第2题: [单项选择]A shift from native bronze to iron artifacts took place under the influence of cultural borrowings. A. transition B. transmission C. transaction D. transference 参考答案:A 答案解析:shift变化，转移；transition转变，跃迁，过渡；transmission播送，发射；transaction交易，处理；transference移动，转送。
A. in the end B. at the end of C. by the end of D. on the end 参考答案:B 答案解析:[分析] 测试点是同义介词短语的用法。at the end of表示“在…的结尾”、“尽头”．in the end of表示“最后、终于”，by the end of用来表示时间。on the end
