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


Life in 21st century(世纪) will be different from the life in the 20th century , because many changes will take place in the century, but what will the change be?

The population(人口) is growing fast. There will be more and more people in the world and most of them will live longer than before .Computers will be much smaller and useful, and there will be at least(至少) one in every family. And computer studies will be one of the most important subjects in school.

People will work fewer hours than they did in 20th century. They will have more free time for sports , watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much cheaper and easier. And more people will go to other countries for their holidays.

There will be changes in food , too. More farmland(农田) will be used for (被用做)building towns and houses. Then there will be less room to feed cows(奶牛)and sheep( 羊),so meat will be more expensive. Maybe nobody will eat it every day ,instead they have to eat more fruit and vegetables. Many people will be healthier.

Working in the future will be different , too. Robots will do dangerous and hard work. Because of this , many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

( )1.People will not have as much ___as they did in the 20th century.

A. fruit B. milk C. bread D. meat

( ) 2.In the 21th people don’t have to _____.

A. travel B. work fast C. work long hours D. eat meat

( ) 3.Travelling will be ______in the future.

A. less interesting B. more difficult

C. more expensive D. much cheaper and easier

( ) 4.In the 21th century there will be ___
A. more cows and sheep B. more people

C. fewer people D. less buildings and houses

( ) 5.Every family will have at least one ____in 21th century.

A. computer B. Mobile Phone and TV set C. DVD D. robot

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