2025-2026学年江苏省南京市致远中学九年级（下）月考英语试卷（3月份）（含答案）

第=page11页，共=sectionpages11页2025-2026学年江苏省南京市致远中学九年级（下）月考英语试卷（3月份）一、语法选择：本大题共5小题，共5分。

Doyouknowhowmanykindsofplantsandanimals

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intheworld？Expertsbelievetherearebetween8and14million，butrightnowweonlyknowabout1.5million.However，scientists

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newplantandanimalspecies（物种）allthetime—andthat'sgoodnewsforus.

In2009，auniversityprofessor

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ChristopherAustinandhisstudentEricRittmeyerdiscoveredanewanimalspecies.TheywereinPapuaNewGuinea，studyingthewildlifeontheisland.Oneevening，theywereinthejunglelisteningtoanimalsounds.Themostcommonsoundwasthenoiseoffrogscroakingloudly.Buttherewasanothersound—amuchsofter，high-pitchedonethatsoundedlikeitcamefromsomethingmuchsmaller.

Atfirst，theycouldn'tlocatethesound，butaftersometime，theyrealizeditcamefromtheground.Theysearchedthroughthegrassanddeadleavescarefully，butwhattheyfoundsurprisedthem.Itwasatinyfrogjustsevenmillimeters（毫米）long."Thisfroghasacall

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doesn'tsoundlikeafrogatall，"saidAustin.Thefrogtheydiscoveredwasthesmallestintheworld!

Researchersbelievethatfrogsareimportantbecausetheyhelpkeeptheenvironmentclean.Wecanalsousethemtocreatenewmedicines.Wheneverwefindanewspecies，welearnnewthings.Forthatreason，scientistsworkveryhardtofindnewplantsandanimalseveryday.Buttheirjobsaregettingmoredifficult.Theforeststhattheseanimalsliveinaredisappearingquickly.And，sadly，

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aretheanimals.1.A.arethere B.therebe C.thereis D.thereare2.A.find B.willfind C.arefinding D.havefound3.A.named B.wasnamed C.name D.naming4.A.what B.that C.who D.it5.A.as B.neither C.so D.either二、阅读六选五：本大题共5小题，共5分。

Theword"longevity"comesfromtheword"long".Itmeansthatpeoplearelivingalonglife.SointhetraditionalSpringandAutumnPeriod，peopleconsideredlongevityasthemostimportantgoal.

（1）______EarlyintheSpringandAutumnPeriod，therewerecelebrationsfortheelderly.

（2）______SotheChinesepeoplestartedtoholdthebirthdayceremonyattheageof40.Latercelebrationswouldalsobeheldforpeople's50th，60thand70thbirthdays.The60thbirthdayceremonywasthemostcommon.Asthelengthofpeople'slivesisincreasinginmodernsociety，morecelebrationshavebeenheldinthelaterdecades（十年）.Inaddition，peoplenowhavethehabitofcelebratingthebirthdaybeforetheendofthedecades.（3）______Whyso？Asthepronunciationof"nine"inChineseisthesameasthepronunciationoftheword"long".Nineisalsothelargestsingle-digitnumber.（4）______Thehighlightofthecelebrationisbirthdayfeast（宴会），whichisdifferentfromotherfeasts.（5）______Besidesbeingaformofcelebratingoldage，thebirthdayceremonyisalsoawaytowishforthehealthoftheelderlypeopleandhopethattheycanovercomedifficultiestheymaymeetinlaterlife.

A.Itstandsforbestwishesforlongevity.

B.Sixisanotherluckynumberinpeople'seyes.

C.Onlyafewpeoplecouldlivelonginancienttimes.

D.Atbirthdayfeasts，eating"longevitynoodles"isthemostimportantpart.

E.Thereweremanyactivitiesandcustomsaboutthecelebrationoflongevity.

