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31. What is the passage mainly about?
(A) The making of paper money.
(B) The history and the meaning of money.
(C) The more money, the less happiness.
(D) Money talks.
32. What were the first things used by the Chinese as money?
(A) Bomb shells. (B) Silver coins.
(C) Paper made of leather. (D) Cowrie shells.
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.
34. What does the word“bartered"mean in line 2 in the first paragraph?
(A) exchanged (B) battered (C) bar tended (D) needed
35. According to the second paragraph of the passage, what does the author think about
money?
(A) The more money you have, the lonelier you will be.
(B) We all need money to live, but it has little to do with real happiness.
(C) Only those who have spent their life to become rich know the meaning of real
happiness.
(D) Over the years, money has made rich people wish to live alone.
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As E-commerce has become a global economic trend, people are buying more
products than ever before through the Internet. According to the statistics of AC Nielsen
Corporation, fifty-three percent of Taiwanese have bought something electronically,
which makes Taiwan the second largest place worldwide in terms of the number of online
shoppers. Store owners are worried that the growing amount of online sales will hurt their
businesses. This has led traditional stores to seek new ways to keep their customers loyal.
Experts say that traditional stores can keep their customers by selling goods that
buyers may want to see and taste, or feel the material and try on before purchasing. The
stores can also offer services to instantly set up or repair electronic products. In addition,
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