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IELTS Academic Reading — Test 1, Passage 2

Coins – the first form of money

Questions 14–26 of Reading Test 1. Do it online and every answer is marked the moment you finish, with your band score and the exact line of the passage each answer came from.

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How many questions is it?

Questions 14–26 — 13 questions, in these types: Matching Headings, Multiple Answers, Summary Completion.

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Few people pay much attention to coins; we take them for granted. Since the advent of paper currency and the abandonment of a monetary system based on intrinsic or actual value, they have been demoted to the status of change: what is left when you…

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