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。

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出能填入短文相应空白处的最佳选项。

Dear teacher,

I was a student of yours in Grade Six, and I hope you still remember me. I’m this letter because I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me.

I know I be very quiet in your class, and you never said much to me. But you did something that made a big in my life. You see, all through my first year in schools, I hated to read. Books were just words that had to do with me, and I felt bored while reading them. I’ll never the first day of Grade Six when you took out a thick book and began to read the story to our class. It that your voice changed with the people in the story, and you drew pictures in my mind as you read . After that day, I always waited for the time that you read to the class. You us all kinds of wonderful stories.

During the summer after my year in your class, I missed the stories you read. So one day I picked up a book and it all by myself. I found out that I could make the words , too. Now, I love to read! Thank you for opening the world of books for me.

Yours,

Linda

1.A. watching B. reading C. writing D. getting

2.A. used B. used to C. was used D. was used to

3.A. difference B. mistake C. decision D. progress

4.A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything

5.A. remember B. know C. forget D. understand

6.A. liked B. looked C. looked like D. seemed

7.A. loud B. quiet C. aloud D. silently

8.A. told B. wrote C. borrowed D. taught

9.A. drew B. listened to C. read D. kept

10.A. boring B. patient C. necessary D. interesting

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