1.________ 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. 2._______ One of the first kinds of money was shells.

Shells were not the only things used as money. In China， cloth and knife 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 center. 3._______ Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. 4.________ 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. 5._______ 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.

读下列短文，把A--E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整正确。

Each year， some Chinese parents send their children to foreign countries to study. But life may be not easy for young people there. To most children， managing themselves well is a big difficulty when studying by themselves in a foreign country. Yu Yang studies in a high school in Toronto， Canada. His teachers almost never give him too much homework. Students have lots of time to do some activities. Some of his friends even spend their whole year’s money in the first two months of the new term. So they have to ask their parents for some more money. Studying abroad may make some children feel lonely， become bad， lose themselves， etc. Many problems may happen to them. So parents should think them over before their children go to foreign countries.

根据短文内容填空，每空一词。

Each year， some Chinese parents send their children to foreign countries to study. Life may be 1. for young people there. To most children， managing themselves well is a big difficulty when studying 2. in a foreign country. Yu Yang’s teachers 3. give too much homework to him. Some of his friends even spend 4. the year’s money in the first two months of the new term. Studying abroad may 5. many problems for the students. So parents should think them over before their children go abroad.

In May， 1976， Gaynor was a nine-year-old girl and lived in North Wales. One day， on her way home from school she saw a silver object in a field not far from her home. The object looked like a saucer(茶碟).

Gaynor was very scared. She stayed in the tall grass and watched the door of the strange object open. She saw two aliens wearing silver suits get out. Then they used something to examine the ground. They were short and had pink eyes. After about thirty minutes， the two aliens went back into the object. Then it took off.

When Gaynor got home， she told her mother about this unusual experience， but her family decided to keep quiet about it. They didn’t want others to laugh at their daughter.

However， 18 months later， Gaynor told her story to UFO scientists. They found out that Gaynor told the truth.

根据短文内容，回答问题。

1. Where did Gaynor see the UFO?

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2. Did Gaynor see two aliens get out of the door?

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3.What did the two aliens do?

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4. What did the two aliens look like?

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5. Why did Gaynor’s parents keep quiet about her unusual experience?

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用适当的单词完成下面的短文。（每空一词，每空1分）

While some people 1. to only one kind of movie， I like to watch different kinds 2. on how I feel that day. When I’m down or tired， I prefer movies that can 3. me up. I don’t like dramas or documentaries when I’m sad or tired. I don’t mind action movies like Spider-man when I’m 4. tired to think. 5. in a while， I like to watch movies that are scary.

假如你在学校操场上捡到了一件红色夹克衫，它的主人会是谁呢？请你根据表格提示用英语写一篇短文进行合理的推测。

要求：恰当的运用情态动词表示推测的语法；80词左右。

I found a red jacket on the school playground. __________________________

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--- _________ you ______ Little Women yet?

--- Yes. It’s interesting.

A. Have, read B. Did, read C.Do, read

–Have you finished cleaning all the tables ______ ?

–Yes, I have _____ cleaned them.

A.yet; yet B. yet; already C. already; already.

The parents encouraged their daughter ________ her English

A. improves B. improving C. to improve

— Mum, it's so late. Why are you still here?

— Dad hasn't come back yet. I _______ for him.

A. am waiting B. will wait C. waited

---Where’s Mary? ---She _________to New York.

A. went B. has gone C. is going