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 （区块链）supporting bitcoin （比特币）is ____11____ in two, as members of the bitcoin community unhappy with the digital currency’s direction set up a(n) ____12____ called Bitcoin Cash. However, Bitcoin Cash will likely only be worth a part of bitcoin. The original digital currency is ____13____ 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____14____ 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 ____15____ ‘mastermind’ of a crime organistation”.
US authorities also linked him to the failure of Mt Gox, the Japan-based bitcoin exchange that ___16___ 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 ____17____ about whether it is a currency or a financial property. Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Russian central bank, he said it should be ____18____ as a digital property. “We don’t consider that bitcoin can be considered as a(n) ____19____ 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) ____20____ to handle Vinnik-style money transferring.
【答案】11. H 12. A
13. I 14. B
15. G 16. E
17. J 18. F
19. K 20. C
【解析】
【分析】
这是一篇说明文。介绍了加密货币，也称数字货币，正以前所未有的方式受到人们的关注。
【11题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：周二，支持比特币的区块链将一分为二。根据后文讲比特币基金会因为数字货币的走向而不开心，因为他们把the blockchain（区块链）supporting bitcoin （比特币）一分为二，表示“分开”故选H。
【12题详解】
考查名词。句意：他们创建了一个名为比特币现金的替代方案。冠词a(n)后面接名词，根据bitcoin Cash可知此处意为“替代方案”，故选A。
【13题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：最初的数字货币交易价格约为2778,39美元，但比特币现金的未来价值仅为288.35美元，即1比特币的0.103美元。根据空格后面是价格，但是比特币未来价格只是 $ 288.35。 所以空格选择跟钱有关，表示“交易”故选I。
【14题详解】
考查副词。句意：那个欺骗价值数百万英镑比特币的早期使用者的人，在希腊被抓起来了。用副词修饰动词cheated，故选B。
【15题详解】
考查形容词。句意：希腊警方称，这名38岁的男子是“国际通缉的组织犯罪‘主谋’”。an是冠词，internationally是副词，mastermind是名词，此处应填形容词sought，意为“被追查的”，故选G。
【16题详解】
考查动词。句意：Mt Gox是一家总部位于日本的比特币交易所，在2014年遭到黑客攻击后倒闭。根据after being hacked可知选E。
【17题详解】
考查形容词。句意：但仍未决定它是一种货币还是一种金融资产。俄罗斯当局渐渐的开始关心数字货币的前景，但是后文的whether 可以看出还不太确定，remain“保持”，是系动词，后接形容词做表语，故选J。
【18题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：俄罗斯央行行长Elvira Nabiullina表示，应该将其作为数字资产加以监管。根据should be可知后接动词过去分词，故选F。
【19题详解】
考查形容词。句意：as a(n) ____currency可知用形容词，再根据第8项，她不认为比特币可以被看做digital property，对应的是形容词 virtual，故选K。
【20题详解】
考查名词。句意：但该国财政部副部长Alexey Moiseev最近表示，当局希望明年将比特币和其他加密货币作为一种合法 金融工具，以处理类似vinnik的资金转移。a (n)后接名词，文中说希望明年可以认可比特币作为一种在转账方面的一个合法金融工具，in an attempt to do sth“尝试做某事，试图做某事”，故选C。
【点睛】第10小题中考查了in an attempt to do sth.用法，in an attempt to do sth意为“竭尽全力做某事；尝试做某事；企图做”。
She wants to make a good impression and in an attempt to do so continually finds herself telling stories with no end.
她想给你留下一个好印象，却发现自己说起话来没完没了。
