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People use money to buy food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in ancient times people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells.
In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money, too.
The first copper coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. Different counties had used different metals for their money. Later some countries began to make Coins of gold and silver. But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people need a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one paper to another than the paper money used today.
A:they were too heavy B:they would be for future use C:they were easy to slip off D:they were useless
People use money to buy food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in ancient times people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells.
In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money, too.
The first copper coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. Different counties had used different metals for their money. Later some countries began to make Coins of gold and silver. But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people need a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one paper to another than the paper money used today.
People gave Up gold and silver coins because ______.
A:they were too heavy B:they would be for future use C:they were easy to slip off D:they were useless
You ask how to start a business Here is an example.
David Dawson, a serious mountain climber, was dissatisfied with soft iron pitons (锥锤), the only ones he was able to buy. They lasted just one or two climbs, and Dawson wanted to replace them with "chrome-molys" (铬率合金), which were harder, stronger and longer-lasting. Some climbers made them for limited distribution among friends, but they were not commercially available. So Dawson started Dawson Equipment Ltd. , a purveyor (承办商) of climbing equipment, as a one-man enterprise in Burbank, California, in 1958. He had no plan, no management experience and no advertising. He worked in a shed using a hand forge purchased with $ 800 of capital borrowed from his mother.
What Dawson did have was a knowledge of the kind of equipment that he needed in his own climbs, and a sense that serious climbers would follow his lead. Currently Dawson Equipment is thriving and produces over 200 products.
Business opportunities are mere than ample today for the simple reason that many consumers are dissatisfied. Dawson’s business started from his being a customer not liking what he bought. I suspect that your business will begin that way too. You know what you want to replace, improve or change. So begin where the tool breaks, the service slips or the shoe pinches.
Dawson was dissatisfied with soft iron pitons because ______.
A:they were too soft to bear the climber’s weight B:they were the only pitons he could afford to buy C:they coul not last long D:they were made of iron
Passage One
By midday, the small party of boys, led by their schoolmaster, had reached a height of 2,500 feet. At this point the party had to stop climbing because one of the boys became seriously ill. The only thing the master could do was to return to the mountain hut where they ha& spent the night. From there, he telephoned the police. As no rescue party could reach the boy quickly enough, the Royal Air Force Rescue Center sent a helicopter (直升飞机) with a policeman and a doctor on board. The helicopter soon arrived on the scene, but the sides of the mountain were so steep that it could not land. A helicopter usually lands on four wheels, but it can land on two. However, the slope was too steep even for that. The pilot, there fore, kept the helicopter in the air with only one wheel touching the mountain side while the party carried the boy on board.
A:the mountain was too high B:the mountain-sides were too steep C:the runway was too narrow D:the weather was very bad
Passage Five
Although no one is certain why migration occurs, there are several theories. One theory is based upon the premise that prehistoric birds of the northen Hemisphere were forced south during the Ice Age, when glaciers covered large parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. As the glaciers melted, the birds came back to their homelands, spent the summer, and then went south again as the ice advanced in winter. In time, the migration became a habit, and now, although the glaciers have disappeared, the habit continues.
Another theory proposes that the ancestral home of all modern birds was the tropics. When the region became overpopulated, many species were crowded north. During the summer, there was plenty of food, but during the winter, scarcity forced them to return to the tropics.
A more recent theory, known as photoperiodism, suggests a relationship between increasing daylight and the stimulation of certain glands in the birds’ bodies that may prepare them for migration. One scientist has been able to cause midwinter migrations by exposing birds to artificial periods of daylight. He has concluded that changes occur in the bodies of birds due to seasonal changes in the length of daylight.
A:there was not enough food there in the winter B:there were too many birds C:there were too many glaciers D:there was too much daylight
Passage Four
| You ask how to start a business Here
is an example. David Dawson, a serious mountain climber, was dissatisfied with soft iron pitons (锥锤), the only ones he was able to buy. They lasted just one or two climbs, and Dawson wanted to replace them with "chrome-molys" (铬率合金), which were harder, stronger and longer-lasting. Some climbers made them for limited distribution among friends, but they were not commercially available. So Dawson started Dawson Equipment Ltd. , a purveyor (承办商) of climbing equipment, as a one-man enterprise in Burbank, California, in 1958. He had no plan, no management experience and no advertising. He worked in a shed using a hand forge purchased with $ 800 of capital borrowed from his mother. What Dawson did have was a knowledge of the kind of equipment that he needed in his own climbs, and a sense that serious climbers would follow his lead. Currently Dawson Equipment is thriving and produces over 200 products. Business opportunities are mere than ample today for the simple reason that many consumers are dissatisfied. Dawson’s business started from his being a customer not liking what he bought. I suspect that your business will begin that way too. You know what you want to replace, improve or change. So begin where the tool breaks, the service slips or the shoe pinches. |
A:they were too soft to bear the climber’s weight B:they were the only pitons he could afford to buy C:they coul not last long D:they were made of iron
Passage Three
| People use money to buy food, books,
bicycles and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually
get paid in money. Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in ancient times people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money, too. The first copper coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. Different counties had used different metals for their money. Later some countries began to make Coins of gold and silver. But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people need a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one paper to another than the paper money used today. |
A:they were too heavy B:they would be for future use C:they were easy to slip off D:they were useless
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