Passage 3

　　Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food， furniture， books， bicycles and __1__ other things they need or want. When they work， they usually get __2__ in money. Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the __3__ things used. In China， cloth and knives 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 __4__.

　　Cattle was one of the earliest kinds of money. Other animals were used as money， too. The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole at the center. People strung （串起）them together and carried them from place to place. Different countries have used __5__ metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made __6__ tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make __7__ money. Later， countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

　　But even gold and silver were inconvenient （不方便）if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use __8__ money. The first paper money looked more like a personal note from one person to __9__ than the paper money used today. Money has had an interesting __10__ from the days of shell money until today.

　　文章的第一句话叫主题句

　　1. A. a hundred      B. hundred of

　　C. hundreds of  D. a hundred of

　　选C

　　2. A. pay          B. pays

　　C. paying     D. paid

　　选D

　　be made of  由……构成

　　3. A. only     B. early

　　C. most    D. popular

　　选A

　　4. A. Asia     B. Europe

　　C. Africa D. America

　　选C

　　5. A. ordinary    B. average

　　C. various        D. different

　　选D

　　6. A. of        B. from

　　C. with    D. for

　　选A

　　make of  物理变化

　　make from  化学变化

　　make with  迅速拿出或提供

　　make for  为谁做什么

　　7. A. the    B. it

　　C. their    D. his

　　选C

　　8.A. stone      B. expense

　　C. animal    D. paper

　　选D

　　9. A. another     B. other

　　C. the other   D. others

　　选A

　　10. A. story               B. history

　　C. experience   D. development

　　选B

　　涉及到上下文的有4道，涉及到语法的有4道来源:考试大-成人高考

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