阅读理解 84 ppt.pptVIP

八年级阅读理解 （上） Passage 84 第一段 When we think of money ,we think of coins and paperbills. 我们一想到钱，就会想起硬币和纸币。 That is what money is today. 这就是钱现在的样子。 But in the past people used many things in place of money . 但是在过去，人们用很多东西来作为钱的替代品。 Some countries used cows . 许多国家采用奶牛。 Other countries used salt, tobacco,tea or stones. 其他的一些国家用过盐，烟草，或者是石头。 Today there are still some places in the would that do not use paper money. 现在世界上仍有一些地方不采用纸币。 One place is the island of Yap in the Pacific Ocean. 一个地方就是太平洋的雅浦岛。 第二段 On the island of Yap,people use the heaviest money in the world----Yap stones. 在这个岛屿上，人们采用世界上最沉的钱币——雅浦石。 These are round,white stones with a hole in the middle. 这种石头是一些中间带孔的圆圆的白色石头。 The Yap stones do not originate from the island. 它们并不起源于本地。 The Yap men have to go to islands four hundred miles away to fetch them. 雅浦人必须前往400英里的地方来寻取它们。 Big stones can be twelve feet high----as big as two tall men . 比较大的石头有12英尺那么高——和两个高个男士一样高。 Small stones are as big as a dinner plate. 小点的石头也像一个吃晚餐的盘子一样大。 第三段 Rich people do not carry the Yap stones. 富人自己不搬运雅浦石 Servants follow the tich. 仆人们跟着一同前往 Each servant carries a stone on a ploe over his shoulder. 每个仆人都将石头用木杆担在他们的肩膀上。 Today the people on the island use paper money for everyday shopping. 如今这个岛上的人们每天都用纸币购物， But for other things they still prefer Yap stones. 但是对于其它的一些物品，他们仍然更喜欢采用雅浦石。 重点词 paperbills 纸币 in place of 代替 country----countries 国家 Pacific Ocean 太平洋 Island n. 岛；岛屿； carry ---carries 拿 middle 中间 heaviest---heavy 沉重的 hundred 百 miles 英里 1,On the island of Yap ,people use ____as money. A .stones B.cows C.dinner plates D.salt 2,what does the underlined word “originate” mean?( ) A.Grow B.Come C.Develop D.Begin 3,The people on the island use____for everyday shopping. A.cows B.coins C.stones D.paper money (