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1、雅思考試閱讀模擬試題：錢幣雅思考試閱讀模擬試題：錢幣Intheearlieststagesofman，sdevelopmenthehadnomoreneedofmoneythananimalshave?HewascontentwithverysimpleformsofsheIter,madehisownroughtoolsandweaponsandcouldprovidefoodandclothingforhimselfandhisfamilyfromnaturalmaterialsaroundhim?Ashebecamemorecivili
2、zed,however,hebegantowantbettershelter,moreefficienttoolsandweapons,andmorecomfortableandmorelastingclothingthancouldbeprovidedbyhisownneighborhoodorbytheworkofhisownunskilledhands?Forthesethingshehadtoturntotheskilledpeoplesuchassmiths,1eatherworkersorcarpenters.Itwasthent
3、hatthequestionofpaymentarose?Atfirsthegotwhathewantedbyasimpleprocessofexchange?Thesmithwhohadnotthetimetolookafterlandorcattlewasgladtotakemeatorgrainfromthefarmerinexchangeforanaxeoraplough.Butasmoreandmoregoodswhichhadnofixedexchangevaluecameonthemarket,exchangebecametoo
4、complicatedtobesatisfactory.Anotherproblemarosewhenthosewhomadethingswantedtogetstocksofwoodorleather,oriron,buthadnothingtoofferinexchangeunt訂theirfinishedgoodswereready.ThusthedifficultiesofexchangeledbydegTeestotheinventionofmoney.Insomecountrieseasilyhandledthingslikese
5、edsorshellsweregivenacertainvalueandthefarmer,insteadofpayingthesmithforanewaxebygivinghimsomemeatorgrain,gavehimsomanyshells?Ifthesmithhadanyshellsleftwhenhehadboughthisfood,hecouldgetstocksoftherawmaterialsofhistrade?Insomecountriesquitelargethingssuchascowsorcamelsoreven
6、bigflatstoneswereusedfortrade.Later,piecesofmetai,bearingvaluesaccordingtotherarityofthemetalandthesizeofthepieces,orcoinswereused.Moneyasweknowithadarrived?練習(xí)lExchangeofgoodsbecamedifficultbecause.A:manbecamemorecivilizedB:smithsbegantolookafterlandorcattieintheirsparetime
7、C:moreandmoregoodswhichhadnofixedexchangevaluescametothemarkerDfarmershadn'tenoughgrainormeattoprovideforskilledworkers2Moneywasnotuseduntil.A:paperwasinventedB:peoplepracticedasimpleprocessofexchangeC:nothingcouldbeofferedinexchangeD:theexchangeofonethingforanotherbecameto
8、ocomplicated3Thebesttitleforthispassageis?A:WhatismoneyB:Whataremoney，sfunctions?C
