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1、英语专四考试阅读理解在线测试试题Asthemerchantclassexpandedintheeighteenth?centuryNorthAmericanColonies,thesilversmithandthecoppersmithbusinessesrosetoserveit.OnlyafewsilversmithswereavailableinNewYorkorBostoninthelateseventeenthcentury,butintheeighteenthcenturytheycouldbefoundinallmajorcolonialcities.Noothercolonia
2、lartisansrivaledthesilversmithsprestige.Theyhandledthemostexpensivematerialsandpossesseddirectconnectionstoprosperouscolonialmerchants.Theirproducts,primarilysilverplatesandbowls,reflectedtheirexaltedstatusandtestifiedtotheircustomersprominence.Silverstoodasoneofthesurestwaystostorewealthatatimebefo
3、reneighborhoodbanksexisted.Unlikethesilvercoinsfromwhichtheyweremade,silverarticleswerereadilyidentifiable.Oftenformedtoindividualspecifications,theyalwayscarriedthesilversmithsdistinctivemarkingsandconsequentlycouldbetracedandretrieved.Customersgenerallysecurethemoneyinasmallfurnace,addingabitofcop
4、pertoformastrongeralloy,andcastingthealloyinrectangularblocks.Theyhammeredtheseingotstotheappropriatethicknessbyhand,shapedthemandpresseddesignsintothemforadornment.Engravingwasalsodonebycorrosioncontributedtoitsattractiveness.ButbecauseitwasexpensiveincolonialAmerica,coppersmithswereneververynumero
5、us.VirtuallyallcopperworkedbySmithswasimportedassheetsorobtainedbyrecyclingoldcoppergoods.Copperwasusedforpracticalitems,butitwasnotadmiredforitsbeauty.Coppersmithsemployedittofashionpotsandkettlesforthehome.Theyshapeditinmuchthesamemannerassilverormelteditinafoundrywithleadortin.Theyalsomixeditwith
6、zinctomakebrassformaritimeandscientificinstruments.?1、Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingeighteenthcenturydevelopmentshadstrongimpactonsilversmithsA.Adecreaseinthecostofsilver.B.Theinventionofheatefficientfurnaces.Thegrowingeconomicprosperityofcolonialmerchants.Thedevelopmentofnewtoolsusedtosh
7、apesilver.IncolonialAmerica,wheredidsilversmithsusuallyobtainthematerialtomakesilverarticles?Fromtheirownmines.Fromimporters.Fromothersilversmiths.Fromcustomers.ThepassagementionsallofthefollowingasusesforcopperinColonialAmericaEXCEPTcookingpotsscientificinstrumentsmusicalinstrumentsmaritimeinstrume
8、ntsAccordingtothepassage,silversmithsandcoppersmithsincolonialAmericaweresimilarinwhichofthefollowingwaysTheamountofsocialprestigetheyhad.Thewaytheyshapedthemetaltheyworkedwith.?Thecostofthegoodstheymade.Thepracticalityofthegoodstheymade.参考答案：C)根据文章第一句“Asthemerchantclassexpandedintheeighteenth?centu
9、ryNorthAmericanColonies,.”可知，随着在十八世纪的北美殖民地商人阶级膨胀起来，也就是说那时的商人财富有了很大的发展，银匠铜匠们有机会发挥他们的专长了，这与选项C正好相符。D)根据文章第十四、五行“Customersgenerallysecuresobjecttheyordered.Theysavedcoins,tookthemtosmiths,and.”可知顾客要做银器，首先要积攒银币，然后拿到银匠处加工成他们想要的形状。选项D“来自客户”与之相符。C)文章末尾在提到铜的用途时惟独没有提到乐器。B)根据文章倒数第四行“Theyshapeditinmuchthesamemannerassilverormelteditinafoundrywithleadortin.”可知银匠和铜匠在银器和铜器的塑型方式上是一样的，故选项B为正确答案。