单选题
Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods
and services. 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. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first
kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money. In
Chinese history, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was
used as money for a long tie. Elephant tusks, monkey tails, and salt were used
as money in parts of Africa. Cattle were 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 in the center. People
strung them together and carried them from place to place. Different countries
have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in
England were made of tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money,
Later, 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. They began to use paper
money. 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.
单选题
Which of the following is the best title for this article?
A. Countries and Their Money.
B. Kinds of Money.
C. Trade and Money.
D. The History of Money.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 归纳题。文章最后一句"Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today."实际上归纳了全文的主题，暗示了四个选项中的[D]最适合用作标题。因此答案为[D]。
单选题
The first tin coins were made ______.
A. in China
B. in Philippine
C. in England
D. in countries of Africa
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。文中第三段有"The first coins in England were made of tin．"之句，与[C]In England一致，所以本题答案为[C]。
单选题
The main idea of the second paragraph is that ______.
A. different countries use different kinds of money today
B. different things were used as money
C. animals, shells, rice, elephant tusks, monkey tails and salted were used
as money
D. cloth, knives, animals , shells, rice, elephant tusks, monkey tails and
salted were used as money
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 归纳题。题干+[B]different things were used as money实际上为文章的第二段中"But people used to use all kinds of things as money．"的另外一种表达；同样通过第二段所举的例子也可以归纳出[B]为正确答案。
单选题
Which of the following are true of the first metal coins?
A. They were made of copper.
B. They were made of paper.
C. They were square but with a round hole in the center.
D. They were round but with a square hole in the center.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节题。关于最早的金属钱币的描述出现在文中第三段第二句"They were round and had a square hole in the center．"中，这与[D]的描述完全一致，因此[D]为答案。
单选题
From this article readers can learn that ______.
A. by comparing and contrasting, today's money is convenient to carry
B. all of the money today is made of metal or paper
C. the earlier kinds of money seems to be art products
D. in parts of Africa monkey tails are still used as money