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短文後選出最適當的答案。
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▲ 閱讀下文後,作答第 31– 35 題
We all need money to live. Without it we cannot buy the things we need. The first people
to live on the Earth did not use money. Instead, they bartered─ giving something they had
for something they needed. This still happens in many places today. The first things to be used
as money were a type of sea-shell, called cowrie shells. They were used by the Chinese
from about 1200 BC. The Chinese then began to make small objects that looked like
cowrie shells. These were the first coins made out of metal and with a hole in them so that
the coins could be put together to make a chain. Over the years, money has been made
of different things─ for example, silver, leather, and paper. The Chinese were the first to
use paper money from about 800 AD. But, would you believe that noses have been used
instead of money? Many hundreds of years ago, people from Denmark used to cut the noses
off people who did not pay their taxes.
Since many think that the more money they have the happier they will be, they will make
all the effort to earn money. Some even steal or commit crimes to become rich. Of course,
we know this is wrong. Many wealthy people have found that, in spite of having all the
possessions, they are not really happy. Some wealthy people live alone in gorgeous mansions
yet die lonely with no family or friends around them. They have spent their lives trying to be
rich, but in fact they are poor. It is a pity that they do not know the true meaning of
happiness, without getting and spending money.
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【題組】33. According to the passage, which one of the following statements is true?
(A) Only those people who have all the things will die happy.
(B) Without money we can live more happily.
(C) People from Denmark cut off people’s noses to avoid paying taxes.
(D) Paper money was first used by the Chinese people.