The Bank of England plans to change the £5 and £10 notes from paper to plastic in three years. Do you know the news? And what else do you know about money?

   Nine thousand years ago,people did not have money. They traded animals for things they wanted. They traded crops for what they wanted.

   In China,in about 1200B. C. , people traded shells for the things they wanted. Chinese people also traded metal tools for the things they wanted. For example,they traded metal knives and shovels for the things they wanted. Later in China,people made metal money. In about 100B. C. , the Chinese made money of animal skin. The first paper money was made from white colored deer skin. It came from China about 900 years later.

   In about 700B. C. , people made the first round metal coins. The coins were made of gold and silver. They looked very similar to the coins we use today. These coins came from Lydia. Lydia was located where the country called Turkey is located today. After people made coins in Lydia,people in Rome,Iran,and Greece also began making coins. Coins were very durable —they were strong and could last a long time without becoming damaged.

   Wampum are necklaces made from beads and seashells. The beads had holes in them. People put beads on strings. American Indians used wampum for money in the 1500’s.

   Money changes with time. No matter what it looks like,money is an idea. It is the thought that people can trade something they have for something they want. Money makes trading easier.

1. Before people had money,they traded for what they wanted.

   A. ①②④   B. ①②③

   C. ①③④   D. ②③④

2. What was the first paper money made of?

   A. Crops. B. Tree leaves.

   C. Animal skin. D. White shells.

3. The first metal coins came from .

   A. Iran   B. Lydia

   C. Rome   D. Greece

4. If something is durable,it .

   A. is soft and weak

   B. is made of metal

   C. can be used as money

   D. is strong and can last a long time

5. All money is based on the idea that .

   A. gold and silver are good money

   B. people can trade what they have for what they want

   C. people can trade things for animals

   D. coins are the best kind of money

1. A 2. C 3. B 4. D 5. B

   很久以前，人們沒有貨幣，他們用動物、農(nóng)作物、貝殼等 物品來換取他們想要的東西。后來人們制造了金屬貨幣、獸皮貨幣……在經(jīng)歷了漫長的演變后，才有了我們現(xiàn)在的 貨幣。

1. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段的“They traded animals for things... They traded crops for …”及第三段的 people traded shells for the things they wanted 可知，人們用動 物、農(nóng)作物或貝殼換自己想要的東西。

2. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段倒數(shù)第二句“The first paper money was made from white colored deer skin."可知，最 早的紙幣是由鹿皮制成的，由此可知正確答案為C項(xiàng)。

3. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第四段提到了 “In about 700B. C.，people made the first round metal coins…These coins came from Lydia. ”，由此可知最早的金屬硬幣來自 Lydia ,故選B項(xiàng)。

4. D詞義猜測題。由畫線詞后面的they were strong and could last a long time without becoming damaged 可知， 硬幣結(jié)實(shí)，且能保存很長時(shí)間。故猜測durable的意思 是“耐用的，持久的”。

5. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由文章最后一段的“It is the thought that people can trade something they have for something they want. ”可知，所有的貨幣都是基于以物換物的思想而 創(chuàng)造演變的，故選B項(xiàng)。

trade v.貿(mào)易;交換metal adj.金屬的 

locate v.使坐落于 bead n.小珠子

障礙句分析

   No matter what it looks like,money is an idea. It is the thought that people can trade something they have for something they wam.不管它是什么樣子，錢是一種思想。這種想法就 是:人們用他們所擁有的東西去交易他們想要的東西。

   no matter短語常用作連詞，作“不管”“無論”解，后接 what/who/when等詞，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句。

圖畫理解題

   圖畫題一般最簡單，主要考查的就是學(xué)生對語境 的理解。需注重分析其中的細(xì)節(jié)，找出符合圖示要求 的信息。

   例如，第1小題，根據(jù)第二段的“They traded animals for things they wanted. 

They traded crops for what they wanted."和第三段的 “In China,in about 1200   B. C. , people traded shells for the things they wanted. ”信息，找出細(xì)節(jié)單詞 animals、crops 和 shells 可確定答案。

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