Long ago, people did not need money.They     on wild animals, fruits and other plants.
As time passed, people learned to raise animals and crops. Sometimes, families       more than they needed, so they started to     with other families. Later, people began to use money as a means of exchange. However, it was not the kind of money we use today. They used shells, rice, salt, large stones and so on.
During the 600s B.C, people began using coins   money. They soon found that coins were easier to carry than goods and lasted a long time.    , countries began to make their own coins.
The Chinese were the first to use paper money, probably as           as the 11th century. The Italian     Marco Polo saw the Chinese using money when he visited China in the 1200s. However, European countries didn’t start using paper money      1600s.
Today, we have many ways to pay for things.We don’t often use coins or paper money. It’s more     for people to pay for things by card in our daily lives     paying with a card is easier and safer than carrying around a lot of “real” money.
A．played         B. lived            C．ate
A．produced       B. planted          C．invented
A．talk          B. trade           C．get
A．for           B. with            C．as
A．At first       B. At least         C．Later
A．early         B．late            C．long
A．inventor       B．teacher         C．traveler
A．after         B．until           C．unless
A．common        B．dangerous        C．inexpensive
A．but           B．because          C．though

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