People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. 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 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 Africa.
Some 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. The first coins in England were made of tin (锡). Sweden and Russia used copper (铜) to make their money. Later countries began to make coins of gold and silver.
Later the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.
【小题1】People used different kinds of things as .A．goldB．metalC．moneyD．silver【小题2】Tin was first made as money in .A．ChinaB．Philippine IslandsC．EnglandD．Russia【小题3】 The word strung in the passage probably means .A．cameB．tiedC．putD．made【小题4】 The best topic of the article is” .”A．How Many Kinds of Money Are There in the WorldB．The History of MoneyC．Money in Different CountriesD．The Use of MoneyC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】从第一段可知。
【小题2】从第二段第五局可知。
【小题3】从第二段第二、三、四句可知，中国是制造金属硬币的首创者，硬币中间有方孔，以便人们串起来携带。
【小题4】全文主要讲述货币的历史。