1. The more careful you are,        (few) mistakes you may make.

8. get married      

9. speak up        

10. get rid of       

4. 找出;査明       

5. 結(jié)果       

6. write to sb.      

7. stop working      

1. 與……溝通       

2. 代替;而不是       

3. 減少污染       

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

As time passed by,people learned to raise ani?mals and crops. Sometimes families produced more than they needed,so they started to trade with other families.(1) 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,etc.

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

The Chinese were the first to use paper money,probably as early as the 11 th century. The Italian traveller Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. (2) However,European countries did not start using paper money until 1600s.

Today we have many ways to pay for things. We do not use coins or paper money. Often,people pre?fer to pay for things by card. Paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of "real" money.

(一) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問題。

1. Why did people start to trade?

2. When did people begin to use paper money?

(二) 將短文中(1) 、(2) 處畫線的句子譯成漢語(yǔ)。

3.

4.

(三) 請(qǐng)給短文擬一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)挠⑽臉?biāo)題。

5.

 Last week my youngest son and I visited my father at his new house in Arizona. He moved there a few years ago,and I wanted very much to see his new place and meet his friends.

In my earliest memories,my father was a tall,handsome and successful man. He loved his work and family,but was uncomfortable with his chil?dren. As a child,I loved him;as a schoolgirl and young adult I was afraid of him. He seemed unhappy with me unless I got straight A's in my study and unhappy with my boyfriends if their fathers were not as " successful" as he was. Whenever I went out with him on weekends. I used to try hard to think up things to say to protect myself.

On the first day of my visit,we went out with one of my father's friends for lunch. We walked along that afternoon,did some shopping,ate on the street table,and laughed over my son's funny talks. My father's critical (挑剔的) air and strict rules were gone. He seemed so friendly and interesting to be with us.

The next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me many stories about his own childhood. Although our times together became eas?ier over the years,I never felt closer to him at that moment. After so many years,I'm at last seeing another side of my father. And in so doing,I'm happy with my new friend. My dad,in this new home in Arizona,is back to me from where he was.

(   ) 1.  The father was unhappy with the writer because .

   A. he didn't like her

   B. he expected too much of her

   C. she had a boyfriend

   D. she was uncomfortable

(   ) 2.  The underlined words ^u straight A's" in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese.

   A. 全優(yōu)   B. 及格

   C. 中等   D. 不合格

(   ) 3. When the writer went out with her father for a walk on weekends,she felt .

   A. tired   B. happy

   C. satisfied   D. nervous

(   ) 4. What does the writer think of her father after visiting him in Arizona?

   A. Strict and hard-working.

   B. More critical.

   C. Friendly and interesting.

   D. More successful.

(   ) 5. When the writer says "my new friend" in the last paragraph,she is talking about

   A. her son   B. her father

   C. her boyfriend   D. her father's friend

5. 現(xiàn)在我們吃得好，也長(zhǎng)壽了。 

Now wc eat      and              .

4. 你們年輕人能乘坐飛機(jī)去世界的任何地方。

You young people can             to      in the world.

3. 我很高興看見她每天忙著工作，伹有時(shí)我感覺孤獨(dú)，因?yàn)樗�不能�?jīng)常來看我。 

I'm happy to see she           every day,but sometimes I         because she can't come to see me often.

2. 她受過良好的教育，甚至在婚后還去工作。 

She has a good education,and she goes to work even after           .