Question

Good afternoon, everyone. My talk for today is “Early Money”. I’m going to tell you something about money used in the early days. To tell you the truth, we know little about how early people came to use money, but we do know some of the things which have been used as money. In early times in some European countries, salt was very difficult to get, so it was used as money. In some places of Asia, tea was used as money. The American Indians used nuts and other things. Perhaps the most common money of all was an animal of some kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a kind of money. So you see, things highly valued by everyday may serve as money. The Chinese were the first people to use coins as money. Oh, here are some coins of past. You can come over and have a look.

1.We know about the development of “Early Money”.

A. muchB. littleC. fewD. a bit

2.Which is NOT referred to in the passage that was probably used in the past?

A. cowsB. nutsC. teaD. silk

3.Why was salt used in Europe?

A. It was used every day.B. It was cheap.

C. It was common.D. It was difficult to get.

4.Which one is still used as money nowadays?

A. nutsB. saltC. cowsD. tea

5.This passage may be a .

A. newsB. messageC. speechD. notice

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：本文主要介紹了“早期的錢”。早期在歐洲的一些國家，鹽是很難得到的，所以它被用作錢。在亞洲的一些地方，茶被用作錢。美國印第安人用螺母和其他的東西。今天，在一些地方，奶牛仍作為一種貨幣。中國是最早使用硬幣作為貨幣的。

1.文中To tell you the truth, we know little about how early people came to use money, but we do know some of the things which have been used as money.可知該選B。

2.文中在早期歐洲用鹽作為錢，在亞洲的一些地方用茶作為錢，美國印第安人用螺母和其他的東西作為錢，現(xiàn)在的一些地方仍然用奶牛作為錢，但沒有提到用絲綢作為錢。所以該選D。

3.文中In early times in some European countries, salt was very difficult to get, so it was used as money.可知該選D。

4.文中In some places today, cows are still used as a kind of money.可知該選C。

5.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文開頭Good afternoon, everyone. My talk for today is “Early Money”.可知該選C。

考點：社會歷史類閱讀。