
so many expressions that use the word "cold". For centuries, the body"s blood has been linked closely with
the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, for example, are said to be cold-blooded.
Cold-blooded people act in a merciless way. They may do brutal things to others, and not by accident. For
example, a newspaper says the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. The killer murdered someone,
not in self-defense. He seemed to kill with no emotion.
Cold can affect other parts of the body, the feet, for example. Heavy socks can warm your feet, if your
feet are really cold. But there is an expression-to get cold feet-that has nothing to do with cold or your feet.
The expression means being afraid to do something you had decided to do. For example, you agree to be
president of an organization. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned. All the work of the
organization will be your responsibility. You are likely to gel cold feet about being president when you
understand the situation.
Cold can also affect your shoulder. You "give someone the cold shoulder" when you refuse to speak to
them. You treat them in a distant, cold way. The expression probably comes from the physical act of turning
your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face. You may give a cold shoulder to a friend
who has not kept a promise: he made to you. Or, to someone who has lied about you to others.
"A cold fish" is not a fish. It if a person. But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and show no
love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone.
"Out in the cold" is an expression often heard. It means not getting something that everybody else got.
A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise. He was left out in the cold. And it is not a
pleasant place to be.
B. "cold" is a word closely linked with human emotions
C. many English expressions contain the word "cold"
D. the word "cold" has many different meanings in English
B. illegal
C. impolite
D. extreme
B. To get cold feet.
C. A cold fish.
D. A cold shoulder.
B. is punished by a cold fish
C. has got cold feet
D. is left out in the cold
elegant manner. "My name has always made me think I should be a cheerleader," She complained. "I just
don"t feel like a Debbie!"
One day, while filling out an application form for publishing job, the young woman suddenly changed
middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. "That was the smartest thing I ever did," She says now.
"As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie. I felt more comfortable with myself… and other people started
to take me more seriously". Two years after her successful magazine editor-friends and associates call her
Lynne.
Naturally, the name change didn"t cause Debbie/Lynne"s professional achievement-but it surely helped
if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents. Social scientists say that what you are called can
affect your life. Through history, names have not only identified people but also described them. "As his
name is, so is he..?" says the Bible. For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserves, simpleness
or charm may be suggested by your name and encourage other people before they even meet you.
Of course, names with a good sense can work for you-even encouraging new acquaintances. A recent
survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the attractive female name, while women believed
Richard and David were the most attractive to men. One woman I know turned down a blind date with a
man named Harry because "he sounded dull." Several evenings later she came up to me at a party, pressing
for an introduction to a very nice man with whom they looked at each other all evening. "Oh," I said. "You
mean Harry?" She was ill at ease.
B. was what she happened to do when filling out the form
C. did have an effect on her success
D. entirely contributed to her luck
B. to tell her that names didn"t matter really
C. to make her feel uneasy in mind
D. the person is more important than his /her name
B. quiet
C. dull
D. attractive
B. Your name is your fortune
C. Don"t care much for names
D. Names and making friends
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| The wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father 1 in a new black American sports car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the 2 . The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled 3 at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the 4 first time. Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the 5 of a radio station"s competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to 6 without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered for a 7 "experiment" organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England. Greg and Carle were 8 eight finalists who were interviewed live on 9 . They 10 a lie detector test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their 11 . The competition judges 12 an astrologer (占星家) who declared that they were suited. The 13 celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone 14 their joy. Miss Germaine"s mother looked 15 throughout the wedding and Mr. Cordell"s parents are reported to be less than delighted. Organizations, including the marriage guidance service Relate, have 16 the marriage. As one person put it, "We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage 17 without this. Marriage should always be about love." The couple are now on a Caribbean 18 followed by journalists. Their other 19 include a year"s free use a wonderful apartment in the centre of Birmingham,and a car. But will it 20 ? | ||||
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