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  Have you ever looked for seashells by the sea? The shells you find along the sand have nothing in them. But once they did! Once they were the covering of living animals.

  There are many kinds of animals that live in shells. Snails are one kind. They carry their shells on their backs. Another kind has two sides to its shell. Some can go in and out of their shells whenever they want to go.

  Some shells are round, like moons. Some shells are long, like teeth. Most shells shine and they have very nice colour.

  Many, many years ago, the ancient Chinese used strings of shells as money. So did some other people at that time.

1.You may find it strange to see the shells on the sand are ________.

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A.empty
B.full
C.colorful
D.shining

2.Shells were once ________.

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A.dead animals
B.the covering of animals
C.living animals
D.one kind of animals.

3.Who used shells as money?

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A.The Chinese.
B.The ancient Chinese.
C.The ancient people.
D.The ancient foreigners.

4.“Shells” in the passage means ________.

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A.the animals' back

B.the animals' bones

C.the dead animals' covering

D.the living animals' covering

5.The best title for passage above is ________.

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A.Seashells
B.Shells
C.Kinds of Shells
D.Shells As Money
答案:A;B;B;C;B
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  解题点拨

  1.根据常识,贝壳里是应有生物的,所以一旦你发现沙滩上的贝壳是空的,你就会很奇怪.

  3.根据Many, many years ago, the ancient Chinese used strings of shells as money.

  5CD两选项分别出现在文章的三、四段,贯穿文章始终的是B项.


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