3. Choose the best answers 1.When were the earliest coins used in China? A.about 3000 years ago B.about 2000 years ago C.earlier than the year of 1000 BC D.around the year of 1000 AD 2.How long were the coins with holes in them used? A.2000 years B.less than 2000 years C.about 2000 years D.more than 20 centuries 3.Why were the round coins with holes used for so many years? A.They looked nice. B.They were made of silver. C.They were easy to carry and use. D.They were made of gold. 4.Before coins appeared what were used for money? A.seashells and paper B.bamboo sticks and stones C.wood and cloth D.seashells and clothes 5.What was found in 1978? A.a collection of coins in England B.an old gold mine C.a collection of coins in Australia D.both B and C

4. 6.What were the earliest coins in the west made of? A.gold B.gold mixed with silver C.iron D.aluminum( 铝 ) 7.Why were Chinese coins between the 7th century and the late 1870s be found in northern Australia? A.Because the same coins were used in Australia at that time. B.Because thousands of Chinese worked there in the late 19 th century. C.Because some Australians took them there form China. D.It is still unknown.

5. seashells cloth woodbamboo sticks before coins, …… could be used as money

6. today’s money and coins Ren Min Bi U.S. Dollars

7. Different kinds of old “coins”

8. Different kinds of bei money the earliest coins in the world ; be used in China ; more than 3000 years ago

9. Coins with holes be used for the next 2,000 years ---- from 221 BC until 1916

10. different coins be of different sizes, shapes, weights metals have different designs

11. coin with a famous person on it It is common to have the head of a famous person on on side.

12. the name of the country the heads of famous people date The value of the coin information on the coins

13. discoveries of collections of coins place : time : the number of the coins : the age of the coins : I. II. ( the largest ) place : the number of the coins : the age of the coins : England 1978 54,951 dating from 260 – 275 AD England 200,000 silver pennies over 600 years old

14. a story that a collection of coins tell us time 1978 placean old gold-mining town in northern Australia discoverya pot containing 32,000 Chinese metal coins the coins include examples of almost all the types of Chinese coins between the 7 th century and the The late 1870s reason thousands of Chinese work there one of them keep a kind of bank where …… die without …….

15. fill the blanks The earliest coins in the world were used in ______ from more than _____ years ago. Coins may be of different ________, _______,________, and of different metals. Usually they have different _______On the two sides. There is usually the ________ of a famous person on on side. Today the coin is _________ with the _____ of the country, the date and its value. In the past many _________ could be used for money, such as seashells, rings, bamboo sticks and so on. The earliest coins in the West were made of gold ______ with silver. Many collections of coins were _____. The earliest collection found in _______ contained about 200,000 solver pennies that were over 600 years old. China 2000 sizes weightsshapes designs head pressed things name mixed England discovered