Question

People use money to buy food, books and lots 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 the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells (贝壳).In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks (牙), monkey tails and salt were

used in some parts of the world. Rice was also a kind of money used by the

people in some islands. Some animals were used as money, too.

The first copper(铜) coins 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(银). 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 then the paper money is used today. Money has had an interesting story from the days of shell money till today.

1.What do people use money to do?

A. To play with. B. To keep at home.

C. To buy something useless. D. To buy things they need.

2.From the passage we know that______ weren’t used as money in the world.

A. trees B. elephant tusks

C. monkey tails D. salt

3.What problems did people have using gold and silver coins?

A. They didn’t have much.

B. They were too heavy to carry.

C. They didn’t like them.

D. People couldn’t found them.

4.In the world what kinds of money were first made by Chinese people?

A. Copper coins. B. gold coins.

C. paper money. D. both A and C.

5.How many things that were used as money are mentioned in this passage?

A. 8. B. 9. C. 10. D. 7.

Answer 1