I. Answer the question below based on the text!

The idea for paper money

The story of paper money is a fascinating one. The use of bank notes started in the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty existed in China from 618 – 907.

Before Chinese people used paper money, they used coins. The coins were round and had a square
hole in the middle. They kept their coins on a rope, so the more coins on the string they had, the
heavier the rope would be. Rich people found that their ropes of coins were too heavy to carry
around easily. So what did they do? They left their strings of coins with someone they trusted, and
that person gave them a piece of paper with a note saying the amount of money he was keeping.
When the rich man wanted his money, he took the paper to that trusted person and he got his coins
back. This was a good idea, don’t you think?

1. How did the Chinese people keep money long time ago?
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2. What did rich people do with their coin ropes when they were too heavy?
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3. What did they trusted person give the coin owner?
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4. How did the rich man get his coin back?
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II. Choose the correct answer a, b, c, or d!

1. My sister got 1st rank. My brother got 1st rank too.
My sister is as….. as my brother.
a. Diligent
b. Clever
c. Good
d. Better
2. I can speak English and Japanese well. My English is as…. As my Japanese
a. Good
b. Better
c. Best
d. Bad
3. Tara is 150cm. tata is 150cm. Tara is as…as Tata.
a. Long
b. Tall
c. Taller
d. Longer
4. A bouquet of red rose is $20. A bouquet of blue rose is $20. A bouquet of red rose is as …. As
a bouquet blue rose.
a. Expensive
b. More expensive
 c. Expensive
d. The most expensive
5.