2013同等学力申硕英语每日一练 5月02日

　　To obtain made of is worth

　　A . it is cheaper ( 1) ____ silver

　　B . the coins were actually ( 2)____ silver

　　C . the silver in coins ( 3) ____ much more

　　Less than 40 years ago in the United States , it was common to change a one-dollar bill for a dollar ' s worth of silver . That is because ( 4) ____ . But those days are gone . There is no silver in today ' s coins . When the price of the precious metal rises above its face value as money, the metal will become more valuable in other uses . Silver coins are no longer in circulation because ( 5) _____ than their face value . A silver firm could find that ( 6) _____ by melting down coins than by buying it on the commodity markets . Coins today are made of an alloy of cheaper metals .

　　1.【答案】to obtain 【 解析】 it 为形式主语，不定式为真正主语，所以选to obtain 。

　　2. 【答案】made of 【解析】 be made of 为固定短语，意为“由… … 所组成，由… … 造成”, B 项意为“硬币实际上是银制的”。

　　3.【答案】】 is worth 【解析】 句子缺谓语，C 项意为“硬币中银的价值比面值多很多”，所以选is worth 。

　　4.【答案】B 【 解析】 空格前一句指出，三十多年前在美国，把1美元钞票换成价值1 美元的银币是很平常的事情。空格所在句子对这件事情进行解释，所以“当时的钱币确实是银制的”符合文意，选B。

　　5.【答案】C 【解析】根据空格后出现的than 可知，C 项中的much more 与之对应。

　　6.【答案】 A 【 解析】 根据空格后的“通过熔化硬币”可知，熔化硬币是为了便宜地获得银，所以选A 。