How should one invest (投资) a sum of money in these days of inflation (通货膨胀)? 31 (leave) in a bank it’ll hardly keep its value, however high the interest rate. Only a brave man, 32 a very rich one, dares to buy and sell on the Stock (股票) Market. Today it seems that one of the best ways 33 (protect) your savings and even increase your wealth is to buy beautiful objects 34 the past. Here I am going to offer some advice on collecting antique clocks, 35 I personally consider are among the most interesting of antiques.
I sometimes wonder 36 a being from another planet report back about our way of life. “The planet Earth 37 (rule) by a mysterious creature that sits or stands in a room and makes a strange ticking sound. It has a face 38 twelve black marks and two hands. Men can do nothing without its permission, and it 39 (fast) its young around people’s wrists so that everywhere men go 40 are still under control. This creature is the real master of Earth and men are its slaves.”Left。
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(答案→)Left。
解析：
【小题1】考查在语境中非谓语动词（过去分词）的用法。
【小题2】考查选择连词的使用。
【小题3】考查在语境和句型中考查非谓语动词（不定式）的使用。
【小题4】考查介词搭配（谨防学生先入为主填入他们更熟悉的“in”,
构成in the past）。
【小题5】考查语境中定语从句的使用 (which引导定语从句)。
【小题6】考查对句子结构的掌握情况 (what引导宾语从句)。
【小题7】考查动词在语境中的运用（被动语态及时态）。
【小题8】考查介词搭配。
【小题9】考查构词法知识及动词在上下文中语境中的运用。
【小题10】考查语境中代词的使用