Salt，shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today．Salt may seem rather a strange 62 to use as money，63 in countries where the food of the people is mainly vegetable，it is often an 64 necessity．Cakes of salt，stamped to show their 65，were used as money in some countries until recent 66，and cakes of salt 67 buy goods in Borneo and parts of Africa．
　　Sea shells had been 68 as money at some time 69 another over the greater part of the Old World．These were 70 mainly from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean，and were traded to India and China．In Africa，shells were traded right across the 71 from East to West．
　　Metal．valued by weight，72 coins in many parts of the world．Iron．in lumps，bars or rings．is still used in many countries 73 of paper money．It can either be exchanged 74 goods，or made into tools，weapons，or ornaments．The early money of China，apart from shells，was of bronze，75 in flat，round pieces with a hole in the middle，called “cash”．The 76 of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old-older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean．
　　Nowadays．coins and notes have 77 nearly all the more picturesque 78 of money，and 79 in one or two of the more remote countries people still hold it for future use on ceremonial 80 such as weddings and funerals，examples of 81 money will soon be found only in museums．
　　62．[A]object [B]article [C]substance [D]category
　　63．[A]but [B]and [C]so [D]even
　　64．[A]abstract [B] advantageous [C]abundant [D]absolute
　　65．[A]weight [B]value [C]role [D]size
　　66．[A]times [B] events [C]situations [D]conditions
　　67．[A]even [B]also [C]still [D]never
　　68．[A]used [B]stamped [C]referred [D]put
　　69．[A]then [B]so [C]yet [D] or
　　70．[A]collected [B]produced [C]grown [D]raised
　　71．[Al city [B]district [C]community [D]continent
　　72．[A]processed [B]produced [C]preceded [D]proceeded
　　73．[A]out [B]instead [C]spite [D]regardless
　　74．[A]against [B]as [C]in [D]for来源：www.examda.com
　　75．[A]often [B]seldom [C]really [D]much
　　76．[A]earlier [B]earliest [C]better [D] best
　　77．[A]replaced [B]reproduced [C]reflected [D] recovered
　　78．[A]sizes [B] shapes [C]formats [D] forms
　　79．[A]while [B]although [C]because [D]if
　　80．[A]events [B]gatherings [C]occasions [D]assemblies
　　81．[A]original [B]primitive [C]historical [D]crude

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