F.Forexample，peopleusuallycelebratethe59thbirthdayratherthanthe60thbirthday.6.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F7.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F8.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F9.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F10.A.A B.B C.C D.D E.E F.F三、完形填空：本大题共15小题，共15分。

Imagineaskyfilledwithcolorfulkitesofallshapesandsizes.Isn't

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magical？

TheWeifangInternationalKiteFestival

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everyyearinApril.ItisoneofthemostimportantkiteeventsinChina.Weifangisknown

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the"KiteCapitaloftheWorld".Thehistoryofkitemakingandflyinginthecity

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over2，000years.Variouskitedesignscanbeseenduringthefestival.Traditionalshapesincludefish，birds，butterfliesanddragons.Therearealsomoremodernandinnovativestyles.Forexample，in2019，visitorswereamazedbythekiteversionofChina'sTiangongSpaceStation.Thesekitesshowcasetheexcellentskillsoflocalkitemakers.Theeventfeaturesabigparade.Peoplefromaroundtheworldcandisplaytheirkites.

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visitorscantrytheirhandatkitemakinginmanyworkshops.

IlikeWeifangInternationalKiteFestivalverymuch.Becauseitconnectstraditionwithmodernity.11.A.they B.them C.those D.it12.A.celebrates B.holds C.isheld D.happens13.A.for B.as C.among D.in14.A.comesback B.getsback C.goesback D.datesback15.A.Besides B.Finally C.However D.AboveallMycousinAndrewalwayscomesupwithnewideasorinventsnewthings.So，peoplealwaysthinkheiscreative，andconsidercreativityasmakingnewthings.Thiscouldbe（1）______somanypeopledonotthinkthemselvescreative.（2）______，creativitycansimplybeaboutexpressingourselvesthroughdailyacts.

Actually，weareborncreativeandallhavethe（3）______toexpresscreativity.Bodiesneed（4）______tobebetter，sodoescreativity.Itshouldbetrainedfromtimetotime.Creatingisawayinwhichwechallengeourselvesandthinkdifferently.Sometimes，thepathtobemorecreativeisnottofollowothers.（5）______，wecanaddtomatosaucesinsteadofsugarormilktocoffee.

Creativityisneitherjustaboutthefinal（6）______，noraboutthemomentwhenyousuddenlygetafantasticidea.Itisaprocess（过程）thatwedoaseriesofthings.Wecanfind（7）______newordifferentinmostthingsandpractisecreativitythroughsmalljobs.

Ifwefaceacreativeblock（创造力凝滞），trytocompleteadailytask.Thoughsomeofusmaythinkitdoesn't（8）______，theorganizedstepsofcompletingataskmayencourageourcreativity.What'smore，aftercompletingatask，wecanoftengetasenseof（9）______.Anditwillprovideuswiththeenergytofinishothercreativeprojects.

Creatingorlearningcreativity，doesnotnecessarilymeanmakingsomethingoutofnothing.Inmanycases，itmeansallowingourselvestothink（10）______.Justletourthoughtsfly.Thenthecreativitywhichisalreadytheremaycomeout.16.A.why B.how C.when D.where17.A.Otherwise B.Moreover C.Anyway D.However18.A.ability B.spirit C.value D.goal19.A.checking B.relaxing C.exercising D.displaying20.A.Asusual B.Sofar C.Forexample D.Abovell21.A.product B.price C.problem D.practice22.A.anything B.something C.nothing D.everything23.A.end B.work C.form D.spread24.A.humour B.beauty C.fashion D.achievement25.A.quickly B.freely C.carefully D.clearly四、阅读理解：本大题共15小题，共15分。A

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______A.Food. B.Culture. C.Entertainment. D.History.BLifeislikeaboxofchocolates，youneverknowwhatyouaregoingtoget.soisteens'life.

