參考答案:
1. C) 根據文章第一句“As the merchant class expanded in the eighteenth?century North American Colonies,...”可知,隨著在十八世紀的北美殖民地商人階級膨脹起來,也就是說那時的商人財富有了很大的發展,銀匠銅匠們有機會發揮他們的專長了,這與選項C正好相符。?
2. D) 根據文章第十四、五行“Customers generally secures …object they ordered. They saved coins, took them to smiths, and...”可知顧客要做銀器,首先要積攢銀幣,然后拿到銀匠處加工成他們想要的形狀。選項D“來自客戶”與之相符。
3. C) 文章末尾在提到銅的用途時惟獨沒有提到樂器。?
4. B) 根據文章倒數第四行“They shaped it in much the same manner as silver or melted it in a foundry with lead or tin.”可知銀匠和銅匠在銀器和銅器的塑型方式上是一樣的,故選項B為正確答案。