1. Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made (1)________ tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Some of the Swedish copper money weighed (2)_______ than 30 pounds. It must have been inconvenient. When people wanted to (3)_______ a big bill, they had to use an ox-cart.
After trying many different (4) ______ of metals and sizes, countries began to make coins of gold and silver. The value of the coins (5) ______ on the weight of the metal used. Today few coins are worth their weight. But even gold and silver coins were inconvenient if you had to buy (6) _______ valuable. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper to represent the same amount of money in metal. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to (7) ______ than the paper money used today. Paper money is so convenient that it is (8)_______ used more and more.