Question

【題目】閱讀理解。

People use money to buy food, books and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells(貝殼).

In China,cloth and knives were used as money.Elephant tusks(牙)，monkey tail and salt were used in some parts of the world.Rice was also a kind of money used by the people in some islands(島).Some animals were used as money,too.

The first copper coins(硬幣) were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver (銀). But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first 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 story from the days of shell money till today.

【1】People usually use money .

A. to buy gold B. to get something they want

C. to buy shells D. to buy something expensive

【2】Long, long ago people all over the world used as money．

A. the same metal B. the same paper

C. the different metals D. all kinds of things

【3】/span>In the past, the ancient(古代的) Chinese used to have cloth and knives .

A. as a tool B. as money

C. as a gift D. as a kind of goods

【4】 was also a kind of money used by the people on some islands．

A. Gold B. Animals

C. Rice D. Knives

【5】The first paper money ___ .

A. looked like the same as the paper money used today

B. looked interesting

C. looked like a note

D. had a square hole in the center

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要講述的是有關(guān)紙幣發(fā)展的歷史。文中提到，在紙幣出現(xiàn)前，人們使用各種物品實(shí)行等價(jià)交換，中國(guó)是最早使用紙幣的國(guó)家。最初的紙幣形式與現(xiàn)今的紙幣形式大大不同，而是類似于一種借條形式的紙幣。

【1】考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段，人們用錢來(lái)購(gòu)買食物，書籍以及各種人們所需要的各種東西。根據(jù)句意，故選B。

【2】考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段，在很久之前，人們用各種東西來(lái)購(gòu)買東西。故選D。

【3】考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段，在中國(guó)人們?cè)��?jīng)使用布料和刀具當(dāng)做錢來(lái)使用。故選B。

【4】考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。短文第三段提到，在一些島上，人們把大米當(dāng)做錢，購(gòu)買東西。故選C。

【5】考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段話可知，中國(guó)是世界上第一個(gè)使用紙幣的國(guó)家。第一張紙不同于今天我們所使用的紙幣，而是類似于一張借條。故選C。