专题04 阅读理解-2023中考英语逆袭冲刺名校模拟真题特快专递（天津专用）

2023天津中考英语逆袭冲刺 名校模拟真题特快专递 第三期 专题04 阅读理解 （2022·天津红桥·统考模拟预测）Money is what people use to buy things they need or want. A long time ago, people didn’t use money. So how did they get the things they wanted? Well, there is a long and interesting story about this. At first, they would exchange something they had for something they needed. For example, if the shoemaker needed some bread, he would give the baker (面包师) shoes and the baker would give him bread. This was called “bartering”. Bartering worked well for a while. But after the baker had too many shoes, the shoemaker still needed more bread. What could they do? The solution to this problem was money. Money was basically an agreement among people. People agreed that some metal (金属) or paper would be worth a certain amount of bread or a certain number of shoes. There were many earlier forms of money, such as cattle (家畜), salt, grain and shells. But it was not easy to move them or store them. So coin began to take the place of things. Metal tool money was used in China as early as 1000 BC．Coins had a set value and could be stored. It became possible for people to trade in a standardized (标准的) way. A coin says right on it how much it is worth. Different coins are worth different amounts. About three hundred years ago, paper money came into wide use. Paper money is cheaper to make than coins. It is also easier to carry around. Now people use paper money and coins in most countries. 1．A long time ago, people got the things they wanted by ________. A．giving the baker shoes B．giving the shoemaker bread C．using coins and paper money D．exchanging things they had for things they needed 2．The meaning of the underlined word “bartering” is “________”. A．讨价还价 B．强买强卖 C．以货易货 D．清仓甩卖 3．There were many earlier forms of money except ________. A．salt B．grain C．cattle D．bread 4．Which of the following is true according to the passage? A．Different coins are worth the same amounts. B．Money was basically an agreement among people. C．Metal t