阅读下面的材料，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。

　　Long ago, people lived on wild animals, fruits and other plants and they didn't need to use money．

　　As time passed, families had more products(产品)than they needed, such as animals and crops．So they needed to trade(交易)with others．They began to use money to make it easier．However, it was not like the money we use today．They used shells, rice, salt or large stones．

　　During the 600s BC, people began using coins as money．Because they were easier to carry than goods(货物), countries began to make coins as their money．

　　The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably in the 11th century．An Italian traveler, Marco Polo, saw the Chinese use paper money when he visited China in the 1200s．After his travel, he told the western people what he saw．But European countries didn't start using paper money till the1600s．

　　Today we have many ways to pay for things, such as coins, paper money and cards．Some prefer to pay by card．That's because paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money．

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完型填空：阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项．

　　Some years ago, Chinese high school students would show their new schoolbags , new clothes or new pens to their classmates when the new term started．Today, however , all have 　　1　　．If you still come back to school 　　2　　 only these things , you are falling out-of-date(过时的)．Students in big cities like to bring the latest high-tech things to school, and feel happy and 　　3　　 to show off these things to 　　4　　．Mobile phones, MP3 players , CD players , electronic dictionaries , the list is endless．

　　Young people think that , living in the 21^st century , they must keep up with the 　　5　　．They don't want to fall 　　6　　．Besides, they think 　　7　　 they need to keep in touch with their classmates , so they need mobile phones．They also like to 　　8　　 the pop music , so they need CD players．They explain that, 　　9　　 like electronic dictionaries , these can be 　　10　　 in their study , 　　11　　．They think that their parents should understand 　　12　　 they want these things．

　　Foreign students will also bring some latest high-tech things when they 　　13　　 to school at the beginning of a new term．　　14　　 , they often use the money which they made by themselves during the holiday to 　　15　　 these high-tech things that they want．

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Big schoolbags have been a serious problem for students for a long time．Maybe your schoolbag is too 　　1　　 to carry, and it troubles you a lot 　　2　　 you want to find a book out to read, Now an e－textbook will 　　3　　 you．

　　It is said that e－textbooks are going to be 　　4　　 in Chinese middle schools．An e－textbook, in fact, is a small 　　5　　 for students．It is much 　　6　　 than a usual schoolbag and easy to carry．Though it is as small as a book, it can 　　7　　 all the materials(材料)for study．The students can read the text page by page on the 　　8　　, take notes with the pointer(屏写笔)．Or even “　　9　　”their homework to their teachers by sending e－mails．All they have to do is to press a button．

　　Some people say e－textbooks are good．but some say they may be 　　10　　 for the students' eyes．What do you think of it?

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