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

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

       In China, cloth (布) and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks (象牙), monkey tails (尾巴) and salt were used in some parts 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 (铜币) were made in China. They were round and had a square (方形) hole in the center. Different countries had 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 need 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 paper to another than the paper money used today.

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1.We use           as money today.

       A.paper                                                B.shells             

       C.gold and silver                                   D.copper coins

                          

2.People gave up (放弃) gold and silver coins because            .

       A.the were too heavy                                   B.they would be for future (未来的) use

       C.they were easy to slip off (滑倒)              D.They were useless

3.        first used paper money.

       A.India              B.America                C.France           D.China

4.African people used             as money in ancient times.

       A.cloth and knives                                B.cows and other animals

       C.copper coins                                     D.tusks, monkey tails and salt.

5.The best title for this passage is         .

       A.Paper Can Be Used as Money          B.Africa Money Forms

       C.The History of Money                       D.Money in Ancient Time


A man once had a dream about the Black Forest In Germany. In his dream he was walking in the forest when two men ran out and tried to throw him to the ground. He ran off as fast as he could, but they followed him. He reached a place where he saw two roads in front of him, one to the right and the other to the left. Which road should he take? He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer, and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the right, and he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He was received there kindly and given a room, and he was saved from the two men. That was the dream.

Twenty years later he was really in the Black Forest and, as happened in the dream long ago, two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a place with two roads, like in the dream. He remembered the dream and took the road to the right. He soon reached a small hotel, was taken in, and so was safe. His dream of twenty years before had saved him.

( ) 1. The Black Forest is ______.

A. a place in Germany B. not a real place

C. invented by the writer D. a place in Britain

( ) 2. When he was walking in the forest, _______ ran after him.

A. two dogs B. two tigers C. two men D. two women

( ) 3. At last he came to _______.

A. a forest B. another road C. another dream D. a small hotel

( ) 4. It was ______ that saved the man’s life 20 years later.

A. a voice B the dream C. someone else D. God

( ) 5. The story tells us that ______.

A. a dream may come true some time later

B. a dream is always a dream

C. people should not believe their dreams

D. people should always believe their dreams

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