A、These eight institutions are Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University in alphabetic order.
B、These eight institutions are California University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University in alphabetic order.
C、These eight institutions are Berkley University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University in alphabetic order.
D、These eight institutions are Brown University, California University, Cornell University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, and Yale University in alphabetic order.
第1题
In the American colonies, there was no standard currency. The coin that was in widest use was the Spanish Peso, known also as" Pieces of Eight" because it could be divided into eight pie-like pieces. The English colonists informally assigned the name dollar to this coin. In 1785, when the Continental Congress established U.S. currency ,they adopted dollar as name for the standard unit of currency ,at the suggestion of Governeur Morris and Thomas Jefferson ,.because the term was widely known and was not associated with any form. of official English currency. Jefferson also coined the term disme, from the French dixieme, for a tenth of a dollar. Pronounced deem, it eventually became dime.
The origin of the $ sign has several folkloric stories attached. One says that Thomas Jefferson invented it, perhaps as a sort of monogram for TS. Jefferson was the first to use the symbol in relation to the U.S. dollar, but this story is fanciful. Another says that originally it was U superimposed over an S,for U.S. of course. Eventually the base of the U eroded due to poor printing technology, leaving an S with two lines through it. Another says that it is a variant of a figure eight that appeared on the Spanish Peso, standing for the pieces of eight. This Past is close to the truth, but not quite there.
The Spanish royal family used on its escutcheon, two pillars representing the Pillars of Hercules in Gibraltar and Morocco crossed by an unfurled banner reading" Plus Ultra." This symbol appeared on the Peso, and looked much like the modern $ sign. It was adopted as a symbol for the Peso in the American colonies, and was transferred to the dollar.
The U.S. was the first nation to adopt an official currency named the dollar. In 1797 ,the Bank of England began minting" dollar" coins as bank-issued currency. Other nations that have adopted the name dollar for their currency have done so in emulation of either the U.S. or this short-lived Bank of England practice.
What does the phrase" clipped form" (L4 Paral ) mean?
A.A silver coin.
B.Old German coin.
C.Another name of the same thing.
D.A shortened form. of a long name.
第4题
A.More than a million.
B.More than eight million.
C.Less than eight million.
D.Less than a million.
第6题
What kind of cello did the man use. when he was eight?
A.A half-sized cello.
B.A two-thirds-sized cello.
C.A full-sized cello.
D.An expert-made cello.
第8题
听力原文:W: The concert starts at eight thirty. What time is it now?
M: About ten to eight. We must hurry up.
What time is it now?
A.7:50.
B.8:10.
C.8:30.
第10题
A.20%
B.25%
C.40%
D.5O%
E.80%
第11题
听力原文:M: What time is it now? My watch says eight past ten.
W: Oh, you are five minutes fast.
Q: What time is it now?
(2)
A.8:10
B.8:05
C.10:08
D.10:03
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