阅读理解

  People use money to buy food, books, bicycles 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(贝壳).

  In China, cloth and knives were used as money.Elephant tusks(象牙), monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa.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 were made in China.They were round and had a square hole in the centre.Different countries had used different metals for their money.later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people need a lot of coins to buy something expensive.The Chinese wer the first to use paper money.The first paper money looked mote like a note from one paper to another than the paper money used today.

(1)

We use ________ as money today.

[  ]

A.

paper

B.

shells

C.

gold and silver

D.

copper coins

(2)

People gave up gold and silver coins because ________.

[  ]

A.

they were too heavy

B.

they would be for future 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 time.

[  ]

A.

clothes 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.

African Money Forms

C.

The History of Money

D.

Money in Ancient Time

阅读理解。
     Jenny was a very kind and beautiful woman and before she got married, many men werc in love with
her. Many of them wrote to her, telling her how wonderful she was, how much they lovcd her and wanted
to marry her.
     Jenny kept all these letters. She tied them up with a red ribbon (丝带) and put them away in an old
box. She never looked at them as she was happily married,  however. they werc a part of her life and
she did not want to throw them away.
     Jenny had a daughter. Sue was six. One day, Jenny had to leave Sue alone for half an hour. "Now be
a good girl," she said.  "Play quietly.  If you need anything, go to the lady next door."
    When she returned home, she asked Sue, "Have you been a good girl?"
     "Oh, yes, Mommy," Sue said.
     "What did you do while I was out?" Jenny asked her.
     "I played mailman," Sue told her.
     "How could you play mailman, darling?" Jenny asked. You didn't have any letters."
     "Oh, yes, I did, Mommy," Sue said. "I found some in an old box upstairs. They wer tied up with a
red ribbon. I put one in cvcry mailbox on the street. Wasn't I a good girl?"
根据短文内容,回答下列问题。
1. Where did Jenny put her letters?
    _____________________________
2. Why did Jenny neverlook at the letters?
    _____________________________
3. How old was Jenny" daughter?
    _____________________________
4. Did Sue go to he lady next door to ask for help?
    _____________________________
5. What did Sue do while her mother was out?  
    _____________________________

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