参考答案:
【小题22】B
【小题23】A
【小题24】B
【小题25】D
习题解析:
【小题22】听力原文开头指出希腊哲学家亚里士多德对钱币的特征做过描述,提到It must be lasting and easy to recognize, to divide, and to carry about.即钱币必须具有持久性、易于辨认、分割、携带,选项B符合原文,故为答案 。
【小题23】听力原文中提到Among isolated people,... commerce usually means barter. For this kind of simple trading, money is not needed...,即有些与世隔绝的人通常不使用钱币进行交易,对于他们来说商业就是以物易物,故选项A为答案 。
【小题24】听力原文提到Salt may seem rather a strange substance to use as money, but in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an absolute necessity.由此可知,在一些以蔬菜为食的国家,盐是一种必需品,他们往往会用盐作为媒介进行交易,故选项B为答案 。另外三个选项属于利用原文信息张冠李戴设置的干扰 。
【小题25】听力原文提到The early money of China, apart from shell, was of bronze, often in flat, round pieces with a hole in the middle, called "cash". 由此可知,中国早期被称为“现钱”的货币是中间带孔的圆形铜钱,故选项D为答案 。