Where were shells used as money in history?

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• 1 Why, according to the passage, did ancient Chinese coins have a square hole in the centre?

  A. Because it would be easier to put them together and carry them around.

  B. Because it would be lighter for people to carry them from place to place.

  C. Because people wanted to make it look nicer.

  D. Because people wanted to save the expensive metal they were made from.

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• 2 Why does the author say that even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy some-thing ex

  A. Because they are easy to steal.

  B. Because they are difficult for people to obtain.

  C. Because they are not easy to carry around.

  D. Because they themselves are expensive, too.

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• 3 Which do you choose as the best title for this passage?

  A. Money and Its Uses

  B. Different Things Used as Money

  C. Different Countries, Different Money

  D. The History of Money

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• 4My father was a foreman of a sugar-cane plantation in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. My first job was to

  A. To stand down the fairway at a golf course.

  B. To spot the balls as they landed so the golfers could find them.

  C. To drive the oxen that plowed the cane fields.

  D. To watch the sugar-cane plantation.

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• 5 The word "tedious" in paragraph 2 most probably means__________.

  A. hard

  B. boring

  C. interesting

  D. long

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• 6 What did the writer learn about from his first job?

  A. He could work as hard as possible.

  B. He could go to work on time.

  C. He should never fail to go to work.

  D. He should be respectful and loyal to the people he works for.

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• 7 What gave the writer self-esteem?

  A. Having a big family.

  B. Bringing money back home to help the family.

  C. Helping his father with the work.

  D. All of the above.

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• 8 What was the writer' s dream while working at a golf course?

  A. Making a lot of money by playing golf.

  B. Becoming a successful golfer.

  C. Running a golf course near his house.

  D. Both A & B.

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• 9 Some psychologists think that thinking is__________.

  A. not a mental process

  B. more of a physical process than a mental action

  C. a process that involves our entire bodies

  D. a process that involves the muscles as well as the brain

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• 10 According to the passage, muscle participation in the process of thinking is__________.

  A. deliberate

  B. apparent

  C. indistinct

  D. impressive

  
  

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