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　　雅思阅读模式试题必做练习题

　　Intheearlieststagesofman'sdevelopmenthehadnomoreneedofmoneythananimalshave.

　　Hewascontentwithverysimpleformsofshelter,madehisownroughtoolsandweaponsandcould

　　providefoodandclothingforhimselfandhisfamilyfromnaturalmaterialsaroundhim.

　　Ashebecamemorecivilized,however,hebegantowantbettershelter,

　　moreefficienttoolsandweapons,andmorecomfortableandmorelastingclothingthancould

　　beprovidedbyhisownneighborhoodorbytheworkofhisownunskilledhands.

　　Forthesethingshehadtoturntotheskilledpeoplesuchassmiths,

　　leatherworkersorcarpenters.Itwasthenthatthequestionofpaymentarose.

　　Atfirsthegotwhathewantedbyasimpleprocessofexchange.

　　Thesmithwhohadnotthetimetolookafterlandorcattlewasgladtotakemeatorgrain

　　fromthefarmerinexchangeforanaxeoraplough.

　　Butasmoreandmoregoodswhichhadnofixedexchangevaluecameonthemarket,

　　exchangebecametoocomplicatedtobesatisfactory.

　　Anotherproblemarosewhenthosewhomadethingswantedtogetstocksofwoodorleather,

　　oriron,buthadnothingtoofferinexchangeuntiltheirfinishedgoodswereready.

　　Thusthedifficultiesofexchangeledbydegreestotheinventionofmoney.

　　Insomecountrieseasilyhandledthingslikeseedsorshellsweregivenacertainvalueandthefarmer,

　　insteadofpayingthesmithforanewaxebygivinghimsomemeatorgrain,gavehimsomanyshells.

　　Ifthesmithhadanyshellsleftwhenhehadboughthisfood,hecouldgetstocksoftherawmaterialsofhistrade.

　　Insomecountriesquitelargethingssuchascowsorcamelsorevenbigflatstoneswereusedfortrade.

　　Later,piecesofmetal,bearingvaluesaccordingtotherarityofthemetalandthesizeofthepieces,

　　orcoinswereused.Moneyasweknowithadarrived.

　　1.Exchangeofgoodsbecamedifficultbecause_________.

　　Amanbecamemorecivilized

　　Bsmithsbegantolookafterlandorcattleintheirsparetime

　　Cmoreandmoregoodswhichhadnofixedexchangevaluescametothemarker

　　Dfarmershadn'tenoughgrainormeattoprovideforskilledworkers

　　2.Moneywasnotuseduntil_______.

　　Apaperwasinvented

　　Bpeoplepracticedasimpleprocessofexchange

　　Cnothingcouldbeofferedinexchange

　　Dtheexchangeofonethingforanotherbecametoocomplicated

　　3.Thebesttitleforthispassageis_____.

　　AWhatismoney

　　BWhataremoney'sfunctions.

　　CTheimportanceofmoney

　　DThebeginningofmoney