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(金属) 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 Phillipine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks,monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.
The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre.People strung(串联)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(锡).Sweden and Russia used copper(铜)to make their money. Later some 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 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.
【小题1】The main use of money is that .A．people use it to buy things to eatB．people accept money only in exchange for clothesC．people accept money in exchange for goods and serviceD．people will accept money for giving our goods to others【小题2】What did the first Chinese metal coins look like?A．They had square hole in the centre.B．They were just like shells.C．They were round like the moon.D．They were round with a square hole in the centre.【小题3】Who thought of a way to use paper money first?A．The ChineseB．The RussianC．The SwedenD．The English men【小题4】The best title of this passage should be .A．The Chinese moneyB．The history of moneyC．Some things about moneyD．What is moneyC
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(答案→)C
解析：
【小题1】C 根据第一段第一句“今天人人都愿意接受货币，用以换回商品和劳务。”故C正确。
【小题2】D 细节理解题。根据文章第四段第一、二句可知，D选项为最佳选项。
【小题3】A 细节理解题。根据文章第六段，可以知道A为最佳答案。
【小题4】B 主旨大意题。根据全文，特别是最后一段(Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.从贝壳货币时代至今，货币有一段非常有趣的演变史。)故B为最佳选项。