Janewasalwaysgettingshoutedatfornotbeingreadyforclass.Ithappenedsooftenthatshecouldseeherteacher'smouthopentoshoutatherassoonasshesteppedthroughthedoor.Shedidn'treallyblame（责怪）herteacherthatmuch，though.Sheknewshehatedrepeatingherself，sowhywouldn'therteacher？

Justonce，shewantedtoimpressherteacherbybeingready.Shegotherthingsoutthenightbefore，andthenorganizedthemcarefully.Shedouble-checkedtomakesuretherewasn'tasinglequestionleftunansweredinherhomework.Thenshemadesureshehadreadherpagesinthenovelshewassupposedtokeepupin.Thingslookedgood.

Afteralatenightpreparing，shefellasleep，butwokeuplate.Intherushforthebusinthemorning，shesomehowforgotherbackpack.Betweenbreakfast，puttingshoeson，andtakingouttherubbish，sheforgotherbackpack!Shewastryingtoimpressherteacher，butshewouldjustdisappointhimfurther.Janefeltsick.Itwaslikesomeonehadhitherhead.

Justasshewasabouttogointoclass，shewasaskedtogototheoffice.Hadherteacheralreadytoldtheheadmaster？Hadtheysaidthatshehadleftherwholebackpackathome？Shestumbled（蹒跚）intotheoffice，onlytofindhermotherwaitingforher."Youforgotyourbackpack.Iknowyoutriedhardtogetready，soIwantedtomakesureyouhadyourthings."Janelaughedandrushedofftoclassafterhugging（拥抱）hermother.Thatday，theteacherdidn'tshoutather.Instead，whenhegotreadytoshout，heclosedhismouthandsmiled.Hewashappytoseeshewasready，andJanewashappytodotherightthing.29.WhatisthemainproblemforJane？______A.Notbeingreadyforschool. B.Leavingherbackpackhome.

C.Beingshoutedbyherteacher. D.Nevergettingtoschoolontime.30.WhydidJanestumbleintotheofficethenextmorning？______A.Shefeltverysick.

B.Hermumcametoschool.

C.Herteachergotangry.

D.Shefailedtoimpressherteacher.31.WhatdoyouthinkofJaneafterreadingthewholestory？______A.Forgetfulbutpatient. B.Forgetfulandcareless.

C.Carelessbutorganized. D.Carelessandimpatient.COnFebruary4，WangYujia，37，becamethefirstChinesemusiciantowintheGrammyAwardforthebestclassicalinstrumentalsolo（独奏奖）category.

Wang'sspecialpositionintheclassicalmusicworldismarkedbyherexcellentskills.InJanuary2023，Wangpresentedathreeandahalfhours'showinNewYork，whichwasdescribedbytheNewYorkTimesasa"once-in-a-lifetime"musicalevent.

Amongthefourpianoconcertos（协奏曲）Wangplayed，PianoConcertoNo.3，knownasoneof"thehardestconcertos"，challengesmusicianswithallkindsofskills.CyrilSmithfromBritainoncesaidthatitrequiredthestrengthofshoveling（铲）10tonsofcoaltoplaytheconcerto.Moreover，thepiecerequiresthemusiciantoshowagreatnumberoffeelingsandthemesincludingsadness，heroismandhappiness.

Althoughtherewereallthegreatchallenges，Wangdidn'tfinditaproblemtocompletethemusic."Therearebigphysicalchallengesonthepiano，butitisevenhardertousespecialskillstofinishthework.That'swhatisreallyfun，"WangtoldChinaDaily.

Thefashionablemusicianisalsoknownforthebrightcolours，bravedesignsofherclothesandwearing10cmhighheels（高跟鞋）ontheshow.Thiscausedmanyreviewsagainstherinthepast，withsomesayingshewantedtoattractpeople.ButWangisnotafraidofbeingtruetoherself，sayingtoTheGuardian，"Ifthemusicisbeautifulandmakespeoplehappy，whynotdresstofit？It'saboutpowerofmusic."

