Question

People use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in ancient (古代的) time people often used all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells (貝殼).

In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks (象牙), monkey tails and salt were used in some pans of Africa (非洲). Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some islands.

Cows and other animals were used as money, too.

The first copper coins(硬幣) were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver (銀). But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.

Money has had an interesting story from the days of shell money till today.

1.People usually use money .

A. to buy gold

B. to get something they want

C. to buy shells

D. to buy something expensive

2.In the past ,the ancient (古代的)Chinese used to have cloth and knives ____.

A. as a tool B. as money

C. as a gift D. as a kind of goods

3. was also a kind of money used by the people on some islands．

A. Gold B. Animals

C. Rice D. Knives

4. The first paper money ___ .

A. looked like the same as the paper money used today

B. looked interesting

C. looked like a note

D. had a square hole in the center

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文告訴了我們錢幣的發(fā)展過程。現(xiàn)在我們都是使用紙幣的，但是很久以前，各種各樣的東西都曾經(jīng)當(dāng)作錢使用過。后來有了硬幣，然后人們用金銀，但是金銀太重了。中國是最早使用紙幣的國家。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段中People use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need.可知，人們用錢來買食物、書和其他他們所需要的東西。由此可知，人們用錢來得到他們需要的東西，故選B。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段中But in the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money. 和In China, cloth and knives were used as money.可知，很久以前，人們用各種各樣的東西來當(dāng)作錢使用，在中國，人們就曾用布料、刀等當(dāng)錢使用。故選B。

3.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段中Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some islands.可知，在一些島上，古代的人們還曾經(jīng)用大米當(dāng)作錢來使用。由此可知選C。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段中The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today可知，最初的紙幣看起來就像是一張紙條，從一個(gè)人手里傳到另一個(gè)人手里。由此可知選C。

考點(diǎn)：文化類短文閱讀。