Canadian Geese are large blue and white birds. When autumn comes, they have to fly south where the weather is warmer. The winters are so cold in Canada that the birds will die if they stay there.

Last spring, Bill Lishman found sixteen young Canadian Geese on his farm. They had lost their parents. Bill thought, “These young birds won 't know what to do in the autumn.”He had a small plane and he decided to teach the birds to follow him. all through the summer, he went on short trips in his plane and the young geese flew after him.

When the cold weather arrived in the autumn, Bill flew to Virginia in the United States, 600 miles south of his home in Canada. The geese followed him all the way. Bill left the geese in Virginia and he returned home.

This spring, Bill was waiting for the birds to come back. They didn't arrive, so Bill flew to Virginia to get them. He looked for them for two weeks, but he couldn't find them. When he arrived back home, he found the geese waiting for him. They had found their way home without him!

1.Canadian Geese have to fly south when autumn comes because________.

A.they. want to find their parents

B.they like to travel from the North to the South

C.they want to find a new home

D.they will die in the cold winter in Canada

2.How many young Canadian Geese did Bill Lishman find on his farm?

A.14 B.15 C.16 D.17

3.According to this passage, we can see Bill Lishman is________.

A.outgoing B.kind C.interesting D.excited

4.Which of the following sentences is true?

A.Virginia is in Canada.

B.Bill looked for the young Canadian Geese for one week.

C.The young Canadian Geese had found their way home without Bill.

D. The young Canadian Geese came back to the farm in summer.

Money is what people use to buy things they need or want. A long time ago, people didn't use money. So how did they get the things they wanted? Well, there is a long and interesting story about this.

At first, they would exchange something they had for something they needed. For example, if the shoemaker needed some bread, he would give the baker shoes and the baker would give him bread. This was called "bartering". Bartering worked fine for a while. But after the baker had too many shoes, the shoemaker still needed more bread. What could they do? The solution to this problem was money.

Money is basically an agreement among people. People agree that some metal or paper will be worth a certain amount of bread or a certain number of shoes. There were many earlier forms of money, such as cattle, salt, grain(谷物)and shells. But it was not easy to move them or store them.

So coins began to take the place of things. Coins had a set value and could be stored long. A coin says right on it how much it is worth. Different coins are worth different amounts. It became possible for people to trade in a standardized(标准)way.

About three hundred years ago, paper money came into wider use. Paper money is cheaper to make than coins. It is also easier to carry around. Now people use paper money and coins in most countries. We call these kinds of money cash.

Cash has been popular for hundreds of years. But these days, things seem to have changed. Cashless payment(无现金支付)has come into our lives and changed our world.

China was the first country in the world to use paper money. Now, centuries later, analysts(分析家)believe that China may soon become the first cashless society. Cashless payment apps such as Alipay and WeChat Pay are becoming more common in China. The buyer just scans(扫描)the quick-respond code(二维码)of the seller, or the other way around. Then they can get the things they want. No physical money is needed in this process. Is tomorrow already here?

1.Which is the correct order of the development of money?

①Coins

②Bartering

③Paper money

④Cashless payment

⑤Cattle, grain and shells

A.②⑤①③④ B.⑤③②①④ C.②⑤①④③ D.⑤④③②①

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Coins are the earliest form of money in the world.

B.People cannot buy things by showing the quick-respond code.

C.Both coins and paper money are very popular around the world.

D.Paper money costs more to make than coins because they are worth more.

3.What does the author want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A.China is the first cashless country in the world.

B.People will start using cashless payment tomorrow.

C.People won't use any physical money in the future.

D.Cashless payment is the new stage of money development.

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