Shehopespeoplenoticethatbelowthesurfaceishergreatloveforclassicalmusic."ThemoreIplayaconcerto，themoretobefound.It'slikealong-termexploration，"Wangsaid.32.TheNewYorkTimesusedtheword"once-in-a-lifetime"totellpeople______.A.theshowlastedforalongtime

B.theshowwasthebestofalltimes

C.onecouldonlyhavetheshowonceinalifetime

D.WangYujiaimpressedpeopledeeplywithhershow33.AccordingtoCyrilSmith，______.A.PianoConcertoNo.3isthemostbeautifulconcerto

B.amusicianneedsgreatstrengthwhileplayingtheconcerto

C.shoveling10tonsofcoalisimportantbeforeplayingtheshow

D.musiciansneedtocommunicatewithothersaboutthefeelings34.IfyouaretheclothesdesignerforWangYujia，whichofthefollowingwillyouchooseforhernextshow？______A.Abrightgreendresswithhighheels.

B.Adarkbluesuitwithapairofboots.

C.Ablackdresswithapairofwhitegloves.

D.Atraditionalsweaterwithapairofjeans.35.WhichofthefollowingcanbestdescribeWangYujia？______A.Friendlyandconfident. B.Modestandhelpful.

C.Powerfulandfashionable. D.Humorousandkind.DDIYneedscreativeminds.Tobecreativemeanstobeinlovewithlife.

DaniellaHudsongrewupinaverycreativefamily."Mumanddadmadeallourfurniture，"shesays."Notbecausewecouldn'taffordit，theyjustpreferredmakingitemstobuyingthem.Sovisitstocityfurnitureshopsnearbyjustweren'tpartofmychildhood."WhenDaniellavisitedadesignshowwithherclassattheageoften，sherealizedshewantedtofollowherparents'example."Thereweresomanydifferentstylesoftablesandchairsthere，"shesays.Sincethatday，she'sbeenmakingfurniture."I'velearnedbygivingmumanddadahand，andthroughwatchingvideosontheInternet，"sheadds.

Herfirstpiecewasatable，madesoonaftervisitingtheshow.Itwassimilartooneshehadseenthere."Theyhadfurniturefromthelasthundredyears，andIcopieda1920sdesign，"saysDaniella."Sadly，noonehaswantedtableslikethatforyears.Iwaspleasedwiththequalityofmywork，though.I'vepainteditrecentlybecausethewoodIchoseatthestartwastoodark."

Daniellastartedsellingherfurnitureatalocalmarket."Ispentmostofmyfreetimeinside，sothisgavemethechancetogetsomefreshairandfindoutwhatpeoplethoughtaboutmydesigns."JudgingbyhowmanyitemsDaniellasold，theythoughtitwasprettygood."Intheend，Ihadtogiveup，"saysDaniella."I'dalsostartedanInternetbusiness，whichwasdoingsowell.ItwastakingupeveryspareminuteIhad.Themarketcloseddownjustafterthatanyway."

Recently，Daniellawasaskedtotakepartinalocaldesignshow."OneoftheorganizershadboughtoneofmypiecesofftheInternet.Icouldn'tbelieveitwhenshetoldmetherewouldbeathousandvisitors，"shesays.Insteadofworryingaboutthis，Daniellawasexcitedbythechance."Iwasamazedshethoughtmyworkwasgoodenough，"Daniellasays."Ihadlittleideawhatvisitorswouldthinkaboutit.MyfurnitureisquitedifferentfromthedesignerswhoseworkI'veseeninmagazines-mineismoretraditional."ButDaniellareceivedlotsofordersattheshowandthefutureislookingbrightforthisyoungdesignstar.36.WhatmadeDaniellainterestedincreatingfurniture？______A.Helpingherparentsmaketheirownfurniture.

B.Visitingfurnitureshopsinacitynearherhome.

C.Watchingonlinevideosofhowtomakefurniture.

D.Seeingdifferentkindsoffurnitureonaschooltrip.37.WhatdoesDaniellasayaboutthefirstfurnitureshemade？______A.Itwasn'tverywell-made.

B.Itwasn'tafashionablepiece.

C.Shestilllikesthecoloursheused.

D.Shedesignedthetableherself.38.WhydidDaniellastopsellingherfurnitureatamarket？______A.Themarketcloseddown. B.Toofewpeoplewerebuyingit.

