Question

【題目】Directions: Complete the passage with the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Cryptocurrencies, also digital currencies, are under the microscope as never before. On Tuesday the blockchain （區(qū)塊鏈）supporting bitcoin （比特幣）is 【1】 in two, as members of the bitcoin community unhappy with the digital currency’s direction set up a(n) 【2】 called Bitcoin Cash. However, Bitcoin Cash will likely only be worth a part of bitcoin. The original digital currency is 【3】 at around $2,778,39, but future values for Bitcoin Cash are just $ 288.35, or 0.103 of a bitcoin.

Last week the Russian national Alexander Vinnik, who【4】 cheated early adopters of millions of pounds’ worth of bitcoins, including funds obtained from the hack （非法侵入）of failed bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, was arrested in Greece.

Vinnik was described by the US Department of Justice as the operator of BTC-e, an exchange used to trade bitcoin since 2011, which was used to transfer more than $4bn for people involved in crimes.Greeek police claimed that the 38-year-old was “an internationally 【5】 ‘mastermind’ of a crime organistation”.

US authorities also linked him to the failure of Mt Gox, the Japan-based bitcoin exchange that 【6】 in 2014 after being hacked. Vinnik “obtained” funds from the hack and transferred them through BTC-e and Tradehill, another San Francisco-based exchange he owned, according to court documents.

The Russian authorities have become progressively concerned about potential for digital currencies to be used for illegal means, but remain 【7】 about whether it is a currency or a financial property. Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Russian central bank, he said it should be 【8】 as a digital property. “We don’t consider that bitcoin can be considered as a(n) 【9】 currency,” she told CNBC.

But the country’s deputy finance minister, Alexey Moiseev, recently said the authorities hoped to recognise bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a legal financial instrument next year in a (n) 【10】 to handle Vinnik-style money transferring.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】H

【2】A

【3】I

【4】B

【5】G

【6】E

【7】J

【8】F

【9】K

【10】C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。介紹了加密貨幣，也稱數(shù)字貨幣，正以前所未有的方式受到人們的關(guān)注。

【1】考查非謂語動詞。句意：周二，支持比特幣的區(qū)塊鏈將一分為二。根據(jù)后文講 比特幣基金會因為數(shù)字貨幣的走向而不開心，因為他們把the blockchain（區(qū)塊鏈）supporting bitcoin （比特幣）一分為二，表示“分開”故選H。

【2】考查名詞。句意：他們創(chuàng)建了一個名為比特幣現(xiàn)金的替代方案。冠詞a(n)后面接名詞，根據(jù)bitcoin Cash可知此處意為“替代方案”，故選A。

【3】考查非謂語動詞。句意：最初的數(shù)字貨幣交易價格約為2778,39美元，但比特幣現(xiàn)金的未來價值僅為288.35美元，即1比特幣的0.103美元。根據(jù)空格后面是價格，但是比特幣未來價格只是 $ 288.35。 所以空格選擇跟錢有關(guān)，表示“交易”故選I。

【4】考查副詞。句意：那個欺騙價值數(shù)百萬英鎊比特幣的早期使用者的人，在希臘被抓起來了。用副詞修飾動詞cheated，故選B。

【5】考查形容詞。句意：希臘警方稱，這名38歲的男子是“國際通緝的組織犯罪‘主謀’”。an是冠詞，internationally是副詞，mastermind是名詞，此處應(yīng)填形容詞sought，意為“被追查的”，故選G。

【6】考查動詞。句意：Mt Gox是一家總部位于日本的比特幣交易所，在2014年遭到黑客攻擊后倒閉。根據(jù)after being hacked可知選E。

【7】考查形容詞。句意：但仍未決定它是一種貨幣還是一種金融資產(chǎn)。俄羅斯當局漸漸的開始關(guān)心數(shù)字貨幣的前景，但是后文的whether 可以看出還不太確定，remain“保持”，是系動詞，后接形容詞做表語，故選J。

【8】考查非謂語動詞。句意：俄羅斯央行行長Elvira Nabiullina表示，應(yīng)該將其作為數(shù)字資產(chǎn)加以監(jiān)管。根據(jù)should be可知后接動詞過去分詞，故選F。

【9】考查形容詞。句意：as a(n) ____currency可知用形容詞，再根據(jù)第8項，她不認為比特幣可以被看做digital property，對應(yīng)的是形容詞 virtual，故選K。

【10】考查名詞。句意：但該國財政部副部長Alexey Moiseev最近表示，當局希望明年將比特幣和其他加密貨幣作為一種合法的金融工具，以處理類似vinnik的資金轉(zhuǎn)移。a (n)后接名詞，文中說希望明年可以認可比特幣作為一種在轉(zhuǎn)賬方面的一個合法金融工具，in an attempt to do sth“嘗試做某事，試圖做某事”，故選C。

第10小題中考查了in an attempt to do sth.用法，in an attempt to do sth意為“竭盡全力做某事；嘗試做某事；企圖做”。

She wants to make a good impression and in an attempt to do so continually finds herself telling stories with no end.

她想給你留下一個好印象，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)自己說起話來沒完沒了。