What is money? The pound, the dollar or the franc are actually just like a gram or a kilometre. The difference is that you can exchange money for something (56) ........................ . A five pound note may buy a book, a huge bag of sweets, or a (57) ........................ of cinema tickets. But the note itself is only a printed (58) ........................ of paper which costs almost nothing to make.
Thousands of years (59) ........................ people didn't have money as we know (60) ........................ . There were no banks (61) ........................ even shops. In those days, Mr. Green, the farmer exchanged the corn he (62) ........................ grown for Mr. Hive's honey. This was an exchange arranged between the two (63) ........................, each of whom had something that the other wanted. But in time, most societies invented their own "currencies" (64) ........................ that people could exchange more. The different currencies began to join together, which is why (65) ........................ everyone uses a national currency.
56. A. other B. else C. another D. apart
57. A. couple B. double C. few D. several
58. A. slice B. part C. side D. piece
59. A. since B. past C. before D. ago
60. A. them B. it C. some D. that
61. A. or B. neither C. and D. but
62. A. did B. was C. had D. has
63. A. jobs B. people C. things D. goods
64. A. for B. by C. before D. so
65. A. tomorrow B. today C. recently D. soon
1 B
2 A
3 D
4 D
5 B
6 A
7 C
8 B
9 D
10 B