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1、Passage1Whatmakesmoneyvaluable?Whyisapieceofpapermarked$10worthmorethanonemarked$1?Youcouldsaythereisnoreason.It?struethataspecialkindofpaperisusedtomakedollarbills,andtheyarepretty,butthat?snotwhatmakesthemvaluable.Therealreasonmoneyisvaluableisthateveryonebelievesitis
2、.Ancienteconomieshadnopapermoneyorcoins.Someusedbarter----tradingonethingforanother.Othersusedallkindsofobjectsasmoney.Anyobjectwoulddo,aslongastherewasnotanunlimitedamountofit.Animalsormetalswerepopular,andsoweremanufacturedproductslikejewelryorweapons.WealthinancientG
3、reecewasmeasuredintoolsorcattle.Thiskindofmoneyhadtwopurposes.First,itwasusefulinitself.Toolsandcattlecanbeusedforfarming.Andsecond,itwasawaytosymbolizeandmeasurevalue.Ahouse,forexample,wouldbevaluedatacertainnumberoftoolsorcattle.Thisgreatlysimplifiedtrade.Othersocieti
4、esusedmoneythatwastotallysymbolic.Forinstance,AmericanIndiansusedwampum,whichismadefromseashells.AnduntilrecentlyonthepacificislandofYap,peopleuselargestonediscsasmoney.Inmostplacesthesetypesofmoneydiedoutbecausemorepracticalformsofmoneywereinvented.Peoplestartedusingpr
5、eciousmetals,suchasgoldandsilver,thatwereeasiertocarryaroundthantoolsorstones.Andintheeighteenthcenturypapermoneywasintroduced.Atfirstpeopleweresuspiciousofnewcurrency,buttheycametoacceptitbecausethegovernmentorbankissuingitwouldexchangeanequalamountofgoldforthepaper.A$
6、10billreallywasworth$10forgold.Butnow,peopleareusedtotheideathatthegovernmentdoesn‟thavetobackitsmoneywithgold.Everyonebelievesthata$10billisworth$10andthatisgoodenough.Butif,forsomereason,peopleeverlostfaithinpapermoney,tendollarswouldn‟tbeworththepaperit‟sprintedon.Qu
7、estions31-35arebasedonpassage131.Accordingtothewritertherealreasonmoneyisvaluableisthateveryonebelieves_____.a.moneyisvaluableb.goldisvaluablec.moneyisgold32.Thewriterofthisselectionmentionedanimals,metalsandmanufacturedproductslikejewelryorweaponsbecause_______.a.theyw
8、erevaluableb.theywereusedasmoneyinancienttimesc.peoplelikedthem33.Papermoneywasinvented_______.a.totaketheplac
