2024年中考英语复习：完成图表 专项练习题汇编（含答案解析）.pdfVIP

2024年中考英语复习：完成图表专项练习题汇编

话题一事物介绍

Passage1

Asthescienceandtechnologyisdevelopingsofast,greatchangeshavetakenplaceinour

dailylife,especiaJlythewaytobuythings.Itissoconvenientandfasttopaythatwejustneeda

Sm缸tphone,fingerprint,oreventoputourfacesinfrontofacamera.However,howdidpeople

buythingsinthepast?

Between11,000and6,000yearsago,peoplest打tedexchanginganimalsandfoodtogetthe

thingstheyneeded.Itisnamedbartering（以物换物）．Peoplebarteredonethingfor,mother.Heres

howitworkedinthebeginning.

Around3,000yea几ago,peoplethoughtthatshells（贝壳）wereagoodformofmoney.Why?

Thereasonsaresimpleforpeoplethen.Shellsarebeautifulandhard.Theydontbreakeasi.ly,so

theyc,mlastalongtime.Peoplecantfindshellseverywhere,whichmakesthemvaluable.If

peoplewantedsomething,theywouldpayshellsforit

Next,abouttwohundredyearslater,thefirstcoinwasinventedinChina.Thecoinswere

madeoutofmetal.Nowadays,wehavesmallandroundcoins.Butintheolddays,theywere

madeintodifferentshapesindifferentcentur哗

About1,200yearsago,theChinesewerethefirsttoprintmoney,butitwasntpapermoney.

TheyusedI邸ther（皮革）whichwasmadefromthehidesofanimals.Itwasntuntiltheseventh

centurythattheydecidedtousepaper.Atlast,theworldhaditsfirstpapermoney.Paperislighter

thanthecoinsandtheycanbecarriedmoreeasily,sopeoplelikeitverymuch.Ifyouhadpaper

money,youwouldntneedsomanycoins.Sm1ngely,ittookmuchmorecenturiesforother

countries