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1. Join the halves.

a. … monetary worth based on the exact amount of metal contained.

b. … has been compared to a disease.

c. … when treated as money.

d. … a system of barter was used.

e. … money at various times and places.

f. … paper money in the form of notes.

g. … buying or selling goods for measuring value and for storing wealth. h. … to be the most popular.

i. … gold, silver, copper and other

metals.

j. … a more practical system of

exchange.

                  1. In primitive societies …

                  1. Money is used for …

                  1. People needed …

                  1. Until the 18th and 19th centuries coins were given …

                  1. Coins have been made of …

                  1. Gold proves …

                  1. The need to search for gold …

8. An incredible variety of items have served as …

9. Some money is useless except …

10. Most governments now issue …

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2. Complete the sentences:

                  1. Almost every society now … .

                  1. Barter was … .

                  1. Precious metals gradually took over because … .

                  1. A coin is a piece of metal … .

                  1. Most modern coins are based on … .

                  1. In China coins have been made … .

                  1. Mankind never seems to have enough gold and … .

                  1. Commodity money is valuable apart from … .

                  1. Use of fiat money is based on … .

10. Paper money is obviously easier to … .

*3. Read the text and fill in the gaps with words given below:

about, account, amount, an absence, coins, cope, according, either, know, linked, mention, miss, rattling, spending, pockets.