Good morning, everybody．My talk for today is “Early Money”．I’m going to tell you about the money used in the early days．We don't know how early people began to use money, but we know some things were used as money thousands of years ago．In early times in some European countries, salt was very difficult to get, so it was used as money．In some parts of Asia, people used tea as money．And in America, Indians used nuts and other things．Maybe the most popular money of all was some kind of animal．Today, in some places cows are still used as a kind of money．
Chinese were the first people to use coins as money．Here are some coins of the past．You can come over and have a look．
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The talk is about ________．
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A．
money
B．
early money
C．
coins
D．
late
(2)
________ knows how early people started to use money．
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A．
Nobody
B．
Everybody
C．
The speaker
D．
America
(3)
People used things as money ________ ago．
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A．
a thousand years
B．
one hundred years
C．
thousands of years
D．
thousands of
(4)
In some places of Asia, ________ was used as money in early times．
Most American children eat potatoes．But many children don't know what of the potato is the best for food．Take a knife and cut from the middle of the potato a piece as thin as paper．Hold the piece between your eyes and light．You will see that the potato has skin(皮)，an outside rim(边缘) and an inside part．The outside rim which is right under the skin of the potato，is the most valuable part of all．But this is often thrown away with the skin．Even the skin itself is better for food than the inside．When eating a cooked potato，if you choose the inside and leave the outside，you are throwing the best part of it．If you can't eat the whole potato，eating the outside rim and leaving the inside will do．
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How many parts does the potato have?
A．It has only one part，outside rim．
B．It has two parts，skin and outside rim．
C．It has three parts，skin，outside rim and an inside part．
D．It has four parts，middle，skin，outside rim and an inside part．
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(2)
What is the best part of a potato?
A．Outside rim． B．Inside part． C．Middle． D．Skin．
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(3)
What should you eat first if you can't eat the whole potato?
A．Skin only． B．Inside． C．Outside rim． D．Part of it．
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