1.________ People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. 2._______ One of the first kinds of money was shells.

Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knife were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.

The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. 3._______ Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 4.________ Sweden and Russia used copper(铜) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. 5._______ The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.

Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.

A. The first coins in England were made of tin(锡).

B. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.

C. People strung(串连) them together and carried them from place to place.

D. They began to use paper money.

E. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.

读下列短文,把A--E五个句子填入文中空缺处,使短文内容完整正确。

完形填空 先通读下而的短文,掌握其大意,然后在每小题所给的四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并住答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A team of students who were successful in their work got together to visit their old teacher after graduating from college many years later. The talk soon turned into complaints about in work and life.

Before offering his students coffee, the teacher went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and different kinds of cups—plastic, glass, porcelain(陶瓷), crystal(水晶), some common and cheap, some beautiful and —telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

After all the guests had a cup of coffee in hand, the teacher said: “If you noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the common and cheap ones. While it is for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is where your problems and stress come from. We all know that the cup itself no quality to the coffee. In most cases is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you all went for the best cups. And then you began looking at each other’s cups.”

Now consider this: is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold life, and the type of cup we have does not decide, nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by only paying attention to the cup, we to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.

God makes the coffee, not the cups. Enjoy your coffee!

“The people don’t have the best of everything. They just the best of everything.”

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

1.A. stress B. difficulty C. sadness D. loss

2.A. excellent B. bright C. expensive D. comfortable

3.A. careful B. natural C. polite D. formal

4.A. increases B. affords C. adds D. provides

5.A. this B. it C. either D. one

6.A. possibly B. generally C. really D. hardly

7.A. Life B. Joy C. Chance D. Success

8.A. fail B. hope C. need D. learn

9.A. coolest B. richest C. saddest D. happiest

10.A. have B. use C. make D. put

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网