Question

【題目】A. exchange B. carry C. start D. make E. produced

Long ago, people did not need money. They lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants.

As time passed by, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families 【1】 more than they needed, so they started to trade with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of 【2】. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones, etc.

During the 600s B.C., people began using coins as money. They soon found that coins were easier to 【3】 than goods and lasted a long time. Later, countries began to make their own coins.

The Chinese were the first to use the paper money, probably as early as the 11th century. The Italian travelers Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. However, European countries did not 【4】 using paper money until 1600s.

Today, we have many ways to pay for things. We do not use coins or paper money. Often people prefer to pay for things by card. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of“real”money.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】A

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】本文主要講述貨幣的發(fā)展史。剛開始，人們物物交換，后來使用貨幣交換，這時(shí)的貨幣是貝殼，大米，鹽，大石頭等，在公元前600，人們開始使用硬幣，后來使用紙幣，今天有許多支付手段。人們更喜歡使用卡買東西。

【1】句意：有時(shí)，家庭生產(chǎn)的比他們需要的多，所以他們開始與其他家庭進(jìn)行貿(mào)易。Produced：生產(chǎn)，制造；結(jié)合句意和語境可知選E。

【2】句意：后來，人們開始把錢作為交換的手段。Of介詞，后面跟名詞，代詞或者動(dòng)名詞，Exchange交換，交易，名詞；結(jié)合句意和語境可知選A。

【3】句意：他們很快發(fā)現(xiàn)硬幣比貨物容易攜帶，而且持續(xù)很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間。carry ：攜帶；輸送，運(yùn)送；to動(dòng)詞不定時(shí)，后面跟動(dòng)詞原形，結(jié)合句意和語境可知選B。

【4】句意：然而，歐洲國(guó)家直到17世紀(jì)才開始使用紙幣。Start，開始，start doing sth.：開始做某事；結(jié)合句意和語境可知選C。