Good afternoon, everyone. My topic for today is “Early money”. I’m going to t___1____

you something about money u ___2_____in the early days. To tell you the truth, we know little about h___3___ early people came to use money, but we do know some of the things w____4___ have been used a___5___ money. In early times in some European c___6____ salt was very difficult to g___7___.  It was used as money. In some p____8____ of Asia, tea was used for money. The American Indians used nuts and other things. Perhaps the most c_____9____ money of all was an animal of some kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a k___10_____ of money. So you see, things highly valued (价值) by everybody may serve as money. The Chinese were the first p___11____ to use coins as money. Oh, here are some coins of the p____12_____. You can come over and have a look.

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Good afternoon, everyone. My talk for today is “Early money”. I’m going to t___91___ you something about money u ___92_____in the early days. To tell you the truth, we know little about h___93___ early people came to use money, but we do know some of the things w____94___ have been used a___95___ money. In early times in some European c___96____ ,salt was very difficult to g___97___.  It was used as money. In some p____98____ of Asia, tea was used for money. The American Indians used nuts and other things. Perhaps the most common money of all was an animal of some kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a k___99_____ of money. So you see, things highly valued (价值) by everybody may serve as money. The Chinese were the first p___100____ to use coins as money. Oh, here are some coins of the past. You can come over and have a look.

Mr. Clark worked in a newspaper, and he did a lot of important and difficult work, but then he began to forget things, and this made his work very difficult. One day he said to himself, “I’m going to go and see Dr. Martin about this.”

He waited in the doctor’s waiting room with the other patients, and then the nurse said to him, “You can go in and see Dr. Martin now”.

“Oh, doctor,” said Mr. Clark, ‘it’s terrible, I can’t remember anything for longer than half a minute, and it’s making my work very difficult. What can I do? Can you help me?”

The doctor said, “When did this start, Mr. Clark?”

“When did what start?” Mr. Clark said.

1._______ made Mr. Clark work very difficult.??

A. Important work????????? ????????????? B. Working for a long time

C. Forgetting things????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. Bad condition

2._______ go to see Dr. Martin.

A. Mr. Clark himself decided to???????? ?????????????

B. Mr. Clark’s friend advised him to

C. The nurse asked Mr. Clark to???????? ?????????????

D. The other patient told Mr. Clark to

3.A patient is _______ .

A. a person who will die soon?? ??????? ????????????? B. a person who is ill

C. a doctor’ s helper??? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. a doctor’s friend

4.Why did Mr. Clark ask Dr. Martin, “When did what start”?Because he forgot__________.

A. the time????????????? ????????????? B. his illness????????????? ????????????? C. the doctor????? D. the hospital

5.Which statement is TURE?

A. Mr. Clark didn’t know Mr. Martin before.

B. Mr. Clark should not see the doctor.

C. Mr. Clark could remember things as well as before.

D. Mr. Clark’s illness was serious.