四、阅读短文,从方框中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项
In modern society (社会), people use money every day. __1__ That's because without money you can't buy any goods you want. But I think few people know the history of money.
__2__ They lived on wild animals, fruit and other plants. As time passed, people learned to keep animals and grow crops. Sometimes, families got more than they needed, so they started to trade (交易) with other families. __3__ But it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones and so on.
About 3,000 years ago, people began using coins as money. __4__ Later, countries began to make their own coins.
The Chinese is the first to use paper money, probably as early as the 11th century. The Italian traveller Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. However, European countries did not start using paper money until the 1600s.
__5__ We do not use coins or paper money that often. Many people like to pay for things by card. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money. What's more, in China, people use WeChat or Alipay instead of real money or cards. And in some big cities people have even begun to use “face scan payment (人脸扫描支付)”.
A. Long ago, people did not use money.
B. They liked to use paper money.
C. It seems that money is very important in our life.
D. Today, we have many ways to pay for things.
E. Later, people began to use money as a way of exchange (交换).
F. Today, people don't use coins any more.
G. Coins were easier to carry so they lasted a long time.
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In modern society (社会), people use money every day. __1__ That's because without money you can't buy any goods you want. But I think few people know the history of money.
__2__ They lived on wild animals, fruit and other plants. As time passed, people learned to keep animals and grow crops. Sometimes, families got more than they needed, so they started to trade (交易) with other families. __3__ But it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones and so on.
About 3,000 years ago, people began using coins as money. __4__ Later, countries began to make their own coins.
The Chinese is the first to use paper money, probably as early as the 11th century. The Italian traveller Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. However, European countries did not start using paper money until the 1600s.
__5__ We do not use coins or paper money that often. Many people like to pay for things by card. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money. What's more, in China, people use WeChat or Alipay instead of real money or cards. And in some big cities people have even begun to use “face scan payment (人脸扫描支付)”.
A. Long ago, people did not use money.
B. They liked to use paper money.
C. It seems that money is very important in our life.
D. Today, we have many ways to pay for things.
E. Later, people began to use money as a way of exchange (交换).
F. Today, people don't use coins any more.
G. Coins were easier to carry so they lasted a long time.
1.
C
2. A
3. E
4. G
5. D
答案：1. C 2. A 3. E 4. G 5. D