《2025年多维互动提优课堂八年级英语上册译林版提升版》

六、六选四阅读(4 分)
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 or paper. ___1___ 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 Philippine 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. ___2___ Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. ___3___ 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. ___4___ 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 history from the days of shell money until today.
A. The first coins in England were made of tin(锡).
B. But people used to use all kinds of things as money.
C. No one knows for certain when people began to use money.
D. People strung(串联) them together and carried them from place to place.
E. Money,as we know,is all made of paper.
F. They began to use paper money.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______

答案： 【解析】：
这是一道六选四阅读题型，主要考查学生对于文章内容的理解和上下文的逻辑推理能力。文章主要讲述了货币的历史和演变过程。学生需要根据文章的内容，从给出的选项中选择最合适的句子填入文章的空白处，使文章内容完整、连贯。
1. 第一个空白处后面提到了“One of the first kinds of money was shells.”，说明在过去人们使用各种物品作为货币，因此选项B“But people used to use all kinds of things as money.”最为贴切。
2. 第二个空白处前面描述了中国的早期金属硬币，并提到硬币中间有一个方孔，因此选项D“People strung(串联) them together and carried them from place to place.”描述了人们如何使用这些硬币，符合上下文。
3. 第三个空白处后面提到了瑞典和俄罗斯使用铜来制造货币，以及后来一些国家开始使用金和银，因此选项A“The first coins in England were made of tin(锡).”可以作为这一段关于不同国家使用不同金属制造货币的延续。
4. 第四个空白处后面提到了纸币的起源，说明中国又发明了纸币，因此选项F“They began to use paper money.”最为合适。
【答案】：
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. F