<CD-RAT><Entry><HWD>PART\PART 2</HWD><Activity><GapFillInput layer="1" h="385" w="620" y="10" x="10" show-wordpool="0" wordpool-position="above"><Title alignment="left" isOn="1">PART 2: Open cloze<br /></Title><Instruction alignment="left" isOn="1">For questions <B>1-12</B>, read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only <B>one </B>word in each space. There is an example at the beginning (<B>0</B>). <br /></Instruction><ReferenceObject soundIsOn="0" videoIsOn="0" defaultHeight="200" alignment="left" isOn="0" /><ScrollableAssets /><Content><Question><FONT SIZE="14"><B>Cash – who needs it?</B></FONT><br />You may be surprised to know that cash in one form (<B>0</B>) <I><U>or</U></I> another has been (<B>1</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />in</Gap> existence for more than 2,500 years. People (<B>2</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />have</Gap> always used some kind of token to represent a value, although (<B>3</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />not</Gap> in the form of the coins or notes we use today.<br />Originally, people conducted their business (<B>4)</B> <Gap><Score num="1" />by</Gap> exchanging goods that were worth more or <br />(<B>5</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />less</Gap> the same as each (<B>6</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />other</Gap>. But this was not always practical, as (<B>7</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />it</Gap> was difficult to decide whether the value of the goods was really identical or not. So sometimes other things <br />(<B>8</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />were</Gap> added to the exchange to make up the full value, including salt, cows and precious stones.<br />The first actual coins were used in what is now eastern Turkey, but it was not (<B>9</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />until</Gap> centuries later that the formal banknote was developed. Now, however, cash is starting to disappear again from everyday life. More transactions (<B>10</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />take</Gap> place using credit cards, or electronic transfers in (<B>11</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />which</Gap> nothing physical changes hands. (<B>12</B>) <Gap><Score num="1" />The</Gap> days of cash may soon be over. <LineBreak size="12" /><br /><FONT SIZE="10"><I>Adapted from THE BOOK OF FIRSTS, by Ian Harrison</I></FONT></Question></Content></GapFillInput><Feedback playallOn="1" showAnswersOn="1" animatedFeedbackOn="1" testModeOn="0" instantFeedbackOn="0"><Sounds /></Feedback><GenericActivity hintsNextTo="0" timerIsOn="0" CDPrefsFolder="preferences/" CDPrefsFile="cd1.xml"><ActivityCanvas graphicAlpha="100" folder="" file="" colourAlpha="100" colour="transparent" /><SoundLibrary y="10" x="10" isOn="0" /><VideoLibrary h="252" w="385" y="78" x="10" isOn="0" /><Assets /></GenericActivity></Activity></Entry></CD-RAT>
