2018年12月英语四级真题第一套,2018年12月英语四级美文:Money

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  Money


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  In the earliest stages of man’s development


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  he had no more need of money than animals have.


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  He was content with simple forms of shelter


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  and from natural materials around him,


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  he made his own rough tools and weapons.


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  As he became more civilized,


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  however, he began to want better shelter,


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  more efficient tools and weapons,


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  and more comfortable clothing


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  than could be provided by the work of his own unskilled hands.


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  For these things he had to turn to the skilled people


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  such as smiths and carpenters who were springing up everywhere.


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  It was then that the question of payment arose.


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  At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange.


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  The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle


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  was glad to take meat or grain


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  from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough.


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  But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value


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  came on the market,


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  exchange became too complicated to be satisfactory.


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  Another problems arose


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  when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood,


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  leather or iron,


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  but had nothing to offer in exchange


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  until their finished goods were ready.


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  Thus the difficulties of exchange


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  led by degrees to the invention of money.


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  In some countries,


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  easily handled things like seeds or shells


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  were given a certain value and the farmer,


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  instead of paying the smith for a new axe


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  by giving him some meat or grain,


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  gave him so many shells.


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  If the smith had any shells left when he had bought his food,


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  he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade.


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  In some countries quite large things


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  such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade.


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  Later, pieces of metal,


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  bearing values according to the rarity of the metal


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  and the size of the pieces of coins were used.


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  Money as we know it had arrived.


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