71 People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. 72 One of the first kinds of money was shells.
Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used as money in parts of Africa.
The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the centre. 73 Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 74 Sweden and Russia used copper (铜) to make their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver.
But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. 75 The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than the paper money used today.
Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.
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A．The first coins in England were made of tin (锡). |
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B．But people used to use all kinds of things as money. |
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C．No one knows for certain when people began to use money. |
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D．People strung (串连) them together and carried them from place to place. |
E. Money, as we know, is all made of paper.
F. They began to use paper money.
G. Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services.
To their surprise, the boy’s wound was left ______.
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A．to expose |
B．exposed |
C．exposing |
D．to be exposed |
— I think you should phone Jenny and say sorry to her.
—________. It was her fault.
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A．No way |
B．Not possible |
C．No chance |
D．Not at all |
— We had ________ really cold February this year.
－I can’t remember ________ spring when it snowed in Changzhou .
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A．a; 不填 |
B．不填; the |
C． the; a |
D．a; a |
在日常生活中，越来越多的人已经习惯于把开车作为上下班的一个主要交通工具，为了呼吁大家绿色出行，减少汽车废气对环境造成的污染，你将写一篇题为“Let’s Ride Bikes”的文章，主要内容包括：
1. 目前汽车废气造成严重的空气污染；
2. 大量汽车引发交通堵塞等问题；
3. 骑自行车的益处，如节能环保、有利健康等。
参考词汇：环境 environment, 污染 pollute,交通堵塞 traffic jam, 低碳生活low‐carbon life
注意：1.词数：120 词左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Let’s Ride Bikes
短文改错（共10 小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
注意：1. 没处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多处（从第11处起）不计分。
In a summer night in Taiwan, Xiao Hong is going on her way to school happily when suddenly she felt the street was strong shaking. The trees were torn up and many buildings was leaning down to the ground. Even a car was destroyed by the fallen buildings. She was knocked down by a tree before she knew. Two doctors carried him to safety and she was settled down in a tent for treatment. After some time, she got over. Seen so many helpers from the mainland of China and other countries, she believed all the destroying houses would be build.
