首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Money is used for buying or selling goods, for measuring value and for storing wealth. Almost every society now has a money econ
Money is used for buying or selling goods, for measuring value and for storing wealth. Almost every society now has a money econ
admin
2015-03-29
73
问题
Money is used for buying or selling goods, for measuring value and for storing wealth. Almost every society now has a money economy based on coins and bills of one kind or another. However, this has not always been true. In primitive societies a system of barter was used. Barter was a system of direct exchange of goods. Somebody could exchange a sheep, for example, for anything in the marketplace that he or she considered to be of equal value. Barter, however, was a very unsatisfactory system because people’s precise needs were seldom met. People needed a more practical system of exchange, and various money systems developed based on goods that the members of a society recognized as having value. Cattle, grain, teeth, shells, feathers, salt, elephant tusks, and tobacco had all been used. Precious metals gradually took over because, when made into coins, they were portable, durable, recognizable, and divisible into larger and smaller units of value.
A coin is a piece of metal, usually disc-shaped, which bears words, designs or numbers showing its value. Until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, coins were given monetary worth based on the exact amount of metal contained in them, but most modern coins are based on face value—the value that the governments choose to give them, which doesn’t show the actual metal content. Coins have been made of gold, silver, copper, aluminum(铝), nickel(镍), lead, zinc(锌), plastic and in China even from tea leaves. Most governments now issue paper money in the form of bills, which are really "promises to pay". Paper money is obviously easier to handle and much more convenient in the modern world. Checks and credit cards are being used increasingly, and it is possible to imagine a world where "money" in the form of coins and paper currency will no longer be used. Even today, in the United States, many places, especially filling stations will not accept cash at night for security reasons.
Coins were given value according to the exact amount of metals contained in them______.
选项
A、between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
B、after the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
C、during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
D、before the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
答案
D
解析
由第二段第二句可知,直到18、19世纪,货币的价值还是根据金属本身的价值而定的。由此可知,在18、19世纪之前货币的价值是根据金属本身的价值而定。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/Js5K777K
本试题收录于:
浙江省大学英语三级题库大学英语三级分类
0
浙江省大学英语三级
大学英语三级
相关试题推荐
BeckyHoward,23,isdesperatetoloseweight.LikethousandsofwomenacrossBritainthisweekend,sheisstartingacalorie-co
FastBAA’sHeathrowExpressistherevolutionarynon-stoptrainservicethatspeedsbetweenHeathrowAirportandPaddington
In1783,theTreatyofPariswassigned,whichindicatedtheendoftheAmericanRevolution.ThevictorytheAmericanpeopleach
In1783,theTreatyofPariswassigned,whichindicatedtheendoftheAmericanRevolution.ThevictorytheAmericanpeopleach
Bandscomeandgo.Somebecomefamous.Othersdon’t.Someenjoygreatwealth.Othersmakenothing.Butwhy?Sometimestheyjust
Manynewsmallbusinesses【C1】f______becausetheytrytobeeverythingtoeverybody.Suchastrategyleadstoadiffusionofcrit
A、 B、 C、 D、 C题目问男士寄件需要支付多少邮费。女士提到空运价格是18欧元50美分,男士选择空运。故选C。
Ifyourcar________anyattentionduringthefirst12months,takeittoanauthorizeddealer.
Thoughportrayedas【D1】______inmovies,criminalsin【D2】______areinconceivablystupid.Belowarethreestoriesaboutthem:Cou
Thoughportrayedas【D1】______inmovies,criminalsin【D2】______areinconceivablystupid.Belowarethreestoriesaboutthem:Cou
随机试题
患者,男,85岁。动作迟缓,健忘恍惚,腰膝酸软,头晕耳鸣,齿摇发脱;舌淡红,苔白,脉沉无力。根据辨证要点分析,该患者的症候是
简述郭璞《游仙诗》的内容。
下列哪些行政行为不收费
屈肘时在肘窝中央可触及的肌腱是()。
水平逻辑验证指标和验证方法的内容关系中,在产出目标层次中,信息方法的验证方法有()。
旅游团队的主要社交活动形式有()
1.题目:走进键盘大家庭2.内容:背景故事:星期天,我去拜师学艺;快说说,老师都教了你什么?让我们也学习学习。老师给了我一本秘籍,让我照着上面的方法练习。我想输入“+”,可是用怎么也打不出来,快看看秘籍上是怎么说的。行动要领:了解键盘分区;用键盘输入
以上所列的液晶电视尺寸的市场占有率中,尺寸为20寸的排名第几?()市场占有率前三的尺寸的液晶电视占整个市场的()。
Completethenotesbelow.WriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSAND/ORANUMBERforeachanswer.GOODBYEPARTYFORJOH
Insurancecompaniesprovideaservicetothecommunitybyprotectingitagainstexpectedandunexpecteddisasters.Beforeanins
最新回复
(
0
)