C.Shenolongerhadenoughtime. D.Shedidn'tlikeworkingoutdoors.39.HowdidDaniellafeelwhenshewasinvitedtoherfirstdesignshow？______A.Shefeltconfidentherdesignswouldbepopular.

B.Shefeltcuriousaboutseeingotherdesigners'works.

C.Shefeltworriedabouthowmanypeoplewouldbethere.

D.Shefeltsurprisedsomeonewasimpressedbyherfurniture.40.WhatwouldDaniellasayinanadvertisementforhercompany？______A.I'mayoungfurnituredesigner，whoseworkshaveappearedinseveraldesignshowsandaresoldinmanycityfurnitureshops.

B.I'vecreatedfurnituresinceIwasjusttenyearsold.Manyofthethousandvisitorstoarecentdesignshowlikedmywork.

C.Afterstartingmybusinessatalocalmarket，I'vefinallyopenedmyownstoreinalocalcity.

D.I'minterestedinthehistoryoffurniturebutmydesignsareverymodernandusethelateststyles.五、任务型阅读-完成表格：本大题共1小题，共10分。41.阅读下面短文，根据所读内容，在文章后的空格里填入最恰当的内容。注意：第1-8题每个空格只填1个单词，第9题不超过8个单词，第10题多于15词。

Theworld'sfirsthuman-likerobothalf-marathon（半程马拉松）washeldinBeijingon19April.Amazingly，20robotsjoinedabout12，000humanrunnersintherace.

Therobotsweredifferent，fromthe180-centimeter-tall"TiangongUltra"tothe75-centimeter-tall"LittleGiant".Theyhadhuman-likelooksandranontwolegs.Eachrobotstartedataslightlydifferenttimesothattheywouldnotbumpintoeachother.Togiveeachrobotthebestchance，eachtravelledwithsupportworkers.Justashumanrunnersneededtogetenergyfromwater，therobotswereallowedtogetnewbatteriesduringtherace.Companieswerealsoallowedtoreplace（替换）theirrobotswhentheycouldnolongerrun.

ThefirstrobottocrossthefinishinglinewasTiangongUltra.Itfinishedtheracein2hours，40minutesand42seconds，whilethewinnerofthemen'sracefinishedin1hourand2minutes.Totherobots，themostimportantthingwasnottowin，buttofinish.Atlast，sixoftherobotscrossedthefinishingline.

Theracewasasuccess，evenfortherobotswhodidn'tfinish.Theireffortswillhelptheirdevelopersimprovefuturehuman-likerobots.Theracealsomarkedthefirsttimeinhumanhistory—human-likerobotshavetriedahalf-marathon.

However，themarathonalsodisplayedsomeweaknessesoftherobots.Theyneededpeopletochangetheirbatteries，preventfalls，andevencontrolthem.Thesechallengesshowhiddenproblemsinthefield：behavinglikehumansrequiresfurtherworkinmaterialsscience，storingpowerandAIlearningabilities.

Inthefuture，asAIgetssmarter，thegap（差距）betweenhumansandmachineswillnarrow.ForChina，developingthesehuman-likerobotsisn'tjustaboutmakingthemrunfaster—it'saboutwhichcountrycanmakefulluseofscienceandtechnologytotaketheleadintheworld.Andinthatmarathon，everyfallandhard-wonstepmatter.

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withthousandsofhumanrunnersinahalf-marathoninBeijingon19April.AbouttheroboticrunnersTherobotswerenotinthe

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size，buttheyalllookedlikehumanswithtwolegs.Eachrobotstartedatadifferenttimetoreducethe

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ofbumpingintoeachother.Batteriescouldbechangedandrobotscouldevenbereplacedifitwas

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.ResultsTiangongUltracamefirst，althoughitwasfar

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thehumanwinner.Sixoftherobots

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tofinishtherace.Meanings●Itwillhelp

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develophuman-likerobotsinthefuture.●Chinamade

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becausetheeventmarkedthefirsttimeforhuman-likerobotstotryahalf-marathon.ChallengesTodevelophuman-likerobots，whatneedstobeimproved？

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Howdoyouunderstandthelastsentence"Andinthatmarathon，everyfallandhard-wonstepmatter."？

Explainitinyourownwords.

