题目内容
Long ago, people did not need money.They lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants.
As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops.Sometimes, families produced more than they needed, so they started to trade with other families. 3 Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange.However, it was not the kind of money we use today.They used shells, rice, salt, large stones, etc.
During the 600s B.C, people began using coins as money.They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods and lasted a long time. Later, countries began to make their won coins.
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as early as the 11th century.The Italian traveler Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. 4 However, European countries did not start using paper money until 1600s.
Today, we have many ways to pay for things.We do not use coins or paper money.Often, people prefer to pay for things by card.Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.
(一)根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. Why did people start to trade?
2. When did people begin to use paper money?
(二)将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
3.
4.
(三)请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
5.
1. Because people produced more than they need.
2. In the 11th century.
3. 后来,人们开始用钱作为交换物品的方式。
4. 然而,在欧洲的一些国家直到17世纪才使用纸币。
5. Money
The peanut is a native South American plant. Scientists believe that it grew wild in Brazil long ago. They think that for several thousand years the early peoples of South America made it a part of their diet. These peoples were nomads who moved on when a natural food could no longer be found in one area. Along the way they probably let fall some peanuts, which got into the ground and grew. This is believed to be the way the plant reached the place where the Incas(印加人)lived. The Incas, from about 1100 to 1532, thought highly of peanuts. The peanuts were eaten in several forms and used as sacrificial offerings(祭品)to the Incan Sun God. Later in the 16th century, European soldiers had brought peanuts to other parts of the world, including North America, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Pacific Islands.
Although peanuts were found native in South America, they are now grown in almost every country that has warm weather. India produces the most peanuts. China’s production is next, followed by the United States.
The peanut is special in more ways than one. It can be eaten raw, boiled, roasted, or fried. Hundreds of widely different products have been made from it. Carver, an American scientist, set himself the task of discovering new uses for eating and for many other products.
Peanuts are very highly nutritious and are also high in protein (蛋白质). Americans use about seven-tenths of their protein in the form of meat. In India, where the poor can’t pay for meat or milk, peanut meal and peanut milk have been produced. These have been a great help to the poor.
New products are continually being made from peanuts, among them peanut cheese and a powder that becomes peanut butter when water is added. The fact is that peanuts are so healthy that they were used by astronauts. The unusual nut that isn’t a nut is one of nature’s most amazing gifts.
【小题1】 Although we like eating peanuts, many of us don’t know peanuts belong to _______ family.
A.the pea | B.the nut | C.both the pea and the nut | D.neither the pea nor the nut |
A.Paragraph Four | B.Paragraph Three |
C.Paragraph Two | D.Paragraph One |
A.Helpful for staying healthy. | B.Helpful to the poor. |
C.Delicious and tasty. | D.Rich in fat and oil. |
A.Nomads always stayed in the same place. |
B.The peanut was first found in South America. |
C.Astronauts ate lots of peanuts to keep healthy. |
D.China grows fewer peanuts than the US. |
A.To show that peanuts belong to the pea family. |
B.To advise us to use more peanut products. |
C.To tell us some new uses of peanuts. |
D.To let us know more about peanuts. |