Question

Long ago, people did not need money.They    on wild animals, fruits and other plants.

As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families     more than they needed, so they started to    with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones and so on.

During the 600s B.C, people began using coins   money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods and lasted a long time.    , countries began to make their own coins.

The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as           as the 11th century. The Italian    Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. However, European countries didn’t start using paper money     1600s.

    Today, we have many ways to pay for things.We don’t often use coins or paper money. It’s more    for people to pay for things by card in our daily lives    paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.

1.A．played         B. lived           C．ate

2.A．produced       B. planted          C．invented

3.A．talk           B. trade            C．get

4.A．for           B. with            C．as

5.A．At first       B. At least        C．Later

6.A．early          B．late             C．long

7.A．inventor       B．teacher          C．traveler

8.A．after          B．until           C．unless

9.A．common        B．dangerous        C．inexpensive

10.A．but           B．because          C．though

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.C

6.A

7.C

8.B

9.A

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是货币的发展史，到现在人们更喜欢用卡来付钱，而不是携带大量的现金来付款。

1.B 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他们以野生动物，水果和其他的植物为生。此题考查固定短语live on以……为生。根据句意，故选B。

2.A 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：有时，家庭生产出的比他们要求的更多，所以他们开始与其他家庭交易。A．produced生产；B. planted种植；C．invented发明。根据句意，故选A。

3.B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。句意：有时，家庭生产出的比他们要求的更多，所以他们开始与其他家庭交易。A．talk交谈；B. trade交易；C．get得到。根据句意，故选A。

4.C考查介词辨析及语境的理解。句意：人们开始使用硬币作为金钱。As作为。此题考查介词，根据句意，故选C。

5.C考查副词辨析及语境的理解。句意：他们很快发现，硬币比货物更容易携带，而且持续了很长时间。后来，各国开始使用他们自己的硬币。A．At first 首先；B. At least至少；C．Later后来。根据句意，故选C。

6.A考查副词辨析及语境的理解。句意：中国是最早使用纸币，可能早在第十一世纪就开始使用了。A．early 早； B．late 晚； C．long长。根据句意，故选A。

7.C考查名词辨析及语境的理解。句意：意大利旅行家马可波罗在十三世纪访问中国的时候看到中国使用货币。A．inventor发明家；B．teacher老师；C．traveler旅行家。此题考查名词。根据句意，故选C。

8.B考查连词辨析及语境的理解。句意：然而，欧洲国家并没有开始使用纸币，直到17世纪。A．after在……之后； B．until 直到……才；C．unless如果不，除非。根据句意，故选B。

9.A考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。句意：现在在日常生活中用卡付钱更普遍。A．common普遍的；B．dangerous 危险的； C．inexpensive不贵的。根据句意，故选A。

10.连词及语境的理解。句意：现在在日常生活中用卡付钱更普遍因为用卡付款比携带大量的真钱来付款更加容易，更加安全。A．but但是；B．because因为；C．though虽然。根据句意，故选B。

考点：考查历史类短文。