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(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)六、选词填空-短文：本大题共1小题，共5分。42.

only,indeed,enemies,awful,atatimeHerearesomeinterestingseahorsefactstosurpriseyou!Thoughtheylooknothinglikefish,theyarefish(1)______.Theyliveinwaterandbreathelikefish.Butunlikeotherfish,theyhaveatailandaneck.Theyare(2)______swimmers.Infact,theyaretheslowestmovingfishintheoceanandswimabout5feetperhour.Seahorseshidefrom(3)______bychangingcolourstolooklikethethingsaroundthem.Theycandothisbecausetheyhavespecialcellsintheirskinthatallowthemtochangecolours.Maleseahorsesarethe(4)______maleanimalsthatcangivebirth!Babiesgrowinsidedadseahorse'spouch(asoftbagonhisbody).Aftertwotofourweeks,itgivesbirthto100to1,000babies(5)______.Theyarealotofcute,tinyseahorses!Howamazing!(1)

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七、阅读填空：本大题共2小题，共15分。43.

Sportscomeinmanyshapesandsizes.Organizedsports，whetherswimmingoricehockey，areseriousformsofplay.Therearerulestoobey，skillsandpositionstolearn，andplanstocarryout.Teamsportslikesoccerrequireyoutowork

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teammates，whileindividual（个人的）sportssuchastennisfocusonyourpersonalperformance.

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（value）.TheAmericanAcademyofPediatricssaysplayisimportantforkids'andteens'thinking，bodies，social

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（生活）andfeelings.Sportsexerciseourbodiesandteachusaboutourselvesandourworld.Organizedsportsgetususingourbodiesandminds，whichmakesusmoreimaginative，curious，andcreative.Theskillswelearncanhelpusinschoolandlateratwork.

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（idea）world，sportswouldalwaysbefun.Butinreality，sportscancausephysicalhurtlikebrokenbones，andalsoharminmind.Inteamsports，misunderstandingsandhurtfeelingsarepartofthelearningprocess.Sportsaresupposedtobringpeopletogether，buttheycanalsodrivepeopleapart.Butevenwhenthey'renotalwaysacheerfulexperience，theyshowushowtofacelife'schallenges.

There'snobetterplacetoplayandlearnabouttheworldthanonasportsfield.Nomatterwhatsportyouchoose，thekeyistoplayforfun.Whenyoudo，you'realreadya

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some

soldiers

were

paid

in

it.it

is

said

that

the

word

"salary"

came

from

this

practice.Finally，all

these

kinds

of

money

were

replaced

（取代）

by

pieces

of

metal，especially

gold

and

silver.Later

on，people

made

coins，which

had

a

consistent

（一致的）

purity

and

weight，and

represented

certain

amounts

of

various

objects.So

a

certain

number

of

coins

represented

a

cow，or

50

pounds

of

rice，and

so

on.

Today，of

course，we

have

notes

and

coins

issued

（发行）

by

the

government，and

everyone

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this

as

money.Money

makes

it

possible

to

trade

in

our

modern

world.You

might

sometimes

find

a

friend

who

you

can

do

a

direct

trade

with

—perhaps

one

skateboard

or

game

for

another.But

mostly

this

is

impossible.Money

also

allows

us

to

save.It

would

be

difficult

to

save

up

lots

of

cows

until

you

wanted

to

spend

them.W（9）

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would

you

put

them

while

you

saved.Money

is

also

a

measure

（衡量）

of

value.If

you

have

ever

done

jobs

around

the

house

to

earn

money

to

buy

something

like

a

bicycle，you

will

have

learnt

the

value

of

what

you

were

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for

by

how

much